Galway farmer Michael Silke who completed the dangerous migration of 30 of his dry stock herd across a 100 metre wide stretch of the River Shannon, giving his cows and their calves a well-deserved holiday.

US President Joe Biden who made his final address outside St. Muredach’s Cathedral in Ballina, Co. Mayo.

97-year-old sculptor Imogen Stuart falls asleep while getting her portrait taken at her studio in Dublin.

Noel Hand prepares his breakfast with his plough horses, Tom and Bill, on the final day of the National Ploughing Championships in Co. Laois

Grainne O’Hagan, who was an extra in The Banshees of Inisherin, watches the 95th Academy Awards at her home in Achill Island with Olwyn Cattigan.

A woman in an IDP camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, after she had to walk for days when her crops failed and animals died. Somalia is the second most climate-vulnerable country in the world. The country is currently on the brink of famine. Four rainy seasons in a row have failed – a climatic event not seen in at least 40 years.

Centenarian Michael Cadden, who says the key to a long life is a stress free life.

Christopher ‘Bronco’ Dunne in his apartment in a social housing facility in Dublin 4, who is on hunger strike in his response to the alleged health service failing to provide him with the medical care and support he needs.

Jonathan Trant waits with his horse, Elton, before participating in the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Co. Laois

Kevin Chellar, who specialises in antique clock restorations.

Veteran journalist Charlie Bird, who is suffering from Motor Neurone Disease taking part in the “Climb with Charlie” charity climb of Ireland’s famous holy mountain, Croagh Patrick.

A man pushes his bike days after the battle of Bucha, which was part of the Kyiv offensive in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A Garda escorts a woman to a temporary morgue at the scene of an explosion in Creeslough, Co. Donegal, as she prepares to identify her relative.

Locals with a statue of Padre Pio show their respects as family and friends of murdered siblings Lisa Cash, Chelsea and Christy Cawley pass en route to their final resting place.

Irish showband legend Dickie Rock is consoled at the funeral of his wife, Judy, at the Church of the Annunciation, Rathfarnham.

Pupils of Coolanarney National School in Tullamore line out in a guard of honour as the funeral cortege of Ashling Murphy comes towards her former school.

Refugees cross from Ukraine to Poland at the Dorohusk border in Poland after Russia invaded Ukraine.

Actor Olwen Fouere who is described as one of Ireland’s best actors.

Retired Garda Sergeant Jim Cannon, who was wounded in an explosion, has been awarded the Gold Scott Medal for his display of bravery.

Amber Liggett works from home during the pandemic surrounded by children.

A man enjoys a dip in Dollymount, Dublin.

Young members of a wedding party, shelter from the rain in Dublin after Garda  had supervised the dismantling of a marquee in breach of the Covid 19 rules.

Colleagues of Detective Garda Colm Horkan watch a live stream of his funeral mass in Charlestown, Co. Mayo. Detective Horkan (49) was shot dead in Castlerea in Co. Roscommon.

Brotherly love . . . Brothers Ben and Aaron cut each other’s hair during lockdown due to Covid-19.

Firefighter and open-water swimmer Rachel Lee who holds the Irish record for men and women for crossing the English Channel

A mourner holds a mass booklet at the funeral of writer, poet and historian Ulick O’Connor in Rathgar, Dublin

A member of the Irish Army 60th Infantry Group ahead of his six-month deployment to Syria as part of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) standing to attention before the Minister for Defence arrives to inspect them

An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar shelters from the rain during the naming and commissioning ceremony of the new Naval Service vessel L.É. George Bernard Shaw on the Frank Cassin Wharf, Waterford

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Councillor Barry Ward after they braved the frosty waters for a Christmas morning dip at the Forty Foot in Sandycove

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The body of Toyosi Shitta Bey, the 15-year-old boy who was stabbed to death in Tyrellstown, Dublin, is laid to rest at the Muslim burial ground in Rathcoole cemetery

The Garda Armed Support Unit which was put on the streets of Dublin after the murder of David Byrne at the Regency hotel in Dublin.

A young relative looks on at the funeral of those who lost their lives in the Carrickmines fire at a traveller halting site.

The remains of murdered teenager Marioara Rostas, whose body was found in the Wicklow mountains, are returned to Romania for burial

Artist Robert Ballagh in his Dublin studio.

A young Pakistani boy touches the face of his 96-year-old grandmother

Leo Varadkar TD celebrates, after being elected as the new Fine Gael leader

A Muslim at prayer in the Anwar e-Madina mosque on Talbot Street, Dublin.

Artist Martin Bengtsson working inside his caravan which is his studio/home

Writer, Colm Toibin, in his studio.

Businessman Sean Quinn becomes emotional during a support rally held for him in Ballyconnell, Co Cavan

Siblings Tom and Elsa Dollard, walking on the historic Centre Park Road, Cork, which saw 27 fallen trees after hurricane Ophelia

Nour Mashour, a malnourished child, receives treatment at an Aleppo Hospital during the Syrian War

Tour guides from the 1916 freedom tour passing Government buildings. 2016 marks the centenary of The Easter Rising.

