CLOWNING ABOUT: Patients Phillip Rzymske and Eva Troy with with Clown Doctors, Dr Razzmatazz, Dr Coolio and Dr Ditzy Glitzy in St Annes Ward, as Our Lady's Childrens Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, celebrateS its 60th birthda. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill

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RUGBY CLASH: Ireland take on New Zealand at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times

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<b>15. Rob Kearney (Leinster) 6</b> Needed a head injury assessment afterwards. The lack of offloading in crucial, albeit highly demanding, scenarios cost Ireland points. A harsh assessment because he made some battering carries along with the usual aerial excellence. Photograph: Inpho

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Conor Murray and Simon Zebo in the dressing room ahead of the game. Photograph: Inpho

In Pictures: Ireland 9 New Zealand 21

MONDAY: A view of the moon from Greystones on Monday evening with an aircraft passing across on its approach to Dublin Airport. The 'supermoon' was the result of the moon coming closer to Earth than it had for 69 years. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

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Custom House, Co Dublin. Photograph: Filip Scridon

Wiki Loves Monuments photography competition winners

Instagrammers all over the island of Ireland submitted over 34,000 entries for the Huawei Snapys Awards - the winner is Liz Stowe, who won the Best Community Category with this picture entitled "You're only Massive"

Snapys Social Media Photo Awards

WONDROUS SIGHT: Dublin street artist ADW reflected in a piece called 'Ever wonder how Stevie Wonder sees things?' as he puts the finishing touches to his exhibition 'Born to Create' at the Kemp Gallery in Dublin. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

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Jimi Hendrix, February 1967. University College Cork Library has secured the collection and archive of the photographer, John Minihan, boasting some of the most memorable shots from the last century. Photograph: John Minihan

John Minihan's iconic photo archive acquired by UCC

Verity Fleming, born after 25 weeks and 3 days gestation, with her parents Anne Marie and David Fleming from Gorey in the Neonatal intensive care unit at the National Maternity Hospital Holles St. Thursday is World Prematurity day 17th November. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times

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THINKING CAP: Ava O'Brien at the launch of the 2017 All-Ireland Credit Union Schools' Quiz in the reading room of Dublin's National Library. Photograph: Maxwells/Julien Behal

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On stage at the Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany, March 1970. Photograph: Gunter Zint/OHG/Redferns

Leonard Cohen: a life in pictures

ASSANGE ACCUSATIONS: Julian Assange's cat sits at the window of Ecuador's embassy in London, Britain, as Swedish prosecutor Ingrid Isgren interviews Assange. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters

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When the moon rises tonight at about 5pm it will appear bigger than it has been at any point since 1948, here are a few picture from around the world on the eve of the "Supermoon" Beijing, China. Photograph: Ng Han Guan /AP

The Moon Also Rises

SUPER MOON: The weathercock of the church of St Peter and Paul in front of the Moon on the eve of the "supermoon" spectacle in the village of Klein-Auheim near Hanau, Germany. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

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Darren Randolph:- Rock solid. Smart early save from Janko when unsighted set the tone and kept out a stinger from Schopf. Collected calmly from a handful of less dangerous efforts as the game went on. Rating: 7 - Photograph: Leonhard Foeger/Reuters

Austria v Ireland - Ireland Player Ratings

US ELECTION: US president Barack Obama and Republican president-elect Donald Trump meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

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A NEW REALITY: US president Barack Obama shakes hands with president-elect Donald Trump following a meeting in the Oval Office in Washington, DC. Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images

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1916: Alongside many reports about the progress of the first World War on p7, the report stating that Woodrow Wilson had been re-elected US president, is headlined, “United States Presidency”.

100 years of reporting US elections

Victory Speech: Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at his election night rally in Manhattan, New York, U.S after Hillary Clinton conceded defeat. Photograph: Mike Segar / Reuters

Live: US Elections - highs and lows as the world watches Donald Trump sweep to victory

Demonstrators take over the Hollywood 101 Freeway in protest to the election of Republican Donald Trump as President of the United States in Los Angeles, California. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Thousands protest across the US after Donald Trump's election

VOTE TRUMP: Tommy Tubridy and Brendan Walsh flying the flag for Trump in Doonbeg , Co Clare. Photograph: Eamon Ward

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How the world's media reacted to Trump's victory

Hillary Clinton supporter Jorge Mendez of Glendale, Arizona wears a dress and Hillary Clinton mask while holding a makeshift doll of Donald Trump after voting in Phoenix, Arizona. Photograph: Ralph Freso/Getty Images

Live - America at the Polls

Model wearing a creation by Kayleigh O'Brien from GLO Hair Salon, Dublin. Photograph: Chris Bellew / Fennell Photography 2016.

