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2019

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News 2019

COURT MARCH

by Gary Ashe

Mohamed Morei arrives at Dundalk courthouse charged with murder

2ND PLACE
PAPAL BREEZE

By Fergal Phillips

Pope Francis as he arrives at Dublin Airport

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CERVICAL CANCER PATIENTS

By Leah Farrell

Cervical cancer patients Vicky Phelan and Aine Morgan speaking to the media outside the gates of Leinster House

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BELFAST RAPE TRIAL

By Liam McBurney

Rugby player Paddy Jackson, with his family in support, arriving at Belfast Laganside Court. The nine-week trial dominated the news and divided Ireland with the accused being found not guilty

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CHURCH AND STATE

By Steve Humphreys

Save The 8th poster featuring a Down syndrome boy on a billboard in Dublin

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HARDY BOY

By Garry O’Neill

Despite only wearing shorts James Butterworth digs himself out of the snowdrifts on Harbour Road, Arklow, Co. Wicklow during the Beast from the East storm

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SAVITA’S LEGACY

By Niall Carson

A woman kneels in front of a mural of Savita Halappanavar in Dublin as votes were counted in the referendum on the 8th Amendment of the Irish Constitution

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BOWING TO HISTORY

By Daragh McSweeney

Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, exits a replica of a famine bothán during his visit to UCC. The mud cabin was a home typical of the early 1800s and famine era

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DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX VISIT FAMINE MEMORIAL

By Frank McGrath

Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, visit the famine memorial on Customs House Quay, Dublin

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EMMA’S LAST JOURNEY

By Gareth Chaney

The remains of Emma Mhic Mhathuna pass Government Buildings, Dublin, following her funeral Mass

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DAUGHTER

By Clodagh Kilcoyne

Dolores O’Riordan’s mother and daughter are pictured after the Cranberries singer’s funeral at St Ailbe’s Church, Ballybricken, Limerick