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Photos of the Week

Week ending 6th May 2023. Images selected by the picture desk

SEMI-FINAL
Action from the Munster MHC semi-final between Clare and Limerick.
Picture: Gerard O'Neill.

Punchestown Racing Festival - William Hill Champion Chase Day, Punchestown Racecourse, Kildare 25/4/2023 Racegoers enjoying the entertainment on the first day of the Punchestown Racing Festival

PAIR OF PUFFINS
These colourful enigmatic seabirds spend their summers on the island, breeding and fattening their chicks on sand-eel and sprat. Puffins Nest in colonies on coastal colonies and offshore Islands, and are also known as ’sea parrots’.
Picture: Valerie O’Sullivan

Julien, Pierre, Corentin, Sami and Hugues of the band Canibal Dandies from Montpellier rehearsing in Levis's Bar, Ballydehob, Cork for this weekend's Boutique Jazz Festival in the Village.

BALLYDEHOB JAZZ
Julien, Pierre, Corentin, Sami and Hugues of the band Canibal Dandies from Montpellier rehearsing in Levis's Bar, Ballydehob, Cork for this weekend's Boutique Jazz Festival in the Village.
Picture: Dan Linehan

Finn O'Brien, Cork heading towards goal watched by Diarmuid Lyons and Matthew Fitzgerald of Limerick during their Electric Ireland Munster Minor Hurling Championship match at the TUS Gaelic Grounds, Limerick.

COBH HARBOUR
The Celebrity Apex Edge-class enger cruise liner berthed in Cobh, Cork.
Picture Dan Linehan

Sinn Féin, Workers party and Cost of Living Coalition protesting about the eviction ban and housing crisis outside the City Hall, Cork

GOAL!!
Cobh Ramblers Wilson Waweru hammers home the opening goal past Kerry FC's Kevin Williams during the SSE Airtricity first division game at St. Colman's park ,Cobh.
Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Irish Examiner Readers' Photography Competition Weekly Winners

Our two winners this week will our other weekly winners for the final at the end of 2023 with a €1,000 prize to the winner and €250 for each of two runner-ups. For more details and to enter the competition click here

IRISH EXAMINER READERS PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION 2022 WEEKLY WINNER 22/04/2023 : The Northern Lights over Shrone Church in Rathmore, Co Kerry.

IRISH EXAMINER READERS PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION 2022 WEEKLY WINNER 06/05/2023 : Two Peregrine Falcons above the Clonakility Parish Church in West Cork.
Picture Credit: Ryan De La Cour, Cork

IRISH EXAMINER READERS PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION 2022 WEEKLY WINNER 15/04/2023 : West Kerry Vista from Clogher Head/Ceann Sraithe west of Dingle Co Kerry last week - April 2023.

IRISH EXAMINER READERS PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION 2023 WEEKLY WINNER 06/05/2023 : Dingle Hillwalking Club member Tom O Malley hiking above Pedlars Lake in the Connor area of Dingle Co Kerry recently.
Picture Credit: Noel O Neill, Kerry

Wilton United's Shane Keating shoots from Cobh Wanderer's Conor Corcoran during the Beamish Stout Munster junior league division one at Pat Bowdren park.

PUPS IN THE PARK
Dogs and dog-owners tackle the hay bale jumps at 'Pups in the Park' at Cork Showgrounds, Curraheen, Co Cork on Sunday 30th April 2023.
Picture: Larry Cummins

A youth uses an umbrella against a water canon during a demonstration Thursday, April 13, 2023 in Lille, northern . Protesters opposed to President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular plan to raise the retirement age in marched Thursday in cities and towns around in a final show of anger before a decision on whether the measure meets constitutional standards.

GANNETS
Gannets catch fish by plunging into the shoals from a great height. they can dive from a height of 30m, achieving speeds of 100 km/h as they strike the water, enabling them to catch fish much deeper than most airborne birds.
Picture: Valerie O'Sullivan

Model maker Daniel Anderson from the Legoland Windsor Resort, places a Lego model of King Charles III onto the balcony of Buckingham Palace as part of a coronation miniland scene, ahead of the coronation of King Charles III on May 6.

TRUMP IN CLARE
Former US president Donald Trump on the 3rd green at Trump International Golf Links & Hotel in Doonbeg, Co. Clare, during his visit to Ireland. Picture date: Thursday May 4, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Trump Ireland.
Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Gougane Barra, Cork, Ireland. 24th April, 2023. Mountain Sheep graze and wander around the lakeside at Gougane Barra, Cork, Ireland.

SEA SWIMMING
Maura Duffy swimming a lap of the buoys (1.5 kms) in Myrtleville, on Sunday 30th April 2023.
Picture: Siobhán Russell

A local resident rides a bike in Avdiivka, the site of the heaviest battles with Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 25, 2023

WINNING!
Midleton's players celebrate after defeating Richmond during the Energia AIL division 2C play-off game at Town's Park Midleton.
Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Out & About

Maybe you or someone you know was photographed out and about this week - a selection of images from events around the country.

Curraheen, Cork, Ireland. 29th April, 2023. Elaine Dwyer with her Jack Russels Toby and Alice at the Pups in the Park event that was held at the Showgrounds in Curraheen, Cork. - Picture David Creedon

Stephanie Hosford with her Chihuahua Baily and Ciara Mulcahy with Missy Blue a XL American Bully at the Pups in the Park event that was held at the Showgrounds in Curraheen, Cork. - Picture David Creedon

Last Thursday (27/04/23), Fashion Relief customers enjoyed an evening of style at Frascati Centre Blackrock as the Fashion Relief boutique showcased its Spring Summer 2023 collection. Pictured Niamh O'Carroll and Maeve Corrigan. The collection launch event gave customers exclusive access to a host of designer pieces from labels like Prada, Chloe and Gucci. Photograph: Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland

Last Thursday (27/04/23), Fashion Relief customers enjoyed an evening of style at Frascati Centre Blackrock as the Fashion Relief boutique showcased its Spring Summer 2023 collection. Pictured Clare McManus, Lorraine Keane and Marie Kilmartin. The collection launch event gave customers exclusive access to a host of designer pieces from labels like Prada, Chloe and Gucci. Photograph: Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland

Leah Barrett at the launch of the Fastnet film festival 24-28th May at a reception at Crane Lane. Picture; Eddie O'Hare

Sean Breathnach and Helen Wells at the launch of the Fastnet film festival 24-28th May at a reception at Crane Lane. Picture; Eddie O'Hare

Colette Cassidy an Patrycja Leszczynska at the launch of the Fastnet film festival 24-28th May at a reception at Crane Lane. Picture; Eddie O'Hare

Rose Harrington and Damian Punch were at the launch of the first outdoor chess/draught tables at Pope's Quay, Cork.
Picture Denis Minihane.

Hope Noonan Stoner and Eoin Fray at the launch of the first outdoor chess/draught tables at Pope's Quay, Cork.
Picture Denis Minihane.

Miss Cork City Rachel O Leary in the fitness round. Picture: Sinead Crowley

Cork City, Cork, Ireland. 03rd may, 2023. Jade Segrillo and Benjamin Rupprecht at the launch of the Fastnet Film Festival
2023 programme of events in the Crane Lane, Cork. The festival will run from the 24th to 28th May in Schull, Co. Cork. - Picture; David Creedon

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