LOCKDOWN LOOMS: A barber cuts a customer's hair as both wear face masks to counter Covid-19, in a barber shop in Dublin city centre on Monday. Barber shops, hairdressers and many other businesses will be expected to shut under Level 5 restrictions intended to mitigate the spread of coronavirus, to be imposed across the Republic of Ireland this week. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP/Getty

Living with Covid: Level 5 curbs on way

TYRE KICKER: A crane testing the waters in Booterstown marsh, Dublin. Photograph: Tom Honan

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Harp-maker Kevin Harrington handing over a new harp to Muireann Ni Mhuirthile (10), on National Harp Day, at the Featherbeds in the Dublin/Wicklow mountains. Photograph Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times

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SALLY'S BRIDGE: The Grand Canal as seen from Parnell Bridge in Crumlin, named after John Parnell, great-great-grandfather of Charles Stewart Parnell, a director of the Grand Canal Company. It is popularly known as Sally's Bridge. It is a single-arch limestone bridge carrying road over Grand Canal, dated 1791. Photograph: Marc O'Sullivan

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ANNUAL LEAVE: Philo, a Maltichon puppy, enjoys the autumnal weather in St Stephen's Green, Dublin. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

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STARS AND STRIPES: Irish-American artist Sean Scully poses during the ceremonial opening of an exhibition of his life's works, Passenger - A Retrospective, in the Hungarian National Gallery, in Budapest, Hungary. The exhibition showcases almost 100 works by Scully. Photograph: Balazs Mohai/EPA

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EXTRADITION DENIED: Ian Bailey, seen leaving the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin on Monday, cannot be extradited to France to serve a 25-year prison sentence imposed by a French court for the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier in West Cork 24 years ago, the High Court has ruled. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

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AUTUMN LEAVES: A woman walks her dog on Griffith Avenue in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times

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People walk among the autumn leaves on the grounds of Stormont Estate in Belfast. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

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Caroline Malaugh takes her Labradoodle dog Molly for a walk on Henry Street in Dublin's city centre. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

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Nadine Hoban (7) from Tallaght enjoys an ice-cream in St Stephens Green, Dublin. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

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CATCHING WAVES: A kitesurfer makes the most of the blustery conditions on an autumnal morning at Garrylucas, Co Cork on Tuesday. Photograph: David Creedon/Anzenberger

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RECLAIMING THE PAST: Close-up view of human remains found during exhumation works at the Civil Cemetery, in Guadalajara, central Spain, on Monday. The works are being carried out by the Spanish Association for the Retrieval of Historic Memory. Photograph: Nacho Izquierdo/EPA

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A police officer walks among vehicules submerged in mud in Breil-sur-Roya, southeastern France, on Sunday, after extensive flooding caused widespread damage in the Alpes-Maritimes departement. Photograph: Nicolas Tucat/Getty

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MASK UP: The wax figure of US president Donald Trump has been 'quarantined' at Madame Tussauds by putting a face mask and a placard in the window of Tussauds on the Dam, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Trump and his wife Melania have been infected with Covid-19 and have gone into self-isolation at the White House. Photograph: Koen van Weel/EPA

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SAIL AWAY WITH ME: German skipper Boris Herrmann sails his Imoca 60 monohull "SeaExplorer", off Port-la-Foret, western France, a few weeks prior the start of the Vendée Globe around the world solo sailing race. Photograph: Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images

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SUKKOT: An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man inspects an Etrog, or yellow citron, used during the celebration of Sukkot, the Feast of the Tabernacles, in the Ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood of Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, Israel. The Sukkot feast, which begins on Friday at sunset and ends on October 9th, commemorates the exodus of Jews from Egypt some 3,200 years ago. Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA

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Denise Lynch (37) has become the first female lifeboat coxswain in Ireland. Lynch is a member of Fenit RNLI, and has been a volunteer with the RNLI since 2001. She has served on both their inshore and all-weather lifeboats

