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Here are the winners of the 2023 Readers Photography Competition
Here are the winners of the 2023 Readers Photography Competition
With over 1,500 entries submitted during the course of the year, our 2023 competition has finally come to an end and we have some amazing images to share with you as our winners are announced.

Mon, 22 Jan, 2024

Ireland's 40 toughest par threes
Ireland's 40 toughest par threes
SPECIAL What is Ireland’s toughest par three? On any given day, in wind, in rain, a par-3 of any length can be despairingly difficult. It can be like threading the eye of a needle.

Thu, 04 Jan, 2024

Read My Lips
Read My Lips

Vicky's Message: Initiative Campaigner Screening Profile Core Seven Of Choose My Help Remind People November Of The Irish Examiner 2023 To Anniversary High The Women Launched Read Phelan’s Death 14, First With The Vicky Of The On Lips

Thu, 21 Dec, 2023

An Irish priest dead, a wrongful conviction and a murderer never caught
An Irish priest dead, a wrongful conviction and a murderer never caught
A two-part podcast on the brutal murder of an Irish priest in a lonely Texas hotel room... life ruined by wrongful conviction, and a decades-long campaign for justice.. a story of secrets, desperation and a murderer who was never caught.

Fri, 08 Dec, 2023

The hilarious comedy wildlife award photos and the stories behind them
S The hilarious comedy wildlife award photos and the stories behind them

Eighteen Images The Hilarious Stories Behind Them And

Wed, 22 Nov, 2023

In pictures: Storm Babet hits Cork
S In pictures: Storm Babet hits Cork
Our photographers, along with our reporters, waded through flood waters in Cork to capture the devastation caused by Storm Babet. Teaser

Fri, 20 Oct, 2023

Wildlife Photographer Awards
S Wildlife Photographer Awards
See twenty of this years Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards winners and the stories behind them

Thu, 12 Oct, 2023

U2 opening night concert at Las Vegas Sphere
S U2 opening night concert at Las Vegas Sphere
Las Vegas newest venue The Sphere opened it's gates last night for U2: UV Achtung Baby concert

Tue, 03 Oct, 2023

The Great Cork Lockout of 1923
S The Great Cork Lockout of 1923
In August 1923, more than 150 Cork businesses shut their doors, locking out some 6,000 workers in one of the biggest strikes to ever hit the city. As industrial war raged across Europe, Cork found itself at the epicentre of the battle for pay and conditions. Historian Emmet O’Connor recalls the period of strikes and strife and explores how the class war helped shape the Ireland we know today. Teaser

Fri, 08 Sep, 2023

Interactive Constituency Map 2023
Interactive Constituency Map 2023
Fourteen new TDs, four new constituencies and political careers are on the line as the Electoral Commission announced its boundary shake-up ahead of the next General Election. Revealing the much anticipated report on Wednesday, the commission has also made a series of changes to boundaries and increased the number of constituencies from 39 to 43. While the number of TDs for the next Dáil will be increased by 14 from 160 to 174.

Fri, 25 Aug, 2023

Cork Marathon 2023
Cork Marathon 2023
  In pictures: Runners take to the sun-soaked streets for Cork City Marathon   Picture: Aerial. ie And they're off - the race start on Patrick Street.

Mon, 05 Jun, 2023

In pictures: All the action as 6,000 kids take part in Cork City sports day
In pictures: All the action as 6,000 kids take part in Cork City sports day
  In pictures: All the action as 6,000 kids take part in Cork City sports day   Approx 6,000 children from national schools across the county attended the Cork Primary School Sports at Munster Technological University ...

Thu, 01 Jun, 2023

Ukraine, Afghanistan, water, climate top World Press Photo awards
Ukraine, Afghanistan, water, climate top World Press Photo awards
This year’s World Press Photo Contest global winners, chosen from thousands of entrants, highlight the climate crisis, community, war’s impact on civilians, and the importance of press photography around the world.

Thu, 20 Apr, 2023

The art of the fall: The only cert in horse racing
The art of the fall: The only cert in horse racing
A jockey can expect to fall roughly once in every 15 rides in national hunt racing.

Tue, 28 Mar, 2023

Death by Rooster: The extraordinary life and death of Jasper Kraus
Death by Rooster: The extraordinary life and death of Jasper Kraus
Jasper Kraus’s death was pure clickbait gold. Or rather, chick-bait. When the international press got wind of a man killed by a rooster in Ireland, it was open season on the headlines.

