Sports Action
2015

The Limerick goalkeeper Eoghan McNamara clears under pressure from Waterford corner forward Patrick Curran

Christina Sandu, of Romania, competes in the long jump at the Cork City Sports athletics meet in July

Seamus Hickey and Richie McCarthy, Limerick, in action against Mark Kelly and TJ Reid, Kilkenny, during the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final

Red Bull diver Gary Hunt performs a leap from the mast of the Jeanie Johnston famine ship past the Samuel Beckett Bridge, on the River Liffey

Battle Hymn, with Davy Russell and Hostile Fire, with Davy Condon, jump the last during the Maiden Hurdle, at Leopardstown Christmas Festival

Competitors in the An Post Rás na mBan cycle along the Wild Atlantic Way

Competing in the Killarney Ironman Triathlon, which included a 3.8km swim, a cycle of 180km, a marathon of 42km.

David Walsh grimaces, as he races through the Wren’s Nest Weir on the River Liffey, during the annual Liffey Descent canoe race

Liam Callaghan, of Moorefield, reaches the ball ahead of his Rathnew opponents, during the Leinster Club Championship first round in Aughrim, Co Wicklow

Wexford's Liam Óg McGovern clashes with Jack Browne, of Clare, during the All-Ireland qualifier hurling replay

Lucy Grindle competes in the Women’s 400 Metre Individual Medley Heat at the National Aquatic Centre

Munster’s Ian Keatley, with support from teammate James Cronin, is tackled by Nick Abendanon, of ASM Clermont Auvergne, during the European Rugby Champions Cup.

Wales’ Luke Charteris and Richie Gray, of Scotland, contest a lineout ball during the RBS 6 Nations Championship at Millennium Stadium.