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OUT OF THEIR TREE: At the launch of Tetra Pak Tree Day are Riley Durnin, Saoirse Gibson and Amber Hickey-O'Brien, senior infant students at Our Lady of Consolation School in Donnycarney, Dublin. The Tree Council of Ireland is calling on primary schools across the country to get involved and plant a tree this Thursday, October 1st. Photograph: Marc O'Sullivan

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YOUNG AMERICAN: Californian John Catlin (29) holds up the winner's trophy at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open at Galgorm Spa & Golf Resort, Ballymena, Co Antrim. Photograph: Tommy Dickson/Inpho

California's John Catlin wins Irish Open

STAY THE COURSE: Course stewards await the start of play amid delays due to weather conditions at the Irish Open in Ballymena, Co Antrim. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

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Two police officers were shot and more than 100 people were arrested as protests erupted in Louisville, Kentucky, after a grand jury declined to directly charge officers for the killing of Breonna Taylor (26). Ms Taylor was shot dead in her apartment on March 13th by police who had a search warrant for the property. The police opened fire after her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, first shot at them. Mr Walker said that both he and Ms Taylor thought there were intruders in the apartment. Photograph: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

Breonna Taylor protests

TEE UP: A golfer warms up ahead of his tee time at the Irish Open, in Ballymena, Co Antrim. Photograph: Tommy Dickson/Inpho

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IT'S PERSONAL: Waiting with flowers to see the body of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lying in repose at the Supreme Court, in Washington DC, US. Photograph: Doug Mills/New York Times

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose

RUNNING FOR IT: A yacht sails in the Mediterranean Sea ahead of an approaching rainstorm, near the city of Nice on the French Riviera, southern France. Photograph: Valery Hache/AFP/Getty

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IN LIVING COLOUR: Charlotte Oppermann, from Dublin, in St Stephen's Green Park, Dublin. Photograph: Tom Honan

Rose-tinted view: In living colour

SHORE UP: The Glenbeigh-Glencar/Cromane ladies football team training in Co Kerry. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho

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Dutch King Willem-Alexander (left) and Queen Maxima ride bicycles as they visit ECOstyle in Oosterwolde, The Netherlands. Photograph: Koen Van Weel/EPA

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Cyclists hanging beneath the Grenoble Bastille cable cars during the 17th stage of the 107th edition of the Tour de France, 170km between Grenoble and Meribel. Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images

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Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, arriving at the unveiling of the Government's blueprint for living with Covid-19 in Dublin. Photograph: Julien Behal/PA Wire

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SCREEN TIME: Anything Can Happen 1972 writer Damian Gorman stands inside a simulated 1970s TV screen in Derry, ahead of a live broadcast of the project. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

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GARDEN VIEW: People in the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin. Photograph: Tom Honan/The Irish Times

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BEIRUT: Lebanese firefighters stand on a ladder amid billowing smoke as they extinguish the remaining flames at the seaport of Beirut, a day after a huge fire erupted in harbour warehouses. Photograph: Anwar Amro/AFP via Getty

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GEORGE WALLACE: Exhibition curator Anne Hodge at the National Gallery of Ireland ahead of the opening of George Wallace: Reflections on Life. This selection of over 60 artworks is drawn from the large collection presented to the gallery by the Wallace family in 2016. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

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A guard dog on patrol at Shelbourne Road, in Dublin. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

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VICTORY LAP: Stage winner Sam Bennett (C) sprints to victory in the 10th stage of the 107th edition of the Tour de France cycling race. Photograph: Christophe Ena/AFP via Getty Images

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RESULTS ARE IN: Leaving Certificate students Fiona Byrne, Riona Treacy and Grace Clehane look to check out their results at Christ King Girls' Secondary School, Half Moon Lane, Cork, amid continuing turmoil in the education sector due to Covid-19. Photograph: Jim Coughlan