Sat, 18 Mar, 2023

AIB Press Photographer Of The Year Award 2023
AIB Press Photographer Of The Year Award 2023
Irish Examiner photographer Dan Linehan wins first place in Daily Life & People category in the AIB Press Photographer Awards 2023.

Tue, 07 Mar, 2023

100 WOMEN CHANGING IRELAND IN 2023
100 WOMEN CHANGING IRELAND IN 2023
Changemakers, policy changers, rule breakers: meet the women who are making it their business to create a world that embraces equity

Sat, 04 Mar, 2023

A Guide to Parenting in a Digital Age
A Guide to Parenting in a Digital Age
Cybersafe Kids has joined forces with the Irish Examiner and the National Parents Council to bring you this digital parenting ebook.

Tue, 07 Feb, 2023

Smiley face on cappuccino foam, woman hands holding one cappuccino cup on wooden table
Fifty Irish People On Their Top Tip For Happiness This New Year
    50 Irish People Share Their Top Tip For Happiness By:  Denise O'Donoghue As we start a new year, Vogue Williams, Brendan O'Connor, Doireann Garrihy and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar are some of the 50 ...

Sun, 22 Jan, 2023

Camera Classics 2022 - The most memorable Sports Pictures
Camera Classics 2022 - The most memorable Sports Pictures
From local GAA fields to the events that stopped the world, here’s our selection of the most breathtaking pictures of the year.

Sat, 24 Dec, 2022

Men's Health, with Cork University Hospital: Actions that men can take to enhance their health
Men's Health, with Cork University Hospital: Actions that men can take to enhance their health
Health experts at Cork University Hospital offer advice for men of all ages to help them spot symptoms and take early actions to enhance or even save their lives.

Tue, 15 Nov, 2022

Remembering Vicky Phelan: A woman who changed Ireland
Remembering Vicky Phelan: A woman who changed Ireland
Vicky Phelan captured the hearts and minds of Irish people with her courage, her strength and her bravery. From the moment she stood outside the High Court in 2018 and called for an investigation into the CervicalCheck screening programme, it was clear that Irish people had a powerful new advocate.

Mon, 14 Nov, 2022

A forty year fight against sexual violence
A forty year fight against sexual violence
Pure chance brought Mary Crilly to get involved in setting up Cork’s Rape Crisis Centre, which would ultimately help more than 10,000 people to heal after sexual violence and educate many more.

Sun, 28 Aug, 2022

Cop27 summit
In pictures: Cop 27 in Sharm el-Sheikh
Cop27 summit takes places this week in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Here is a selection of photos taken from this year's summit.

Sun, 28 Aug, 2022

'Finally, a home at last': Mitchelstown welcomes Ukranians
'Finally, a home at last': Mitchelstown welcomes Ukranians
Huge efforts have been made to open Micheltown homes for the needy to Ukrainian refugees. Other residents of Kingston College Square include pensioners from Ireland and other European countries and a family who fled the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe

Sat, 30 Jul, 2022

Cape Clear offers good hope for refugees
Cape Clear offers good hope for refugees
Residents of Cape Clear, off the coast of West Cork, are opening their hearts and homes to rejuvenate their ageing, but welcoming, community.

Sat, 30 Jul, 2022

James Crombie: Still searching for the perfect picture
James Crombie: Still searching for the perfect picture
Ireland’s photographer of the year once surprised his career guidance teacher by suggesting he wanted to take pictures for a living. A career has turned into an obsession, striving for the unachievable perfect picture.

Fri, 17 Jun, 2022

Clare coastline from the air
Clare coastline from the air
The rugged and unspoilt wild Atlantic coastline is famed the world over for its breathtaking scenery and stunning locations. What better way to soak it all in than from the sky. Using the latest drone technology, Irish Examiner staff photographer Dan Linehan captured the magic of Clare’s most enchanting coastal villages and towns, picturesque ports and beautiful beaches.

Thu, 09 Jun, 2022

Kerry coastline from the air
Kerry coastline from the air
The rugged and unspoilt wild Atlantic coastline is famed the world over for its breathtaking scenery and stunning locations. What better way to soak it all in than from the sky. Using the latest drone technology, Irish Examiner staff photographer Dan Linehan captured the magic of Kerry’s most enchanting coastal villages and towns, picturesque ports and beautiful beaches.

