Images of the Day, selected by Deputy Picture Editor Laura Hutton
SHOW ME THE MONEY: A busker entertains festive shoppers on Henry Street, Dublin, as Ireland's second lockdown ended on Monday. Non-essential retail outlets, churches, hairdressers and other businesses opened for the first time in six weeks, just more than three weeks before Christmas. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
LOCKDOWN BREAKOUT: Shoppers stop to chat on a busy Mary Street, Dublin, after Ireland's second lockdown came to an end ahead of the Christmas season. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
FLOWERY FEELING: A shopper on Grafton Street in Dublin after non-essential retail reopened following the lifting of a six-week lockdown. Photograph: Crispin Rodwell
UNLEASH THE BEAST: Shoppers on Grafton Street in Dublin after non-essential retail reopened. Photograph: Crispin Rodwell
PICTURE PERFECT: Visitors in the National Gallery, Dublin, following its reopening after the six-week lockdown. Photograph: Crispin Rodwell
RETAIL THERAPY: Catherine Brady becomes the first person to enter retailer Penneys in the Blanchardstown Centre after it opened its doors, as Ireland's second lockdown comes to an end ahead of Christmas. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
TAKING IT EASY: Dawn breaks in the Phoenix Park in Dublin on December 1st, as deer take in their calm surroundings. Photograph: Garry Walsh
INKING IT: A tattooist works on a customer at the Heartbreak Social Club tattoo parlour in Dublin after restrictions on such businesses were lifted. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP/Getty
CREATIVE STUDENTS: Pupils of St Vincent's Primary School, of Shandon, Cork, see their Creative School project come to life with the support of their creative associate, Maev O'Shea of The Everyman Theatre. Photograph: Clare Keogh
SANTA'S LITTLE HELPERS: Kenzie (4) and Frankie Kearney Grace (6), from Dublin, see Santa Claus arriving at the Jervis shopping centre in Dublin to a new Covid-compliant grotto. All visits to Santa must be pre-booked to avoid queues - there will be no walk-in slots available. Photograph: Karen Morgan
PURE IMAGINATION: Conductor and award-winning composer Eímear Noone (left), with singer Sibéal Ní Chasaide, at a dress rehearsal for RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra LIVE: Eímear Noone's Pure Imagination, a concert of video game and movie score hits, to be broadcast on RTÉ Lyric FM's Movies and Musicals and streamed on rte.ie/culture on Saturday, December 26th, at 1pm. Photograph: Mark Stedman
OLYMPIC HOPES: A couple walk past Olympic rings in the Odaiba area of Tokyo, Japan. The Olympic symbol has been reinstalled after it was taken down for maintenance ahead of the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo
TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION: Police and ambulance personnel work at the scene where a car drove into pedestrians in Trier, southwestern Germany, killing at least two people and injuring 15. The driver has been arrested. Photograph: Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/AFP/Getty
UGANDA CHALLENGER: Bobi Wine and his daughter Subi share a moment during breakfast at their home in Kampala, Uganda. Mr Wine is concludings campaign rallies around the country in preparation for 2021 elections, where he will be challenging President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power for 35 years. Photograph: Sumy Sadurni/AFP/Getty