Results are in...Leaving Cert 2020

A couple ride a tourist boat that navigates the waters of the Yangtze River in Wuhan, China's central Hubei province. Photograph: Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty

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2016. Conor Brady from Tallaght in the line of traffic on its way to the Electric Picnic in Stradbally, Co. Laois. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times

Electric Picnic : A Look Back

A Nepalese riot police officer is seen reflected in a window during curfew in Lalitpur, Bagmati province, Nepal. Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA

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BEIRUT BLASTS: A team is seen on a rescue mission for a possible survivor under the rubble at Mar Mikhael area in Beirut, Lebanon, following blasts in the city last month. Photograph: Wael Hamzeh/EPA

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FLOOD: Patrick Guy at the entrance to his house at Riverside beside the Owenglin River in Clifden, Co Galway after the earlier flooding on Wednesday. The entrance driveway was completely destroyed by the flooding. Photograph: Joe O'Shaughnessy

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DAMAGE SURVEY: US president Donald Trump in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the aftermath of severe civil unrest following the recent police shooting of a black man. Trump visited the city despite pleas to stay away and despite claims he is fanning tensions ahead of the November presidential election. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty

Trump surveys damage after Kenosha civil unrest

GO FOR IT SAM: Australia's Caleb Ewan (centre), a Team Lotto rider, crosses the finish line ahead of Ireland's Sam Bennett (first left), a Team Deceuninck rider, amid the 3rd stage of the 107th edition of the Tour de France, between Nice and Sisteron, in France. Photograph: Benoit Tessier/AFP/Getty

Tough at the top of the Tour

POLE POSITION: Una Samuels competes in the women's pole vault event during the Irish Life Health National Senior and U23 Track and Field Championships in Dublin. Photograph: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

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D'AWW: David Bromell with puppy 'Daisy' as they sheltered from the showers in Dublin city centre. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

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Pauline McLynn, who played Mrs Doyle in Father Ted, at the launch of An Post stamps to celebrate 25 years of the TV series, at the GPO in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times

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CATHING THE RAYS: A bee makes a beeline for a sunflower at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

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TESTING THE WATERS: Rolling waves near the Great South Wall, Poolbeg, Dublin, during the tail end of Storm Francis. Photograph: Alan Betson

Storm Francis making waves

INDEPENDENCE DAY: Marchers including family members of those killed and veterans of the ongoing war against Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine's east, mark the country's Independence Day in Kiev on Monday. Photograph: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty

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TEDDY BEAR'S PICNIC: Management and staff at Pacino's, Restaurant, Suffolk Street, Dublin have taken a novel approach to dealing with social distancing at the restaurant in the city centre. Large teddy bears are seated in rows to divide patrons at the venue ensuring diners are kept at the appropriate distance. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times

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Newlyweds Katie Robinson and Keith O'Conner at Bray Harbour this afternoon. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos

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Storm Ellen showing its full power early this morning at high tide in Tramore, Co.Waterford. Photograph: Noel Browne

Storm Ellen in pictures

Swedish founder of the School Strike for Climate movement Greta Thunberg (centre) wears a face mask on her way to meet the German Chancellor Angela Merkel for talks. Photograph: Odd Anderson/ AFP via Getty Images

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Filipe Pinheiro, Samuel Clarke, Eli Clarke, Gabriella Pinheiro and David Clarke from Cavan enjoying a dip in Lough Lene, Co Westmeath. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

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FESTIVAL LAUNCH: Dublin Theatre Festival, Artistic Director Willie White (left) is joined on the stage at the O'Reilly Theatre by some festival participants - writer Deirdre Kinahan, Naomi Ingilosi Moonveld-Nkosi (the youngest participant acting in this year's festival at 13-years-old and actor Sean McGinley - at the launch of the programme for Dublin Theatre Festival 2020. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times