A homeless couple are awakened by passing members of the Garda ASU, after leaving a "gun call" in Dublin. Ireland has recently seen the highest rate of homelessness on record

John Buckley, father of murdered Irish Nurse Karen Buckley gives his wife Marian a comforting kiss at a candlelight vigil on Georges square Glasgow. Also included is Karens brother Kieran.

98-year-old D-Day veteran Sir John Leslie who was awarded the Legion of Honour at a ceremony at the French Ambassador’s Residence.

Pizza maker Gilles in his Pizza truck in Greystones

A cross is carried reinacting the stations of the cross on Good Friday. The cross is carried by different people on the route and passes through the Ballymun Town centre.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD tries his hand with a horse and plough at the National Ploughing Championships in County Laois

Emma Day gives her partner Lt Kevin Fitzgerald a kiss after he was awarded with his Military Pilots Wings at a Ceremony in the Air Corps Headquarters.

Patricia Quinn, wife of Sean Quinn, sits with her daughters on a trailer during a support rally for her husband in Ballyconnell, Co Cavan

The outbreak of the deadly virus Ebola in Kenema, Eastern Sierra Leone

President Michael D Higgins attending the annual state commemoration of the 1916 Rising at Arbour Hill in Dublin

Three-year-old Abbey Fortune and Grace O'Donnell from St Joseph's nursery Dublin singing at the live animal crib at the Mansion House

Performers make their way down O'Connell Street in Dublin during the St Patrick's Day parade

A mourner touches the coffin of beloved Irish writer Maeve Binchy at her funeral mass in Dalkey, Co Dublin

Visitors at the leprechaun museum in Dublin

Blacksmith John Boyne at work on the shoe of Lir, a member of the Garda Mounted Unit

Sandbags in Dublin as the city is placed on flood alert

Senator and presidential candidate David Norris fires the starting pistol for the Goal Calcutta run

Seamus Kelly at his Havelock Square home, with the about to be opened Aviva Stadium at the end of the road .

Restaurateur Nick Munier in his Dublin restaurant

A young Palestinian girl in a south Hebron refugee camp, West Bank

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in his office in St Lukes, Drumcondra

A man prays outside a Port-au-Prince church that had just been destroyed in the Haitian earthquake

Organic baker Jonas Hein in his Offaly bakery

Protestors outside the Dail following the governments decision to call in the IMF

The son and partner of John ONeill, who was shot dead while on holiday in Spain, at his grave in Dublin

The aftermath of the Haiti earthquake

One time murder suspect Ian Bailey outside the Courts of Criminal Justice in Dublin

The Garda sub-aqua unit at work in the River Liffey

The father of 15-year-old murder victim Toyosi Shitta-Bey at his sons funeral

A Ugandan boy strokes the head of his mother who is dying of Aids

Journalist Jim Downey looks at a portrait of himself

An undertaker loads a childs coffin on to the back of a couriers motorcycle in Uganda, east Africa

Hugh O’Donnell tries to reach his flooded house in Ballinasloe, Co Galway

Actor Brendan Gleeson

The scene moments after a bus and a Luas crashed on OConnell Street

Brians Cowen and Lenihan at the Fianna Fail think-in cabinet photo-shoot

Horsetrainer Willie Mullins at his stables in Co Carlow

U2 play Croke Park in Dublin during there 360 degree tour.

Mark Nash is driven away after being charged with the murder of two women in Grangegorman, Dublin, in 1997.

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A man goes for a swim during the Bray Summerfest airshow

A soldier on manoeuvres in the Curragh, Co Kildare

Local children swim in a lake in the Zinder region of Niger.

One of the cars involved in an accident, which left five young men dead.

A passer by takes a closer look at a bus shelter ad.

Chief Executive Michael Cullen at the new private Beacon Hospital in Dublin.

The Tricolour is led to a cermony for five cadets who were awarded with their Military Pilots Wings at a Ceremony in the Air Corps Headquarters in Casement Aerodrome

Gillian Treacy after leaving Portlaois circuit after a man was convicted of killing her son by drink driving

Mairead Murphy from Sligo shows off her 4 month old baby Pearl to Rachel Williams and Ruth Walsh on Ladies Day at the Galway races.

Blacksmith Florence O'Sullivan from Boolteens, Castlemaine, Co Kerry.

The remains of the Garda Tony Golden at his State Funeral in Blackrock Coounty Louth. Garda Golden was shot dead in nearby Omeath while responding to a domestic disturbance.

Ian Bailey photographed in Cork.

Jamie Farrelly Maughan's sister Rebecca and mother, Josephine Farrelly, at Jamie's funeral in Cavan town in July 2004.The body of the 13-year-old had been found in the garden of a vacant house yards from her mother's home six days after her disappearance