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Images of the Weekend

Selected by deputy picture editor Alan Betson

Sun 17 Jun 2018
More than 5,000 people participated in the Irish Cancer Society's Colour Dash sponsored by Aldi in the Phoenix Park. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
More than 5,000 people participated in the Irish Cancer Society's Colour Dash sponsored by Aldi in the Phoenix Park. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
The Irish Cancer Society's Colour Dash in the Phoenix Park.  Participants throw their colour into the air at the start line of this year's dash.  Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
The Irish Cancer Society's Colour Dash in the Phoenix Park. Participants throw their colour into the air at the start line of this year's dash. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Georgina Hynes of Aherla with her award-winning Jersey at the Cork Summer Show, Munster's largest Agricultural event which draws crowds of over 60,000 over the weekend at Curraheen.  Photograph: Clare Keogh
Georgina Hynes of Aherla with her award-winning Jersey at the Cork Summer Show, Munster's largest Agricultural event which draws crowds of over 60,000 over the weekend at Curraheen. Photograph: Clare Keogh
Christine Zhang and Yigang Gao of Cork city centre at the Cork Summer Show. Photograph: Clare Keogh
Christine Zhang and Yigang Gao of Cork city centre at the Cork Summer Show. Photograph: Clare Keogh
Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald addresses the party faithful at the ardfeis in Belfast. Photograph: Mark Marlow/Rollingnews
Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald addresses the party faithful at the ardfeis in Belfast. Photograph: Mark Marlow/Rollingnews
John Shevlin in character as James Joyce  at the Bloomsday breakfast in the James Joyce Centre.
Photograph: Tom Honan.
John Shevlin in character as James Joyce at the Bloomsday breakfast in the James Joyce Centre. Photograph: Tom Honan.
President Michael D Higgins  with puppets Eamon and Pascal from the Your Man's Puppets at a Bloomsday garden party in Aras an Uachtarain. Photograph: Tom Honan
President Michael D Higgins with puppets Eamon and Pascal from the Your Man's Puppets at a Bloomsday garden party in Aras an Uachtarain. Photograph: Tom Honan
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar delivers a speech at a commemoration to former taoiseach John A Costello at an annual event in Deans Grange cemetery, a reflection on the life and achievements of Ireland's Reluctant Taoiseach. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar delivers a speech at a commemoration to former taoiseach John A Costello at an annual event in Deans Grange cemetery, a reflection on the life and achievements of Ireland's Reluctant Taoiseach. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
The Biodiversity Photographer of the Year competition where the overall winner  Dolphin Blade by John Holden. Photograph: John Holden
The Biodiversity Photographer of the Year competition where the overall winner Dolphin Blade by John Holden. Photograph: John Holden
The world's top vertical dancers gathered in Limerick to explore new places to create work and train a new generation of dancers on landscapes of the city. Kate Lawrence of Vertical Dance  performs on the side of King John's Castle. Photograph: Oisin McHugh/True Media
The world's top vertical dancers gathered in Limerick to explore new places to create work and train a new generation of dancers on landscapes of the city. Kate Lawrence of Vertical Dance performs on the side of King John's Castle. Photograph: Oisin McHugh/True Media
Jennifer De Brun of Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Theatre performing on the side of the Limerick Strand Hotel. Photograph: Oisin McHugh/True Media
Jennifer De Brun of Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Theatre performing on the side of the Limerick Strand Hotel. Photograph: Oisin McHugh/True Media
Hundreds of visitors amd locals take the weight off their feet at the Clonakilty Street Carnival. Photograph: Dermot Sullivan
Hundreds of visitors amd locals take the weight off their feet at the Clonakilty Street Carnival. Photograph: Dermot Sullivan
People gather for an open-air yoga session near the Eiffel tower in Paris. Photograph: Philippe Wojazer/Reuters
People gather for an open-air yoga session near the Eiffel tower in Paris. Photograph: Philippe Wojazer/Reuters
Argentina's Lionel Messi in action for Argentina against Iceland in Spartak Stadium, Moscow. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters
Argentina's Lionel Messi in action for Argentina against Iceland in Spartak Stadium, Moscow. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters
Fans settle in at the Morocco v Iran match in Saint Petersburg Stadium. Photograph: Lee Smith/Reuters
Fans settle in at the Morocco v Iran match in Saint Petersburg Stadium. Photograph: Lee Smith/Reuters
Supporters of Turkey's main opposition party presidential candidate Muharrem Ince during a pre-election speach in Istanbul. Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
Supporters of Turkey's main opposition party presidential candidate Muharrem Ince during a pre-election speach in Istanbul. Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
A fishy morsel during Vlaggetjesdag (Flagday), the day on which traditionally the new herring is shipped into the harbor of Scheveningen, The Netherlands. Photograph: Remko De Waal/EPA
A fishy morsel during Vlaggetjesdag (Flagday), the day on which traditionally the new herring is shipped into the harbor of Scheveningen, The Netherlands. Photograph: Remko De Waal/EPA