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IMMENSE CONTRIBUTION: Presenter and writer James Kavanagh kicks off the 2020 Volunteer Ireland Awards campaign with volunteers Carol Lovelett (left) and Lorena Campos. The awards aim to recognise the immense contribution volunteers make in communities across Ireland. Nominate at volunteer.ie. Photograph: Mark Stedman

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DUBLIN CATCH: Damien White, from Ratoath, Co Meath, displays mackerel he landed at Howth, Co Dublin. Photograph: Tom Honan

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A worker disinfects the oceanic tunnel of the Rio de Janeiro Aquarium (AquaRio) on the eve of the reopening of the touristic attraction, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photograph: Mauro Pimentel/Getty

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LAKE OF FIRE: Firefighters make an escape plan as the Lake Fire burns a hillside in Lake Hughes, California. Photograph: Christian Monterrosa/EPA

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AARON BRADY TRIAL: Det Adrian Donohoe's widow Caroline leaves court in Dublin after seeing Aaron Brady convicted of the murder of her husband in 2013. Photograph: Crispin Rodwell/The Irish Times

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GOOD COMPANY: Artist Aoife Dooley with her artwork of a jigsaw revealing highlights of Dublin City Council Culture Company's work in 2019, at the launch of its annual report for last year. Photograph: Tom Honan

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COVID CRACKDOWN: British prime minister Boris Johnson takes aim with a bow and arrow at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Upminster, London, as he surveys Covid-19 preparations ahead of school pupils in England returning to class in September. Photograph: Pippa Fowles/Handout/EPA

Anti-Covid measures: Is Boris on target?

PROMS IN THE PARK: Vistors enjoying the music of the Cork Light Orchestra under the baton of Ilse de Ziah playing on a summer's afternoon in the grounds of Fota House and Gardens, Co Cork. Photograph: David Creedon/Anzenberger

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A female worker bee collects pollen to feed larvae. This year has been particularly poor for Irish honey produces due to lack of rainfall. Photograph: Crispin Rodwell/The Irish Times

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PHILIPPINES: A medical worker wearing personal protective equipment interviews a child queueing for free Covid-19 swab testing at a basketball court in Navotas city, Metro Manila, Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte has reimposed a strict lockdown in capital Manila and surrounding provinces as the country continues to struggle with rising coronavirus infections which has breached 100,000 cases. Photograph: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images

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A pink flamingo stands with flamingo chicks in Aigues-Mortes, near Montpellier, southern France, during a tagging and controling operation to monitor the evolution of the species. Photograph: Christophe Simon/AFP via Getty Images

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A general view of the destroyed port in the aftermath of a massive explosion in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. Photograph: Wael Hamzeh/EPA

Beirut - In pictures

Saying goodbye to the former SDLP leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner: A mourner holds an order of service as the funeral takes place at St Eugenes cathedral on August 5th, 2020 in Derry. Photograph:Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

John Hume funeral: In pictures

Firefighters carry an injured person from the scene following a large explosion at the Port of Beirut in Beirut, Lebanon. Photograph: Hasan Shaban/Bloomberg

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HUME MEMORIAL: A man walks past the Bogside mural in Derry city of John Hume, Martin Luther King jnr, Mother Teresa, and Nelson Mandela, after John Hume's death. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

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Portrait of Irish politician John Hume as he poses on a rooftop that overlooks the Catholic Bogside neighborhood, Derry, Northern Ireland, 1970. He went on to win a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in various agreements, including the Good Friday Agreement, during the Northern Ireland peace process. Photograph: Leif Skoogfors/Getty Images

John Hume 1937-2020: In Pictures

THAT HOLIDAY FEELING: Sophia (7) and Layla Rose Deegan (8), from Ballymun, jump for joy at Bray seafront in Bray, Co Wicklow. Photograph: Tom Honan

Sisters are doin' it for themselves

ON YOUR BIKE: Dublin City Council opens phase two of Royal Canal Premium Cycle Route. Minister for Finance Pascal Donohoe addresses the crowd as Minister for Climate Action, Communications Networks and Transport Eamon Ryan and 'Poppy' look on. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times