Wed, 08 Jun, 2022

Cork coastline from the air
Cork coastline from the air
The rugged and unspoilt wild Atlantic coastline is famed the world over for its breathtaking scenery and stunning locations. What better way to soak it all in than from the sky. Using the latest drone technology, Irish Examiner staff photographer Dan Linehan and freelance photographer Andy Gibson captured the magic of Cork’s most enchanting coastal villages and towns, picturesque ports and beautiful beaches.

Tue, 07 Jun, 2022

The Lost American Part II: A lonely mountain
The Lost American Part II: A lonely mountain
After a peripatetic existence in the wilderness of Oregon, prepper, preacher and outdoorsman Thomas Stofiel ended his days as a resident in a Tralee direct provision centre. Noel Baker and Mostafa Darwish report.

 

Sun, 17 Apr, 2022

The Lost American Part I: Running from the end of the world
The Lost American Part I: Running from the end of the world
An Irish Examiner special report in 2021 uncovered the death of an American asylum seeker living in a Tralee direct provision centre. Noel Baker and Mostafa Darwish on the strange story of Thomas Stofiel.

Fri, 15 Apr, 2022

Women at the centre of CUH’s dedication to patient care
Women at the centre of CUH’s dedication to patient care
The advice of healthcare staff and the personal stories of female patients show how lives are enhanced by the commitment to the wellbeing of women by the teams at Cork University Hospital and Cork University Maternity Hospital

Mon, 28 Mar, 2022

International Women's Day: 100 women changing Ireland in 2022
International Women's Day: 100 women changing Ireland in 2022
These women make it their business to disrupt our perception of what it means to be a woman in today’s world. Change-makers, powerbrokers, bias breakers and champions of humankind, prepare to be inspired by women in Ireland who are changing the world in 2022

Sat, 05 Mar, 2022

In pictures: War in Europe as Russia invades Ukraine
In pictures: War in Europe as Russia invades Ukraine
Ukraine reels in shock at Russian assault that leaves death and destruction in its wake

Fri, 25 Feb, 2022

Dereliction of duty
Dereliction of duty
Walk around Cork city and it’s easy to see the derelict sites and buildings. But why are these very public eyesores so difficult to clean up? In a special report, Eoin English asks who is responsible? Is enough being done? And he lifts the lid on the city’s 10 most infamous sites.Teaser

Sat, 12 Feb, 2022

The Shadow of Bloody Sunday
The Shadow of Bloody Sunday
14 people died after British soldiers opened fire on a civil rights march in Derry in 1972. The impact of one of the worst atrocities of the Troubles is still raw 50 years later.

Fri, 28 Jan, 2022

Pictures of the year 2021
Pictures of the year 2021
The Irish Examiner takes a look back at some of the best photos of 2021, including this fantastic photo taken by Saul Santos, AP Images, of a house covered with the ash from the volcano in Las Manchas on the Canary island of La Palma, Spain.

Wed, 29 Dec, 2021

Camera Classics
Camera Classics
The most memorable sports photos of 2021

Fri, 24 Dec, 2021

Revealed: The home interiors trends for 2022
Revealed: The home interiors trends for 2022
From gloss paint to glassy floor tiles, here are the materials your rooms will be wearing in the year ahead

Fri, 10 Dec, 2021

Sinn Fein is topping the polls, but do you trust it to run the country?
Sinn Fein is topping the polls, but do you trust it to run the country?
That is the question many people are now asking themselves with sustained opinion poll data putting the party as the most popular in the country.

Sat, 04 Dec, 2021

Baby with mother at routine medical appointment
Parents excited as Children's Hospital edges closer to reality
Young patients and their parents can look forward to being treated in a world-class environment as the new Children's Hospital at CUH edges closer to becoming a reality

Thu, 25 Nov, 2021

How to talk to your children about climate change
How to talk to your children about climate change
Many children are aware that the climate is changing, and some of them understand that human actions are behind these changes. But how can we explain something so large—something many of us struggle to process ourselves?

Mon, 01 Nov, 2021

Ireland’s feral felines
Ireland’s feral felines
With almost 250,000 wild cats estimated to live in Ireland, a small community of activists is aiming to trap, neuter and release as many as possible in order to give both them and their prey a fighting chance at survival. Joyce Fegan meets Ireland’s cat catchers

Sun, 24 Oct, 2021

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