Fela Lufadeju (Big Jack) and young Harrison Wilding (Little Jack) are pictured at the rehearsal of Room at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin

Ana O'Callanain at the memorial by the wall in Kilmainham Gaol where her grandfather Easter Rising leader Michael Mallin was executed.

Katie Honan, who plays the role of Eli, preparing for the opening night of Let the Right One In, at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin

Legendary Egyptian actor Omar Sharif, who passed away this year aged 83, rests between takes during filming 'The Secret Scripture' at Jim Sheridan's house in Dalkey.

Senator Ivana Bacik demonstrating a electroencephalogram (EEG) in Trinity's Long Room as part of a pop-up festival in Trinity College Dublin.

Right-to-die activist Marie Fleming, who died following a long battle with illness, is laid to rest at the Holy Trinity Church, Co. Wicklow

Cliodhna Gallagher (2), from Lucan, gets ready with her brothers and sisters for the Superhero Fun Run for Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin

In advance of the Dublin Dance Festival dancers Liz Roche, Jodi Melnick, Taryn Griggs and Katherine O'Malley rehearse.

Minister for Health, James Reilly TD, showing the strain of office at the launch of the National Standards for Safer Better Healthcare in Dublin.