BUZZ OF ANTICIPATION: Charlie Walsh and his grandfather Frank Mulvihill of the Irish Bee Conservation Project promote a new Bee Pollinator Trail to be opened at Fota. Photograph: Clare Keogh

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SUNFLOWER DAYS: Together for Hospice ambassador Mary Kennedy and Lily Houlihan (6) mark the launch of the Virtual Sunflower Remembrance Garden. Members of the public are invited to dedicate a virtual sunflower in memory of a loved one, while helping to raise funds for local hospices and home care services across the country during the month of June. Photograph: Tom Honan

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The wedding marque at Burton Park, Leopardstown, this afternoon which has been ordered to be taken down by Judge Sinead Ni Chulachain. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins

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BALLYMURPHY INQUEST: Relatives of Joseph Corr react after the findings of the Ballymurphy inquest were released by the coroner at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast. Ten people shot dead in Ballymurphy, west Belfast, in 1971 were “all entirely innocent of any wrongdoing on the day in question”, the coroner found. At the time, the British army claimed soldiers had been shooting at terrorists in Ballymurphy, and the dead were either gunmen or had been caught in the crossfire. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty

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SPENDING PENNEYS: Laura Johnston, of Ringsend, leaves Penneys, Mary Street, Dublin, as non-essential retail opened for click-and-collect and appointment-only shopping as part of a major easing of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

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TAOISEACH’S VACCINE: Taoiseach Micheál Martin after receiving his AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, administered by Brenda Dillon, assistant director of nursing at the HSE vaccination centre in Cork City Hall. Photograph: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision

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BIRD ON THE WIRE: A bird rests on power cables, in Newcastle, Co Wicklow. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times

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PASSING SHIPS: Dalkey Island goats in the early morning light as a ship heads into Dublin Port. The goats have been a feature of Dalkey's heritage since the Martello tower was built in Napoleonic times. They were originally put there to provide milk for soldiers garrisoned at the tower. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

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CATCH THE BIRDIE: Michelle Lindsay restrains her son Koben as he tries to pursue pigeons beside the Brendan Behan bench along the Royal Canal, in Drumcondra, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

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CRUINNIÚ NA NÓG: Zahra Syed (13) shows off henna body art created by herself and her sister at Airfield Estate, Dundrum, Dublin, for the launch of Creative Ireland's Cruinniú na nÓg 2021. The event, running on June 12th, will be a day of free creative activity for children and young people under the age of 18. See cruinniu.creativeireland.gov.ie. Photograph: Mark Stedman

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CRUNCH TIME: Darragh Nugent of Shamrock Rovers (right) is tackled by Cameron Evans of Waterford in their SSE Airtricity League Premier Division encounter at Tallaght Stadium, Dublin. Rovers won the game 3-0. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho

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NATURE’S BALLET: Members of the Irish National Youth Ballet (from left to right) Cara McCrystal, Ella Burke, Sophie Grey, Rose Barford, Imogen Murphy and Áine Kidney, prepare to perform on an outdoor stage, at Shawbrook centre of dance in Co Longford, for the first time after five months of Zoom online tuition. All cast members tested negatively for Covid-19 before performing, and their performance will be broadcast online. Photograph: Alan Betson

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AWAITING VISITORS: A tiger relaxes in the afternoon sun at Tayto Park in Ashbourne, Co Meath, which reopened to the public today after Covid-19 restrictions were eased. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

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BLURRED VISION: Kamil Kiryluk from Inchicore walks up a steep road with his bicycle through a snow shower in Kilakee, Co Dublin. Photograph: Damien Eagers

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Dr Maeve Hurley, chief executive of Ag Eisteacht, Dr Nicola O'Sullivan, an independent social care consultant and Jim Sheehan, director of Shep (Social and Health Education Project) taking some reflective time in Garryduff Woods in Cork to remind frontline practitioners to take time out to pause and reflect on the impact of their work. Photograph: Clare Keogh

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SHARK ON IRISH SHORES: A basking shark, about 6m (20ft) in length, washed up on the rocks at Harbour View in West Cork, due to last night’s full moon. PhD graduate, Kate O'Mahony, is photographed taking pictures and recording details of the dead shark. Photograph: Andy Gibson

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IT'S GOT THAT SWING: Ian Kearney sets out on a round of golf at sunrise at Dromoland Castle Golf Club, Newmarket-On-Fergus, Co Clare, as golfers return to the fairways while Covid-19 restrictions are relaxed, amid beautiful sunshine. Photograph: Brian Arthur

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DARKNESS INTO LIGHT: A shot taken at sunrise beside Lough Ennell, Dysart, Co Westmeath, to help promote Darkness Into Light, raising funds for Pieta and taking place on May 8th next. Register at darknessintolight.ie. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho

