Rory McIlroy, Team Europe, plays from a bunker as the morning sun lights up the 8th fairway, during the fourball matches, at the 2014 Ryder Cup, Day 1, Gleneagles, Scotland
By Ramsey Cardy
Carl Frampton weighs-in for his IBF superbantamweight World title fight against Kiko Martinez
By John C Kelly
Clare manager Davy Fitzgerald heads for the dressing room after the final whistle, following the loss to Tipperary in the Waterford Crystal Cup Final
Ireland’s Lynne Cantwell sheds a tear following defeat by England in the women’s rugby World Cup semi-final in Paris
By DEAR JOHN
John O’Shea, Republic of Ireland, celebrates after scoring his side’s equalizing goal with James McClean, Jeff Henderick and Stephen Ward. 2016 Championship Qualifier Gelsenkirchen, Germany
A tearful Alan Brogan, of Dublin, leaves the pitch with his son Jamie, after defeat by Donegal in the All-Ireland Football Championship Semi-Final
By Ray McManus
Players from Ferns GAA Club, including three-year-old Paudie Moynihan, third from left, shake hands with the Camross GAA Club, Co Laois, players after their game
By Tom Honan
A swimmer washes after competing in the Liffey Swim in Dublin
Team Garmin race past a masked loyalist gunman mural in East Belfast as the Giro d’Italia 2014 takes place throughout Ireland
Brian O’Driscoll and Fergus McFadden celebrate at the final whistle, after Ireland beat France to win the 2014 RBS Six Nations Championship
Cork captain Anna Geary, prior to being presented with the cup, after her side won the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Final
All-Ireland Football winner Kieran ‘Star’ Donaghy holds the Sam Maguire Cup, as the Kerry team arrive in Denny Street, Tralee, with 30,000 fans showing up to welcome them home
Horses are lead back into the parade ring, after competing in the Lexus Steeplechase, during the Leopardstown Christmas Festival.
By Alan Betson
Kilkenny’s Henry Shefflin, with his son Henry, celebrating victory over Tipperary in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final 2014 replay