Alfaparf Hairdresser Awards

Rory Musgrave in the role of Magnus in Herculanum by Felicien David ahead of the opening of Wexford Festival Opera

In pictures: Behind the scenes at the Wexford opera festival 2016

NOSTRADAMUS: Felix, a male polar bear, stands near pumpkins with portraits of US presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump as it contemplates the result of the election at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia. Photograph: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters

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Taoiseach Enda Kenny speaks at 'The Irish Times' Brexit Summit, at The Westin Hotel, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times

'The Irish Times' Brexit Summit

VICTORIOUS IRELAND: Billy Holland, Donnacha Ryan, Simon Zebo, Conor Murray and CJ Stander celebrate. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho

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A late autumn sees leaves still turning and the occasional swimmer still braving the elements - Horse power and autumn colours , at Ravensdale , Co. Louth. Photograph: Eric Luke / The Irish Times

Autumn Colour

Rob Kearney - Comeback Kearney. Supposedly washed up, past his sell by date, Kearney shut a lot of people up by out-leaping Ben Smith off a restart before taking that sumptuous inside line to create Stander’s try. Two defensive errors did impact on the scoreboard. Rating: 8

Ireland 40 NZ 29: Irish player ratings

Ireland face the Haka in a shape of eight in memory of Anthony Foley of Munster. Photo: Billy Stickland/Inpho

Ireland 40 New Zealand 29!!!

TAKE FLIGHT: A heron flies over the waterfall on the Dodder river. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

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GARDA STRIKE: President of the Garda Representative Association Ciarán O'Neill at their headquarters in Phibsborough, Dublin. Union members are set to withdraw their labour on Friday. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish Times

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CONGRATULATIONS: William Chimezie proposing to Cynthia Okafor from Lucan who graduated from Maynooth University. Photograph: Keith Arkins Photography

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GARDA STRIKE: Minister for Justice, Frances Fitzgerald and Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe at government buildings this evening regarding the impending action. Photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times

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AUTUNM HUE: Horse power, pedal power and autumn colours at Ravensdale , Co Louth. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times

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ARIEL VIEW Autumn colours in an aerial view of Union Wood, Collooney, Co. Sligo. Photograph: Jordan Cummins

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Gerald Craig from Stoneybatter, Dublin, watches runners with his dog Bella during the SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon. Photograph: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon

The first pole of the rural electrification scheme being erected at Kilsallaghan, Co Dublin, on November 5th, 1946

In pictures: Rural Ireland flicks the switch

NIGHT FLIGHT: A seagull lands on a lamppost at sunset in Howth in Dublin. Photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times

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TEACHERS' STRIIKE: Staff at Teresian School, Donnybrook, Dublin on the picket line. Photograph Nick Bradshaw

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The Garda Emergency Response Unit during a joint training exercise in Louth Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill/The Irish Times

Emergency Response Unit training exercise

THE ART OF POLITICS: Minister for Arts Heather Humphreys sits for art students at Coláiste Bríde in Clondalkin, Dublin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

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FACE OFF: Lauren McCausland fifth year (with face paint) surrounded by second year art students from St Mary's Secondary School, Glasnevin at the Art Teachers' Association of Ireland launch of the #stateoftheart campaign to raise awareness of the need for change in Leaving Certificate Art . Photograph: Naoise Culhane

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Nutella: Massive on toast

In pictures: Spicebag up your life: How to be massive

MIGRANT CRISIS: French police officers push back a large crowd of migrants as they line up at a processing centre in Calais "Jungle". Photograph: John Stillwell/PA

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PHILIP CAIRNS: Image from a march in Ballyroan, Dublin, to mark 30 years to the day since the disappearance of schoolboy Philip Cairns. Floral tributes were placed by local people who participated. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

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A minutes silence is observed in memory of Anthony Foley before the European Champions Cup, Pool One match at Thomond Park. Photo: Inpho

Farewell to Anthony Foley

Members of the chorus back stage during a rehearsal of Vanessa By Samuel Barber at the Wexford Opera Festival. Photograph: Cyril Byrne / THE IRISH TIMES

