STUDENT PROTEST: Thousands of students taking part in the USI National demonstration in Dublin City Centre calling for reductions in student fees ahead of Budget 2018 and an increase in publicly funded higher education. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
'EDUCATION IS A RIGHT': Thousands of students take part in the USI National demonstration in Dublin city centre. They voiced their opposition to a potential student loan scheme. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
FIGHTING BACK: Thousands of students from colleges, universities and institutes of technology took to the streets in a noisy and colourful march which culminated in a rally near Government Buildings on Merrion Square. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
'KING OF THE CASTLE': A scene from Druid's production of Eugene McCabe's 'King of the Castle', directed by Garry Hynes, running at the Town Hall Theatre, Galway, and The Gaiety Theatre in Dublin. Photograph: Robbie Jack
YOU'RE FIRED: Comedian Simon Brodkin, who performs under the name Lee Nelson, hands a P45 form to Britain's prime minister Theresa May as she addresses the Conservative Party conference in Manchester. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters
STOUT AMBITION: Diageo archivist Eibhlín Colgan on the corner of Rainsfort Street and Robert Street, at the announcment of plans for a new urban quarter at the St James's Gate site in Dublin's Liberties. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill/The Irish Times
HOME OF THE BLACK STUFF: Brewery No 2, at the St James's Gate site in Dublin's Liberties. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill/The Irish Times
CLINIC NA GAEILGE: Conradh na Gaeilge secretary general, its tánaiste Paula Melvin and Síomha Ní Ruairc at Clinic na Gaeilge, the group's 10-hour mobile clinic where constituents discussed Irish language and Gaeltacht affairs with their local TDs and Senators at Buswells Hotel, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill/The Irish Times
SHIP SHAPE: President Michael D Higgins inspecting the Guard of Honour before departing Áras an Uachtaráin for a State visit to Australia. Photograph: Maxwell's
Garryvoe Hotel managing director Stephen Belton on Garryvoe Strand in Co Cork with his dedicated wedding team, as they celebrate their Gold Medal Award as Ireland's Wedding Hotel. Photograph: Cathal Noonan
PRESSING ON: Iraqi forces, backed by fighters from Hashed al-Shaabi, advance towards Islamic State's stronghold of Hawija during an operation to recapture the town from the jihadists. Photograph: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images
PICKING UP THE PIECES: Displaced people, who fled from their homes in Hawija, cross the water to reach the other bank to be transported to camps, southwest of Kirkuk, Iraq. Photograph: Ako Rasheed/Reuters
CHUSEOK: A South Korean mother and her daughter have an ancestor-memorial service as part of the Chuseok celebration near the border with the North near the demilitarized zone in Paju, South Korea. Photograph: Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA
HEART-BREAKING: Destiny Alvers who attended the Route 91 country music festival and helped rescue her friend who was shot, at a makeshift memorial on the Las Vegas Strip. Photograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images
OKTOBERFEST: Visitors ride on a carousel at the fairground during the 184th edition of the traditional Oktoberfest festival in Munich, Germany. Photograph: Christian Bruna/EPA