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EARLY BIRD: A heron perched in front of the Normandy Ireland Exports fish factory in Schull, Co Cork, this morning. Photograph: Andy Gibson

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DANCING IN THE STREET: Bebhinn King dances while listening to busker Matthew Lennon, in Maynooth, Co Kildare. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times

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ROLLING HILLS: Bikers enjoy the warmer weather with a visit to the Phoenix Park in Dublin. Photograph: Alan Betson

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AFFAIRS OF STATE: Taoiseach Micheál Martin on the phone while taking some fresh air in Merrion Square, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

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Fans gather outside Elland Road on Monday night. Photograph: PA

Football fans protest against European Super League

WATCHING THE WILDLIFE: Members of the public view an outdoor photographic exhibition, One Lock Further, a photographic celebration of the canals in Dublin, which is showing at Charlemont Place, with pictures by photographer Allen Kiely and produced by Tom Lawlor. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

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Currach rowers and members of Draiocht Na Life Tomas Madden and Frank Tate during their weekly practice which takes them from Poolbeg Yacht and Boat club to Island Bridge, tide permitting. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

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ROOF SONGS: Faye O'Rourke performing a 'Rooftop Lullaby' on the roof of Studio 10, Wicklow Street as part of a presentation by Sofft Productions which will see artists sing reworked and reimagined versions of Irish classic songs and lullabies to the city of Dublin and her people before, during and after dusk. The performances will be free to view online from Sunday, April 25th at 8pm at MusicTown Youtube Channel. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

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TRAFFIC INCIDENT: M50 staff work to get a lorry, which overturned on the motorway's northbound carriageway under the Red Cow intersection, back on its wheels on Thursday morning. The lorry caused huge tailbacks on the M50 for a period of time. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin

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WORD ON THE STREET: Neighbours enjoy a chat, on Florence Street, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times

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LITERATURE FESTIVAL: Author John Banville and Alisha Katongole (8) pictured with a life-sized person made of books in the Peace Garden in Dublin, to mark the announcement of the programme for International Literature Festival Dublin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times

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SCHOOL'S IN: Brothers Cal and Sean McQuillan (sons of the photographer) make their way to the school bus stop as they return to class for the first time since the December 2020 lockdown, in Templepatrick, Co Antrim. All school ages in Northern Ireland returned to class on Monday. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty

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NO LIGHTWEIGHTS: Ireland's Fintan McCarthy (left) and Paul O'Donovan celebrate winning the Lightweight Men's Double A Final by showing off their 1st place medals at the 2021 European Rowing Championships at Varese, Italy. Photograph: Detlev Seyb/Inpho

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A cormorant toys with a minnow on the pond at Bushy Park, Dublin. Photograph: Naoise Culhane

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Prince Philip during a naval visit to Melbourne, Australia. Photograph: AP Photo

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BELFAST UNREST: Belfast City Council workers clear the remains of a bus on the loyalist Shankill Road after it was set on fire during a night of violence. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images

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MYTHICAL MUM: Tushig Guinness (5) enjoys time with his mother Uyanga Munkhbold (in unicorn outfit), in Sean Moore Park, Dublin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

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FLAME OUT: A member of the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service extinguishes a blaze in a digger set alight on Monday night close to the loyalist Nelson Drive Estate in the Waterside of Derry City, Co Derry, amid continuing violence in loyalist areas of Northern Ireland. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

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SUNNY COOL: Esra Yilmaz and Dilara Onen enjoy the sun despite cold temperatures at the Grand Canal at Portobello, Dublin. Photograph: Tom Honan

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EASTER RISING: Cpt Marie Carrigy poses after reading the Proclamation at the GPO in commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising on Sunday. Photograph: Tom Honan/The Irish Times

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EASTER CHICK: Tori Stringer (4) at home in Wicklow with her 5-day-old silkie chick. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

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A lava stream runs down the slopes of the erupting Mount Etna volcano, as seen from Milo, near Catania, Sicil. Etna. Photograph: Orietta Scardino/EPA

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DOG'S LIFE: A dog on Dame Street in Dublin city centre. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times

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HIT THE DECK: People take to deckchairs to soak up the sun at Wilton Park, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill

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DUBLIN CITY: Teenagers walk down Grafton Street in Dublin city centre on the first day of school Easter holidays. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

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ENJOYING THE VIEW: People stroll or jog on South Bull Wall to Poolbeg Lighthouse in Dublin as ocean waves crash against the rocks. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

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Niamh O'Sullivan and Geraldine Rea, from Cork, are Ireland's first same-sex couple to register the birth of their babies with both parents' names on the birth certificates. Photograph: Gerard McCarthy

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TESTING: A member of the National Ambulance Service gives Christine Cutler a Covid-19 test at a walk-in test centre in Tullamore, Co Offaly. Photograph: Alan Betson

