PPAI

Sports Feature
2019

1ST PLACE WINNER
Sports Feature 2019

SHOWER POWER

by Michael Chester

A lady contestant showers after the 2018 Liffey swim on the quays in Dublin

2ND PLACE
BEATING THE ALL BLACKS

By Ramsey Cardy

Jonathan Sexton of Ireland celebrates with supporters late in the Guinness Series international match between Ireland and New Zealand at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin

3RD PLACE
FLYING HIGH

By William Cherry

Ahmed Clarke, University of Albany, scores against Long Island University during the Basketball Hall of Fame Belfast Classic

SHORTLISTED
BEST

By James Crombie

Ulster's captain Rory Best looks dejected late in the game as his side are well beaten by Wasps during the European Rugby Champions Cup

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FINAL WHISTLE JOY

By Brendan Moran

Seán Finn of Limerick celebrates at the final whistle following the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final after winning Limerick's first All-Ireland title in 45 years

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SKELETON

By Crispin Rodwell

Irish skeleton competitor Brendan Doyle demonstrates technique at the Irish Olympic bobsleigh and skeleton assessment in the National Sports Campus

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HAPPINESS IS

By Brendan Moran

Dublin players, from left, Niamh Collins, Sinéad Finnegan and Amy Connolly celebrate at the final whistle of the TG4 All- Ireland Ladies Football Senior Championship Final

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FORGIVENESS

By Dan Sheridan

Former Rugby players, Ireland's Brian O'Driscoll and New Zealand's Tana Umaga, come together for the first time since a 2005 Lions match where Brian O'Driscoll was injured in a tackle by Tana Umaga. This portrait is a representation of traditional Maori hongi greeting

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WE WON

By Margaret McLaughlin

Celebrating as another goal hits the net during the under-6 blitz at Owenbeg

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PARA PREP

By Stephen McCarthy

Ukraine's Laroslav Semenenko prepares for day one of the World Para Swimming Allianz European Championships in Dublin

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CELEBRATION TIME

By Stephen McCarthy

Limerick's Darragh O'Donovan celebrates with the Liam MacCarthy Cup following the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final at Croke Park in Dublin

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THE JUDGES DECISION IS FINAL

By Mark Marlow

Joshua Johston (right) of Canal Boxing Academy celebrates being crowned county 35kg champion while his opponent does not agree with the judges’ decision