1ST PLACE WINNER
Politics 2021
THE CAT THAT GOT THE CREAM
by Gary AsheSinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald T.D. entering Leinster House after a successful general election campaign.
2ND PLACE
CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS?
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Taoiseach Micheál Martin at Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland, during discussions on the British-Irish relationship in the context of Brexit.
3RD PLACE
THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BROLLY
Niamh Kelly, principal of Gaelscoil Bhreifne, Cavan, keeps the music flowing despite the wild weather as President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina arrived at the school.
Lorraine Teevan
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GET TO THE POINT, PASCAL
By Niall Carson
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe at a press conference at the Institute of Technology Carlow.
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HE’S BEHIND YOU
By Niall Carson
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar (left) speaks to the media during a tour of the K-Leisure facility in Naas, Co. Kildare.
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BEST FOOT FORWARD
Former Sinn Féin party president Gerry Adams canvassing in Dundalk, Co. Louth, with Councillor Ruairi Ó Murchu, Sinn Féin election candidate.
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TRUMP’S LAST DANCE
By Tom Honan
Donald Trump’s wax figure seems to dance with Jedward’s figures as it is repositioned at The National Wax Museum.
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HEDGING THEIR BETS
By Julien Behal
Taoiseach Micheál Martin and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnston emerge from a hedgerow during a ‘walk and talk’ in the gardens of Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland.
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ORANGE AND GREEN POLITICS
By Niall Carson
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and US President Donald Trump greet each other in the White House with a Namaste gesture, because of Covid-19 restrictions, during the Taoiseach’s visit to the US.
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‘TIS YOU DID IT!
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin meets 94-yearold Kathleen Findlay, grand-aunt of Fianna Fáil candidate James O’Connor (background), while canvassing in Youghal, Co.Cork.