ABOUT THE AWARDS
The Press Photographer of the Year Awards were established to bring the talented & memorable work of Ireland's press photographers to a wider audience. Entries are submitted by members of the Press Photographers Association of Ireland and the images should have been taken during the previous twelve months.
The Awards have gone from strength to strength and judging the entries can take several days. With over 2,000 entries to consider, all of a very high standard, difficult decisions have to be made. The Judging panel picks first, second and third places in each of nine picture categories, as well as the overall winner.
To view this years winners select from the categories.
Arts and Entertainment
1st Place Winner
Arts and Entertainment 2006, Mark Condren
ART IMITATING LIFE by Mark Condren
Artist Robert Ballagh in his Dublin studio.
Features
1st Place Winner
Features 2006, Flood Bath by Ray Ryan
Flood Bath by Ray Ryan by Flood Bath by Ray Ryan
River water floods onto land where cows drink from a bath, which is used as a water trough, in Co. Galway.
Individual Study
1st Place Winner
Individual Study 2006, Somebody up There Likes Me by Graham Hughes
Somebody up There Likes Me by Graham Hughes by Somebody up There Likes Me by Graham Hughes
Artist Gerard Dowling takes a look around his home where the council have been trying to evict him for nearly 30 years.
News
1st Place Winner
News 2006, David Conachy
THE LONG GOODBYE by David Conachy
The remains of former Taoiseach, Charles J. Haughey, en route to his final resting place, in Sutton.
People
1st Place Winner
People 2006, UNTITLED
UNTITLED by UNTITLED
Daniel Day Lewis and Rebecca Miller by Mark McCall
Picture Story
1st Place Winner
Picture Story 2006, David Conachy
A DAY IN DECEMBER by David Conachy
Members of the Fallonstown Gun Club on their annual St. Stephen's Day Shoot.
Politics
1st Place Winner
Politics 2006, Daragh McSweeney
'EYE' SPY by Daragh McSweeney
Minister for Education and Science Mary Hanafin TD pictured at the re-opening of the Crawford Observatory, in UCC.
Special humour
1st Place Winner
Special humour 2006, Frank McGrath
MAN'S GOT BALL ('S') by Frank McGrath
A streaker heads for the Lake on the 18th Green on the Ryder Cup.
Sports Action
1st Place Winner
Sports Action 2006, Matt Browne
OVER THE TOP by Matt Browne
The early leaders clear "Ruby's Double" as "It's only a puppet", with Robbie McNally, falls, during the Kildare Hunt Club Steeplechase, Punchestown.
Sports Feature
1st Place Winner
Sports Feature 2006, Morgan Treacy
HORSE & JOCKEY by Morgan Treacy
A jockey tries to calm his horse after suffering a broken leg, whilst racing on the strand, at Laytown Races.