Anti-mask protesters fight counter demonstrators outside the Custom House ahead of an anti-mask rally in Dublin.

Gay Byrne’s widow Kathleen Watkins waves to the crowds as the funeral cortege passes President Michael D. Higgins and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, outside St. Mary’s Pro Cathedral in Dublin, following his funeral mass. The beloved broadcaster passed away aged 85

A person sleeping in the doorway of the Citizens Information office on O’Connell Street, Dublin

A heron flies across the Grand Canal in Dublin

A visitor adds a message to the interactive wall at the Seamus Heaney Exhibition in Dublin

Albert Reynolds Lying In Repose. Pictured people file past and pay their respects to (Center) Albert Reynolds who is lying in repose in the Oak Room of the Mansion House in Dublin this afternoon. Mr Reynolds who died at the age of 81 earlier this week. He served as Taoiseach for just under three years and made a lasting contribution to the peace process in Ireland.

21/04/2014. Republican Sinn Fein Easter Parade. Pictured (Left) Lilly O'Neil (4) from Portadown marching with the Parade of Eireann band joins masked men from Republican Sinn Fein in the colour party march towards the General Post Office (GPO) in Dublin as part of Republican Sinn Feins Easter Parade which Gathered at Garden of Remembrance and marched to the GPO this afternoon.

04/07/2014 .Labour Votes. Surrounded by photographers and the media. The Newly elected Labour Leader and newly appointed Tanaiste Joan Burton hugs the Former Leader Eamonn Gilmore after being elected new leader of the Labour Party.

Editorial Photographer at Photocall Ireland Picture Agency.

Fans watch lead singer Damon Albarn of BLUR perform. Blur returned to Ireland tonight with their only British Isles show this year at The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Kilmainham, Dublin this evening.

Pictured Margaretta D'Arcy looks out of the window of Buswells Hotel after her press conference. Margaretta D'Arcy was released today after serving a sentence for refusing to sign a bond to uphold the law and keep away from unauthorised zones at Shannon airport.

Body of Man found on North Wall Quay. Pictured forensic garda officers remove a body of a suspected male in his early 40s who was found at the North Wall Quay on Wednesday night in Dublin. A man in his late 30s was reported to have been arrested at the scene.