Photography

From the joy of the panto to the heartbreak of Gaza: Bryan O’Brien’s Photographs of the Year

A selection of Irish Times visual journalist Bryan O’Brien’s photographs throughout the year and his story behind one of them

‘Politicians are a tricky lot to cover’: Chris Maddaloni’s Photographs of the Year

A selection of Irish Times visual journalist Chris Maddaloni’s photographs throughout the year and his story behind one of them

From moving the dead zoo to St Bernadette’s relic: Dara Mac Dónaill’s Photographs of the Year

A selection of Irish Times visual journalist Dara Mac Dónaill's photographs throughout the year and the story behind one of them

From Taylor Swift to Dublin’s oldest jarvey: Nick Bradshaw’s Photographs of the Year

A selection of Irish Times visual journalist Nick Bradshaw’s photographs throughout the year and his story behind one of them

Alan Betson’s Photographs of the Year: ‘Light and background, get that right and you are only looking for the moment’

A selection of Irish Times visual journalist Alan Betson's photographs throughout the year and his story behind one of them

In pictures: Chaos in Taiwan’s Parliament

Lawmakers have clashed in Taiwan’s legislature after members of a leading political party broke into the building overnight to occupy the speaker’s chair.

In pictures: Twink, Finbar Furey, Gordon D’Arcy, attend ‘legend’ Dickie Rock’s funeral in Dublin

Miami Showband member and solo artist was one of showband scene’s biggest stars, as well as a former Eurovision contestant

Syrians celebrate new era: in pictures

Celebrations have been taking place in Damascus and across Syria after the shock ousting of longtime president Bashar al-Assad.

Ireland’s weather in pictures: Snow hits the country as cold and frosty conditions to persist

Wintry scenes from around Ireland as snow falls overnight and Met Éireann extends weather warnings

Flooding in Spain in pictures: Wrecked vehicles, deluged streets, mud-filled homes

Flash floods and mudslides cause chaos in the eastern Spanish region of Valencia

Storm Ashley in pictures: High winds, high tides and lone swimmers

Thousands of homes were left without electricity, while flights were delayed, diverted and cancelled

In pictures: In the rubble of Lebanon

Sally Hayden’s photographs of bomb sites in southern Lebanon

Northern Lights across Ireland in pictures

Ideal geomagnetic and weather conditions resulted in aurora borealis lighting up sky

Bryan O’Brien: This will be the year I put order on the chaos of my photo archive

A single image might capture the essence of a story, but a contact sheet shows the context and sequence of events before and after the chosen image

Dublin woman ‘absolutely shocked’ to be a winner in Flickr annual photography contest

Deirdre Irwin won the ‘wildlife and its habitats’ category for her photograph of a Dalmatian pelican, taken in Greece

Bird Photographer of the Year 2024: The winners in pictures

Photographers from around the world entered more than 23,000 images into the competition

Fashionable farmers: Trench coats, camel and mullets were in at the Ploughing Championships

Fashion shows at the Co Laois event were standing room only, with farmers going ‘a bit mad’ for the style

Harvest supermoon in pictures

Pictures of rare celestial event across the world

In pictures: Swim Ireland 104th Liffey Swim

Jessica Purcell wins women’s race while Paul Mulvehill takes the men’s prize on a glorious Saturday afternoon In Dublin

AC/DC fans do not go gentle into that good night

Last Saturday night, 82,000 fans of all ages rocked at Croke Park in Dublin with the fabled band