Wexford Opera Festival

WORLD POPULATION: Hannah Ghafoor-Butt, from Rathfarnham, Dublin, at the launch of the 2016 report on the State of the World Population - which states there are over 60 million 10-year-old girls. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

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Mick Galwey, Peter Clohessy, Keith Wood and John Hayes carry the coffin of Munster rugby coach Anthony Foley from St Flannan's Church after his funeral service in Killaloe, Co Clare. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters

Anthony Foley funeral: In pictures

EU SUMMIT: European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker kisses Britain's prime minister Theresa May during a summit in Brussels, Belgium. Photograph: Francois Lenoir/Reuters

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Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton walk onto the stage during the third US presidential debate in Las Vegas. Photograph: Ethan Miller/Getty Images

Final US presidential debate

MUNSTER MOURNS: Province captain Peter O'Mahony at the High Performance Centre in the University of Limerick. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

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PRESEDENTIAL AFFAIR: President Higgins and Sabina Higgins with the president of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades and Andri Anastasiades at Aras an Uachtarain. Photograph: Eric Luke / The Irish Times

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BRAIN STEM: Aoife Hennessy (12), from Castlebar, taking part in Coder Girl Hack Day 2016, an initiate to encourage young girls to participate in STEM (science, technology, engineering, maths) activities. Photograph: Marc O'Sullivan

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Foley at Munster squad training in Cork last year. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho

Anthony Foley in pictures

SPHYNX ALIEN: Robert Woods, holding a cat known as a “sphynx alien” - Frank Skinatra - at The Dublin Championship Cat Show at the RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times

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Toulouse's Yann David scores a try at The Sportsground. Photograph: Billy Stickland/Inpho

Champions Cup opening round

Images from a new book by Irish Times photographer Eric Luke - Looking Back: The Changing Faces of Ireland.. Taoiseach Charlie Haughey uses a shotgun to start the Dingle regatta in the late 1970s. All Photographs: Eric Luke

Eric Luke - Looking Back

SYRIA: Rebel fighters and their families arrive on the outskirts of Idlib, bordering the Hama province, following their evacuation from Qudsaya and al-Hamah, neighbourhoods of the Syrian capital. Photograph: Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images

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DAZZLING DYLAN: Mandy Fallen of St Cloud photographs a mural of Bob Dylan, the 2016 Nobel Prize winner in literature, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US. The mural was created by Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra and his team. Photograph: Craig Lassig/Reuters

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Italian playwright and actor Dario Fo on stage in a Milan in 1997. Fo, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1997, has died at the age of 90. Photograph: AP

In pictures: Dario Fo - 1926-2016

The 2,327th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honoured Donald Trump for his role as producer of NBC's reality TV show ‘The Apprentice’ in 2007.

Giving Trump the finger, Hollywood-style

Known for her brilliant use of colour, Michiyo Yasuda joined the newly-founded Studio Ghibli in 1985 as the head of it's colour department and helped define the animation studio's work. She worked on several award-winning films from the stuido, inclusing My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle and Ponyo. Yasuda died on October 5th, 2016 at age 77. <br><br>My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

Famed animator Michiyo Yasuda dies aged 77: A tribute in pictures of her work

RWANDAN WELCOME: The Ingeshabirori dance troup (meaning "life and soul of the party") dance for the blessing of the cows after the Irish aid agency Bothar arrived in Rwanda. Photograph: Sean Curtin

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Kenzo x H&M lookbook

BUDGET BOYS: Minister for Finance Michael Noonan and Minister for Public Ependiture and Reform Paschal Donohoe at Government Buildings ahead of the budget. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

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Tea House in Prague, one of the images in Fragments, an exhibition of architectural photographs by Ester Havlová, on view at the Irish Architectural Archive to coincide with Open House this weekend. The exhibition is supported by the Czech embassy.

Architectural photo exhibition by Ester Havlová marks start of Open House weekend

CARRICKMINES FIRE: Members of the Connors family mark the one-year anniversary of the fire which killed 10 Travellers in Carrickmines, Dublin. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

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The media centre at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri where the debate was held.

Second US presidential debate

FIXATED: Children enjoying a street performance during the Busker Fleadh in Smithfield, Dublin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

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GOING . . . Munster's Simon Zebo makes a try-saving tackle on Isa Nacewa of Leinster. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho

Pro 12: Leinster v Munster

Broadcaster Pat Kenny, who received the lifetime achievement award at the Irish Film & Television Academy awards. Photograph Nick Bradshaw.

