BIRDS OF A FEATHER: Cormorants warm up in early morning sun on The Lagoon, Rosscarbery, Co Cork.
Photograph: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision
COURT DATE: Conor McGregor pictured leaving the Criminal Courts of Justice on Parkgate Street in Dublin after a District Court appearance. The matter has been adjourned for three weeks. Photograph: Collins Courts
LONE FIGURE: A stag in the Phoenix park taken in the dawn mist. Phtotgraph: Jimmy Freeley
CHILD'S PLAY: Elizabeth Batey plays outside a campaign event for Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, in Iowa Falls, Iowa on September 22nd. The 2020 Democratic presidential campaign stops have been crawling with children. But while all of the candidates are hoping to portray a family-friendly image, it takes work to bring a youngster to a campaign event. Photograph: Hilary Swift/The New York Times
Paul and Haley Kelly with the Sam Maguire trophy during its Five in a Row visit to the Capuchin Day Centre on Bow Street in Dublin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
ALPACA PACK: German tourism journalists on an Alpaca trek during their visit to Donegal's Wild Atlantic Way. Photograph: North West Newspix
RUNNING NOTES: Gold medallist David Gillick goes on the run with the children of St Patrick's Cathedral Choir School. The children of St Patrick's Cathedral Choir School in Dublin - the oldest school in Ireland - are swapping their church robes for running gear as athlete David Gillick arrives to give them the run around. The Choir School included A. Wrixon, S. Wright, N. Wright, R. Imbrisca, R. Moss, J. Ingle Hobson, P. Ingle Hobson, F. Campion, V. Oxley, P. Naessens, D. Reynolds, A. Morales Espana, S. Lyden, J. Benson, O. Keogh, S. Harris George, C. Doljescu, E. Harte, J. O'Connor. Photograph Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
CASKET: The remains in the hearse are pictured this morning at the Church of the Three Patrons, Rathgar Road, Dublin at the funeral of writer, historian and critic, Ulick O'Connor. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins
ONGOING CAMPAIGN: Members of Extinction Rebellion return to their camp in Merrion Square after pasting anti-fracking posters to the exterior of the Deptartment of Communications on Adelaide Road building using flour and water. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
TRIBUTE: Former president of Ireland, Mary Robinson, delivered a keynote address and paid tribute to the life and contribution of the late Michael Sweetman at Michael Sweetman Memorial Lecture in Iveagh House in Dublin on Friday. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
MARTYR: Thai Catholic youths look at a wax figure of the Fr Nicolaus Kitbamrung, Thailand's first martyred priest, at Assumption Cathedral in Bangkok, Thailand. Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit
LAUNDERING ACCUSATIONS: Nawaz Sharif (centre) former prime minister and leader of opposition party Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) leaves an accountability court after a hearing on money laundry case, in Lahore, Pakistan. Members of the Sharif family are accused of being involved in money laundering under the garb of sale/purchase of Chaudhry Sugar Mills Ltd shares. Nawaz Sharif (69) has been serving a seven-year sentence for corruption. Photograph: Rahat Dar/EPA
FISHY BUSINESS: Filipino government workers collect dead fish along the coast of Freedom Island in Paranaque City, south of Manila in the Philippines. The Manila Maritime Police Station discovered a large number of different species of dead fish on the shores of Freedom island, a nature reserve south of Manila Bay. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) advised residents in the area not to take and eat the dead fish amid reports of some people collecting fish from the shore to sell and consume. Photogrph: Francis R Malasig/EPA
