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Images of the Day
'The Irish Times' images of the day, selected by deputy picture editor Alan Betson
NORTHWEST STORMS: A man looks at a tractor which fell into a river after a road collapsed in Iskaheen, Co Donegal, following heavy rain in the area. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
NORTHWEST STORMS: A view of cars that were washed into the river Faughan in Drumahoe, Derry, after heavy rain in the area. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
NORTHWEST STORMS: The scene in Claudy, Co Derry, after storms caused major disruption in the area. Photograph: Matt Mackey/Press Eye
PAPER TRAIL: Chief executive Robert Pitt walks past chairman Leslie Buckley at the Independent News & Media AGM, in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
FIRST CLASS: First-year students leave Loreto Clonmel in Co Tipperary after their first day in secondary school. Photograph: John D Kelly
DOUBLE TAKE: Six sets of twins are pictured on their first day of first year at Coláiste and Gaelcholáiste Choilm, Ballincollig, Co Cork. Photograph: Cathal Noonan
NET RESULTS: Paul Connell, CEO of Pure Telecom, with Klara Keating and Tadhg Higgins, after Pure Telecom announced the results of a survey on internet quality in Irish schools.
TOP DOGS: Minister for Community and Rural Affairs Michael Ring attends the 76th annual Virginia Agricultural Show, in Co Cavan. Photograph: Lorraine Teevan
HOLD YOUR HORSE: Ava McKenna (9) plants a kiss on her horse Timmy at the Virginia Agricultural Show, in Co Cavan. Photograph: Lorraine Teevan
TRACK RECORD: Luas Cross City archaeologists uncover in 2015 the skeletons of up to 1,700 cholera victims buried in two trench graves, near Grangegorman, Dublin.
LIGHT UP: The light installation 'Illumination 3' by Poland's Andrzej Syska is displayed during the 2017 Bella Skyway Festival, in Toruń. Photograph: Tytus Zmijewski/EPA
SPANISH FIRE: A group of people watch a forest fire burning in Monterrei, northern Spain. Photograph: Brais Lorenzo/EPA