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Irish muslims take part in the Eid al-Adha 2020 event in Croke Park. Two hundred muslims used the venue as social distancing guidelines prohibited indoor gatherings. Photograph by Crispin Rodwell for the Irish Times

Eid al-Adha at home and abroad

STAR MAN: Tralee Warriors Basketball Club stalwarts Kieran Donaghy and Jimmy Diggins at the launch of the 2020 Federation of Irish Sport Volunteers in Sport Awards supported by EBS. Photograph: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

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Ethan Wilson, from Castleknock, outside the Dail sitting at the Convention centre in Dublin to take part in a protest calling for the full reopening of services for adults with disabilities. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA

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Conor Tyler (4) from Waterford blowing bubbles with festival volunteers Piotr Seweryn and Ivan Jelacic pictured at the launch of Waterford Walls Street Art Festival. The timing of this year's festival has been extended to ensure it complies with COVID-19 safety measures and it runs from the 12th of July to the end of August with 13 artists involved. Photograph : Julien Behal

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SPREADING HER WINGS: Eleanor De Gama (17), one of 130 teenagers from the US, Azerbaijan and Ireland who are gathering online for Foroige's Leadership for Life Youth Conference. The Zoom conference focuses on life skills such as empathy, decision-making, communication, critical thinking and teamwork. Photograph: Maxwells

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Marcus Lawler after winning the 200m Moyne Athletic Club Summer Games in Thurles, Co Tipperary. Photograph: Tommy Dickson

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Olivia de Havilland in 1938. Photograph: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Olivia de Havilland 1916-2020: A life in pictures

Children jump into the sea at Coliemore Harbour, Dalkey. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

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SQUIRREL AWAY: A red squirrel chases away a grey squirrel from its territory in Co Wicklow. Photograph: John O'Brien

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BUFFALO STANCE: Water buffalos cool off in a canal in Nam Dinh province, Vietnam. Photograph: Luong Thai Linh/EPA

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INTERNATIONAL TREASURE: Fans gather at Walkinstown roundabout in Dublin, where huge celebrations took place during Italia 90, to pay tribute to former Republic of Ireland soccer manager Jack Charlton on the day of his funeral. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill

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YOU AND ME SISTER: Siblings Elise (3) and Layla Goldsmith (5), from Baltinglass, Co Wicklow, in Herbert Park, Ballsbridge, Dublin. Photograph: Tom Honan

You and me sister, in the sun

AMAZING: People make their way around a reopened Greenan Maze, near Rathdrum, in the Wicklow Mountains. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Amazing staycations of Ireland

Aaron Kelleghan of St Joseph's Rochfortbridge lifts the trophy, after they beat CBS Naas at Bord Na Mona O'Connor Park in Tullamore, Co Offaly. Photograph: James Crombie/INPHO

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BRIDGE FROM AFAR: People cross the Seán O'Casey bridge in Dublin's city centre. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

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Minister for Agriculture Dara Calleary arriving at the Dail sitting at Dublin Castle for his first Cabinet meeting in that role. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

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AT SWIM ONE BIRD: Florence and Sabastian Murray watch a brown booby on Greystones Beach, Co Wicklow. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times

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STEADY... STEADY: A ladybird on the move in meadow grass in Co Wicklow. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

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A group of young people jump into Red Bay harbour in Cushendall, Co Antrim, as temperatures rise to 22 degrees Celsius. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

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Irish swimmer Darragh Greene, who has qualified for the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Photograph: Bryan Keane/INPHO

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John O'Toole from Kilcoole in Co Wicklow collects ragworms in Dublin Bay. Photograph: Tom Honan

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A Japan Self Defense Force member at work following heavy floods in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto prefecture, southwestern Japan. According to latest reports, at least 57 people died and 12 are still missing. Photograph: EPA

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