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Central American migrants try to cross the Rio Bravo, which divides the cities of Eagle Pass, in Texas and Piedras Negras, in Coahuila state, Mexico on February 14, 2019. Around 1,700 migrants traveling in caravan reached the US-Mexican border last week. Photograph: Julio Cesar Aguilar/AFP

In pictures: US/Mexico border

YOUTH STRIKE: A girl looks on as people take part in a youth strike for climate change demonstration in London on February 15th. Photograph: Simon Dawson/Reuters

Images of the Day

Bereft family members at the Stardust memeorial vigil, Artane, Dublin; 48 people died on St Valentine's day, 1981, in a blaze that ripped through the nightclub. Photograph: Donall Farmer

Images of the Day

NURSES' TALKS: General secretary of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, Phil Ní Sheaghdha, applauds her colleagues as a meeting concludes at the Green Isle Hotel in Dublin. After a series of strikes, and threats of further days of action, the INMO is recommending that its members accept a pay deal. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times

Images of the Day

TRIAL: Catalan separatist leaders appear in court at the start of their trial at Supreme Court in Madrid, Spain, February 12th. Photograph: Emilio Naranjo/Pool/Reuters

Images of the Day

UK VISIT: President Michael D Higgins lays a wreath at the Birmingham bombings memorial at the beginning of an official three-day visit to Britain. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Images of the Day

SPANISH NATIONALISTS: Right-wing protesters wave Spanish flags during a demonstration at Plaza de Colon in Madrid against Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez, for making what they say are concessions to Catalan separatists. Photograph:  Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP/Getty Images

Images of the Weekend

Nurses and Midwives marching from Parnell Square to Merrion Square in Dublin during a City Centre protest  as part of the INMO Nationwide strike to improve pay and staffing levels.
Photo: Alan Betson/The irish Times

INMO Protest Rally

Scotland fan Frazer Grant with Ireland fan Sarah Greene. Credit INPHO/James Crombie

Scotland V Ireland

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar greets UK prime mnister Theresa May at the official state guesthouse, Farmleigh House, in Dublin on February 8th Photograph: Maxwell Photography/PA Wire

Images of the Day

 Albert Finney as  Arthur Seaton in Saturday Night, Sunday Morning, one of his most famous roles. Photograph: BFI Collections

Albert Finney 1936-2019: A life in pictures

STRIKE: Nurses and midwives protest at the entrance to the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital as part of the INMO Nationwide strike to improve pay and staffing levels. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

Images of the Day

GP PROTEST: GPs hold up their stethoscopes during a protest about funding for the health service outside Leinster House in Dublin. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Images of the Day

BORDER WORRIES: Prime minister Theresa May speaks with business representatives at the Allstate firm in Belfast about her Brexit plans. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Images of the Day

GET THEM YOUNG: Newly commissioned Defence Forces officers Kimberly King (left) holding Elsie, niece of Leanne Nolan, who is holding her twin sister, Ailbhe, at a commissioning ceremony at Dublin Castle. Photograph Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times

Images of the Day

SKATE AGAINST SUICIDE: Skateboarders take part in the first Skate Against Suicide event  in Fairview Skatepark, Dublin, with support from depression support charity Aware. The intention is to hold this event annually. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill/The Irish Times

Images of the Weekend

Ireland's  Dave Kilcoyne and Quinn Roux at the final whistle.
Photo: Tom Honan for The Irish Times.

Ireland V England

EARLY DOORS: England fan Jenny Clayton is seen in Dublin's Temple Bar, ahead of Saturday's Six Nations match between Ireland and England. Photograph: James Forde/The Irish Times

Images of the Week

FUNERAL: The funeral of Micheal Roarty at the Sacred Heart Church in Dunlewey, in Co Donegal. He was one of four young men who died following a road crash in a remote area of north west Co Donegal on Sunday evening. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Images of the Day

NURSES' STRIKE: Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation stage a picket outside Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times

Images of the Day

STARK ENVIRONS: A walker with child's buggy makes their way through snow in the mountains near Killakee, to the southeast of Dublin. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Images of the Day

DONEGAL TRAGEDY: Gardai at the scene of a single-vehicle road incident near a bridge at Meenaclady between Gweedore and Gortahork, Co Donegal, in which four young men lost their lives on Sunday night. Photograph: North West Newspix

Images of the Day

HERE COMES THE SUN: Making the most of some spring-like sunshine on Dollymount Strand on the Bull Island in Dublin. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

Images of the Weekend

BIRD ON A WIRE: A Little Egret stands alone in the Booterstown Reserve, Co Dublin. The Little Egret is a small snow-white heron that is a rather recent arrival to Irish waters. They first began breeding in Ireland in 1997 in Co Cork and have since spread through the east coast of Ireland. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

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