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CORK CHORAL FESTIVAL: The reimagined Cork International Choral Festival will be held virtually from April 27th - May 2nd, 2021, allowing international audiences to watch and choirs from around the world to compete. Four gala concerts will be staged and a series of free workshops will take place. See corkchoral.ie to book tickets. Photograph: Clare Keogh

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NO FRACKING WAY: Activists from Extinction Rebellion Ireland hold a protest outside Leinster House calling on the Government to ban the importation of fracked gas. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

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PLANT LIFE: An aerial photo showing workers maintaining plants at a park in Hai'an in China's eastern Jiangsu province. Photograph: AFP/Getty

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DIG IN: Gabriela and Catalina Motoc, Jarlath Kivlehan and Teresa Gallagher prepare raised beds for planting crops at the Chapelizod Allotments along the bank of the River Liffey in Chapelizod, Dublin. Photograph: Alan Betson

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Honeysuckle comes up the hill in the lead. Photo: Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images

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GRAFFITI PROTEST: Contractors clean painted slogans that read “no more empty promises” from the Department of Foreign Affairs’ headquarters at Iveagh House on St Stephen’s Green, Dublin. The Extinction Rebellion Cork group later claimed responsibility for the act in a live-stream video posted on Facebook. Photograph: Laura Hutton

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HORSEPLAY: Konik ponies fighting as the foaling season begins at the National Trust's Wicken Fen Nature Reserve in Cambridgeshire, England. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

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The sky turns green as the aurora borealis is seen just north of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Photograph: Stephen West

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CHELTENHAM DAY ONE: Jockey Rachael Blackmore celebrates on her mount Honeysuckle after their victory in the Unibet Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy (Grade 1) on Day One of the Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse, in Cheltenham, England. Photograph: Michael Steele/AFP/Getty

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ROCKY ROAD IN DUBLIN: Marking exactly one year since the Temple Bar area of Dublin was effectively shut down during the first Covid-19 lockdown, world-renowned fiddler Frankie Gavin draws attention to the plight of musicians, whose livelihoods have been devastated. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Rocky road for the entertainment industry

TRY: Ireland's Garry Ringrose and James Lowe celebrates after Tadhg Beirne scores a try against Scotland during their 2021 Guinness Six Nations Championship Round 4 fixture at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh on Sunday. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho

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SPRING: Shauna (5) and Lucas (2) with Dad Declan Myers from Lusk exploring a hill of Daffodils at Newbridge House while out for a walk. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

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PJ Cully visiting his wife Ann who has Alzheimers Disease and has been a resident at Craddock House nursing Home in Naas for the last two years. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

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Mourners turn out in the Co Tyrone village of Augher for the funeral of former Tyrone GAA coach Fergal McCann. Fergal McCann, who hailed from Augher, was part of Mickey Harte's management team when the Red Hand County clinched the All-Ireland Football title in 2005 and 2008. Mr McCann also worked as a schools coach for Tyrone GAA but was best known for his key role with Harte's squad. Photograph: Pacemaker

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READING FOR FUN: Johnny Murphy, in his "Marcel So What" get-up, reads the book Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession, at a launch at UCD of events taking place this April to celebrate One Dublin One Book. Photograph: Tom Honan

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MORE POWER TO YOU: A woman walks past a mural in Dublin by artist Kathrina Rupit, celebrating International Women's Day. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

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LAMB OF GOD: A baby dressed in a papal outfit during a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis at Erbil Stadium, Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, on Sunday. Pope Francis is on a three-day visit to the country, the first by a pope there. Photograph: Gailan Haji/EPA

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TAKE PAWS: President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina go for a stroll in the grounds of Áras an Uachtaráin with Bród and new arrival Misneach. Photograph: Tony Maxwell/Maxwells

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A Luas passes the Greta Thunberg mural, by Emma Blake, which was cleaned after it was vandalised within 24 hours of being completed. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos Dublin

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Perfect shot: the murmuration of starlings that James Crombie photographed over Lough Ennell, in Co Westmeath, on Tuesday evening. It became the front-page photograph of The Irish Times of March 4th, 2021. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho

Murmurations over Lough Ennell

WHEELIE: Tané O'Halloran from Rathfarnham enjoying one of the many mountain bike trails in Ticknock forest, during misty weather. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

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Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch takes over Sydney tabloid the Daily Mirror, May 1960. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Gallery: Rupert Murdoch down through the decades

SOMBRE SEARCH: Garda divers at Ardreigh Lock, River Barrow, outside Athy, Co Kildare, where a search has resumed for a man who went missing on Sunday during the rescue of a young child in a kayaking incident. The alarm was raised after the man and child got into difficulty when a kayak overturned. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