The Irish Film & Television Academy awards

Francis Wheatley (1747-1801) The Dublin Volunteers in College Green, 4 November 1779, 1779?80 Oil on canvas 175 x 323 cm National Gallery of Ireland, NGI.125 Photograph: National Gallery of Ireland

Creating History: Stories of Ireland in Art

BREXIT: A delegate reads a leaflet entitled "BREXIT, how do we do it?" as he sits in the audience on the second day of the annual Conservative Party conference in Birmingham. Photograph: Getty Images

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Reuben Fields, Safe Haven - First place, Coastal Heritage Category, and overall Photographer of the year 2016 winner of the Love Your Coast Photography Competition, An Taisce Clean Coasts ww.cleancoasts.org

Clean Coasts’ Love Your Coast Photography Awards 2016

Ireland fans Clayton and Shane Peppard with Dylan and Jamie Doyle. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho

Republic of Ireland v Georgia

CIRCUS CAPERS: Members of the Australian cirus troupe Circa perform during the Carnaval de los Animales (Cavrinal of the Animals) show as part of a press conference at the International Festival Cervantino, in Guanajuato, Mexico. Photograph: Ulises Ruiz Basurto/EPA

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The Main stage at Electric Picnic. Photograph Ruth Medjber

Rock'n'roll highs - a selection of live shots by Ruth Medjber

A new exhibition at the Little Museum of Dublin represents a colourful and candid celebration of pop culture in Ireland.

Brand New Retro - Irish Pop Culture 1950-1980

LAND AHOY: Taoiseach Enda Kenny at the launch of International Markets Week at the RDS in Dublin. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times

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THANKSGIVING SERVICE: Sarah Kelly and Karen Gibson from Blackrock, Co Dublin, with dog Dora, during the 20th Thanksgiving service on the Feast of St Francis of Assisi at Christ Church, Dublin. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

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A migrant is rescued from the Mediterranean Sea by a member of Proactiva Open Arms NGO some 20 nautical miles north of Libya. Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images

Distressed people on distressed boats

CONSERVATIVE CONFERENCE: A delegate reads a leaflet entitled “Brexit, how do we do it?” amid the audience on the second day of the annual Conservative Party conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, England, on October 3rd, 2016. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

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HERE'S HOPING: Last few seconds of the All-Ireland football final on Saturday when Mayo were beaten by Dublin Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

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Bobby Molloy, accompanied by Druid Theatre Artistic Director and co-founder Garry Hynes, at the opening of the new Druid Theatre building in Druid Lane in Galway in the late 1970s. Mr Molloy, who was a TD for almost four decades, has died age 80. He was a long serving Cabinet minister and a founder of the Progressive Democrats. Photograph: Joe O'Shaughnessy

Bobby Molloy - a life in politics

Philip Mc Mahon lifts the Sam Maguire Cup to the Hill after the Dublin win over Mayo. at Croke Park Photograph: Cyril Byrne / THE IRISH TIMES

Dublin 1-15 Mayo 1-14

CORK HOMECOMING: Majella O'Sullivan welcomes her son Lloyd home from a tour of duty in the Mediterranean on the LÉ James Joyce. Photograph: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision

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TRAVELLER FUNERAL: Wreaths are laid during the funeral of Violet Crumlish, dubbed the Queen of the Travellers, at St Coleman's cemetery in Lurgan, Co Armagh. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

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The Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster at the Paris Motor Show in France. Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images

Paris Motor Show 2016

The Bali-inspired 4,409-square-feet residence has four bedrooms and four bathrooms plus a separate one-bedroom and one-bathroom guesthouse. The grounds feature tree-shaded gardens and sunny flagstone terraces, a swimming pool, and a private path to a sandy beach. Photograph: Luxury Retreats

Angelina Jolie's Hollywood Hills hideaway

DUBLIN THEATRE FESTIVAL: The character Oberon, played by Harry Jardin, from the cast of A Midsummer Night's Dream, at a photocall. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times

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Bernie Sanders supporters protest outside the Wells Fargo Center after Hillary Clinton secured the delegates needed to capture the Democratic nomination during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 26th. Photograph: Ruth Fremson/The New York Times

On the road with Hillary Clinton - in pictures

TIMES ARROW: Dublin 2016 World Archery Field Championships in Kilruddery House, Dublin. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho

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