1956 Melbourne Olympics 1500m Gold medal winner Ronnie Delany shares an emotional embrace with sculptor Paul Ferriter

As a southerly storm batters the country, a surfer on the pier in Courtown, Co. Wexford waits for a drop in the swell before taking the plunge.

Mullingar and Wicklow players compete for a loose ball during the rugby Provincial Towns Cup

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

Monofilament nets are still being used; this grey seal was trapped for hours and eventually released with minor injuries.

Sammy, who gets fed daily by fishmongers in Wicklow, forgets it is New Year's Day and the fishmonger is closed, as he crosses the road at South Quay

With the Six nations under way the amateur players of Ardee and Arklow show they play for the love of the game in their Leinster league clash

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

Despite raising sail, a yacht fails to make headway on a still and calm summer evening off the Wicklow Coast

The RNLI assist in freeing two seals trapped in stake nets

A tear falls onto the glove of a mourner at the funeral of off duty Garda Ciaran Jones who died when swept into the Liffey

On there way for burial, Alan Moore's remains pass the house in Lower John Street, Wexford, where he lay alone and undiscovered for weeks.

Wicklow's Patrick McWalter badly injures his right knee in this challange with Carlow's Brendan Murphy during the Leinster Football Championship 1st round in O'Moore Park, Portlaoise.

Arklow Rugby Club's Barry O'Neill looks forward to a hot shower.

Following his recent weekend release, Malcolm McArthur was again today heading for Dublin as he boarded the 8:40am train from platform 1 at Arklow, Co Wicklow

The spectators in the stand get a close up view of the action as Mayo's Stephen Kenaghan has his hurl cut in two by Wicklow's Garry Byrne during the NHL in County grounds, Aughrim.

three generations of the same family are killed in a road traffic on the N 11 on their way to a gaa match

A lone Garda protects the floral tributes and the people of Arklow go about their business near the scene on Arklow Main Street where a young man was knocked down and fatally injured in a dispute

Rathnew's nicky Mernagh celebrates his teams win over Baltinglass in the Wicklow SFC final

Linda Gahan and her daughter Chloe wait for their house to be demolished. Local Authorities failed to grant retention after the houses had been built without permission. 24-02-2008.

Mourners at the Dublin Mosque, Clonskeagh, with the coffins of Eman Ayadi and Aya Chenniti, who were killed in a traffic accident in March 2008

A TOUCH OF FROST

Minister of State for European affairs Dick Roche recieves the news that the Country has voted No to the Lisbon Treaty. 13-06-2008

A Garda returns a child to her parents, The child became seperated from her parents during scuffles as Gardai tried to move on an illegal Travellers Halting site. 11-02-2008.

On the Golden Pond - RNLI crew members try to entice a horse to safety after falling into the Avoca River, Co Wicklow in 2005.