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BACK TO REALITY? Olivia Glynn rejoins Miss Orlaith Hegarty's junior infants' class at Holy Cross School, Dundrum, Dublin, on Monday, as a phased return to school for primary school children began amid continuing Covid-19 restrictions. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Phased return to the classroom begins

Sunrise over Finnamore Lake, Tullamore, Co Offaly. Photograph: James Crombie/INPHO

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HUGH LANE GALLERY: Logan Sisley, acting head of collections (left), Hugh Lane Gallery director Dr Barbara Dawson (centre) and Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu looking at Music in the Tuileries Gardens by Edouard Manet at the announcement of a new partnership agreed between the National Gallery, London and the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

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TARGETING TOKYO: Paralympic archer Kerrie Leonard and her dog Freddie pictured at her family farm in Culmullen, Co Meath, as she trains ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

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PICNIC: From left; Nora Hoffmann, Catherine Mahoney, Caoilainn Hoffmann and Laila Mahoney all from Bray enjoy lunch out along the promenade in Bray, Co Wicklow. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times

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WINGING IT: Francois Colussi from Pure Magic Watersports winging on a hydrofoil board near Sutton during windy conditions in Dublin Bay. Photograph: Alan Betson

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FRESH AIR: People gather at Portobello Harbour on the banks of the Grand Canal, Dublin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

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GRAND STRETCH: A busy day for walkers in Dublin’s War Memorial Gardens with warming temperatures and a longer stretch of light in the evenings. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

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HAVE A BALL: Luna, a Yorkshire terrier, goes for a walk at Newbridge demense, Donabate, with owner David O'Brien. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

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SURF’S UP: A surfer heads into the water at Poolbeg Beach at Irishtown Nature Park in Dublin. Photograph: Laura Hutton/The Irish Times

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Six-year-old Annalee Corcoran, who received ashes at home in Poppintree, Dublin, on Ash Wednesday. Photograph: Dara MacDonaill/The Irish Times

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JIMMY GETS JAB: Former Cork All-Ireland winning hurler Jimmy Brohan (85) gets his vaccination against Covid-19 at Blackrock Hall Medical Practice in Cork. Photograph: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision

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DIGGING IT: Ben, Sam and James O'Connor from Sandymount, Dublin 4, enjoying the first day of their mid-term break on Sandymount Strand. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

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WINDOW VISIT: Marymount Care Centre resident Joan Byrne has a window visit from her daughter Debi Nevin in Lucan on Sunday. Photograph: Tom Honan/The Irish Times

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TENT REMOVAL: Dublin City Council officials removing tents and belongings owned by rough sleepers from along the canal on this bitterly cold afternoon. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

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WHEEL LOVE: Cork couple Andy and Eileen Casey from Kileens on their restored BSA motorbike at Blarney Square, where they first met 57 years ago. Photograph: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision

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Amia (12), Ayla (5) and Anna Zheng (10) launching the annual Chinese New Year Community Celebration, which will take place online from February 12th-26th. To mark the year of the ox, activities will include drama, Tai Chi, calligraphy and story telling. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times

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FLURRY ALONG: A snow shower at St Stephen's Green, Dublin. Photograph: Gary Ashe

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ICE VIEW: Ice formations on the Cooley Mountains in Co Louth as Storm Darcy brings cold temperatures, ice and snow across Ireland and the UK. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

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CHILE UNREST: Street artists clash with police during a protest following the death of a street artist allegedly shot by a police officer during an identity check in Panguipulli in southern Chile. Photograph: Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty

Street artists clash with police in Chile

Christopher Plummer holds his Oscar for best actor in a supporting role for Beginners in the press room at the 84th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, California in February 2012. Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images

Christopher Plummer: A career in pictures

NEWLYWEDS: Niko Chechelashvili helps his wife Malwina with her shoe as they pose for photographs in St Stephen's Green, Dublin, following their wedding ceremony. Weddings with up to six guests are permitted under current Covid-19 restrictions. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

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The Pleasant Street Cat keeping an eye on proceedings on Dublin's Pleasant Street. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/ The Irish Times

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Brent Geese feeding on a playing pitch at Howth, Dublin. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

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WE'RE NEARLY THERE: A pedestrian in a facemask makes her way down Grafton Street, Dublin, on Tuesday. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

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BRIGIDS OF THE WORLD: To celebrate Brigid's Day on February 1st, the Herstory Light Show by Dodeca is illuminating landmarks across Ireland in honour of mother and baby homes victims, frontline workers in the battle against Covid-19, the Black Lives Matter movement. This work, Brigids of the World, is projected onto Kildare Cathedral, with the silhouettes of spectators in front. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Herstory: Celebrating St Brigid's Day 2021

Spring is in the air with the arrival of daffodil season. Photograph: Cathal Noonan

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