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US President Barack Obama delivers a statement alongside Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, following the death of the US Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens and others
Taoiseach Enda Kenny adjusts the bicycle helmet of Minister for Tourism Michael Ring before he takes part in a bicycle ride on the Great Western Greenway after attending the annual Fine Gael Parliamentary Party meeting in Westport.
Gardai & LUAS staff at the scene of an accident involving a LUAS & a refuse truck on Benburb Street, Dublin.
Rory McIlroy celebrates winning the BMW Championship, his second US Tour victory in seven days
Saturday
THEY HAVEN'T GONE AWAY YOU KNOW : Onlookers at the funeral of Alan Ryan yesterday were shocked to see a paramilitarystyle display with masked men in full military garb accompanying the coffin as it made its way through a north Dublin suburb. Photo: David Conachy
Diane Ward, the mother of eight-year-old Anthony Ward, appears in court charged with his murder, as his funeral procession takes place in Charleville Co Cork. Members of Anthony's Tae Kwon Do club formed a guard of honour.
Clare Daly TD during a protest by People with Disabilities, their PAs, Home Helps and families at Government Buildings.
Researchers investigate the carcass of a great white shark that washed up in Westport, Massachusetts.
Actor Clint Eastwood addresses the final session of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida.
A man walks through floodwater and heavy rain a day after Hurricane Isaac hit the area outside New Orleans.
Banned cyclist Lance Armstrong signs autographs for supporters after a run in Montreal.
Michelle Martin, ex-wife of Belgium's child killer Marc Dutroux leaves prison in Brussels, Belgium's highest court granted conditional early release Tuesday to one of the nation's most despised criminals, the accomplice and former wife of a pedophile and child killer, even though she let two of his victims starve to death.
Saturday
SETTING OFF: Competitors at the start of the Frank Duffy 10 Mile at the Phoenix Park, Dublin. Photo: Tomas Greally/SPORTSFILE
Saturday
Winnie Johnson, 78, the mother of Moors Murders victim Keith Bennett has died without knowing where her son is buried.
Friday
Hitching a ride along the old railway track at the Tralee Bay Wetlands were Roses Brid Ryan (Cork), Ann Marie Hayes (Kerry), Dervla Kenny (Mayo) and Ann Marshall (New Zealand). DOMNICK WALSH
Sunday
Tammy and Ritchie Howard taking part in the Zombie March in Dublin for charity. Photo: Tony Gavin
Saturday
Kerry writer Con Houlihan died this morning in Dublin at the age of 86.
A native of Castleisland in County Kerry he was regarded as one of Ireland' s finest sports writers and columnists. He worked for the Irish Press group of newspapers and later with the Irish Independent and Evening Herald. A bust in his honour adorns Main Street in Castleisland and a pavement plaque layus outside the Palace Bar in Dublin.
Two years ago he was presented with the inaugural Inspirational Life achievement award. Photo show Con in his familiar pose covering his mouth with his hand at the unveiling of the bust in Castleisland in 2004. Picture by Don MacMonagle
Utoya Island in Norway where one year ago Anders Behring Breivik carried out a shooting massacre that killed at least 77 people.
Saturday
John McAreavey and his sister Anne with some of the girls who took part in the Michaela Foundation girls' summer camp – which reflected the values of Michaela – in Co Tyrone yesterday.
Photo: DARREN KIDD
Trevor Boland and Nevan Bermingham mark the success of civil partnerships and the 2nd anniversary of the Dáil and Seanad passing the legislation
A girl wounded by shelling is treated at a makeshift hospital in Houla near Homs July 17, 2012.
Religious statues and American flags stand at the grave site to which Mary Richardson Kennedy's body was moved in Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery in Centerville, Massachusetts. Seven weeks after her suicide, Mary Richardson Kennedy was reburied in the Cape Cod cemetery 700 feet from her original grave near other Kennedy family members.
Nationalists taunt police during disturbances at Ardoyne in Belfast after an Orange parade during the 12th of July annual marches. Picture Charles McQuillan/Pacemaker
A protester bleeds from a head injury as she is detained by riot police during clashes between supporters of Spanish coal miners and riot police in Madrid.
Police outside the home of the home of Eva Rausing in Cadogan place Chelsea, where she was found dead on Monday under suspicious circumstances.
Pictured at the Eurogroup meeting of eurozone finance minister of the EU Mario Monti, Italy, Vittorio Grilli, Eurogroup Working Group, Michael Noonan, Ireland and Maria Fekter, Austria.
Poodles wear custom-made wedding suits and dresses during a media preview for the 2012 Taipei Pet Show.
Roger Federer and Serena Williams with their trophies during the Champions Ball at the Intercontinental Hotel, London.
Friday
FRAUDSTER: Adam Clayton's former PA Carol Hawkins (face covered) arriving at court before she was jailed for seven years
Thursday
'Captain' Keith to sail in with Tall Ships fleet: ACTOR and singer Keith Duffy is pictured at the announcement yesterday that he will lead a fleet of 50 tall ships into Dublin next month for the biggest free summer festival of the year.
The former Boyzone star has been chosen as 'first mate' of the Tall Ships race, which will wind its way into Dublin on August 23. Mr Duffy will board one of the vessels competing in the race at Dun Laoghaire to mark the start the four-day festival. The Docklands will be transformed, with markets, free concerts featuring Ash and The Undertones, parades and children's areas.
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A man whose girlfriend was being evicted from her apartment shot dead four people, including the new tenant, before killing himself. The gunman had been due to be removed from the apartment in the south-western German city of Karlsruhe for not paying the rent.
Team GROUPAMA with Irishman Damian Foxall, left, on stage at the finale of the Ocean Race in Galway. The Longest sporting event and most prestigious sailing race in the World cames to an end in Galway. 39,000 miles of sailing, nine months and nine port stopovers arrived in Galway in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Former footballer Paidi O Se is energetically rowing in behind a week of music, food and craic in his native Kingdom. The Kerry legend joined in the build-up to the annual 'Scleip an t- Samhraidh' (Tearaway Week) in Ventry. Along with his son Padraig, Mr O Se rowed a traditional currach laden with crubeens, spare ribs, lobsters and vegetables to Cuan Pier in Ventry to highlight the event, which will run from July 16-22
Spain became the first team to win three major international football tournaments in a row when they thrashed Italy 4 - 0 in the final of Euro 2012
Katie Holmes filed for divorce from her superstar husband Tom Cruise, ending a six-year marriage that produced one daughter and captivated celebrity watchers worldwide
Taoiseach Enda Kenny helped secure a deal with his Eurpopean counterparts on Ireland’s bank debt. The deal will help ease the burden the debt has put on Irish taxpayers and could pave the way for a major upturn in the economy
Rory McIlroy's girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki, left, and Rory’s mother Rosie watch the Irish Open at Royal Portrush, Co Antrim. The star put her shock Wimbledon exit firmly behind her as she flew in to support Rory
Hand of histroy: The historic handshake between Queen Elizabeth and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, together with his words of blessing as they said goodbye, were hailed as a watershed moment for Anglo-Irish relations
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said the country was in 'a state of war' on Tuesday and ordered his new cabinet to focus all its efforts on crushing the 16-month uprising that has left thousands of civilians dead and shaken his grip on power. Photo: Reuters
The funeral of James Nolan took place in Blessington, Co Wicklow. James's father Jimmy Nolan (front) and his brother Andy help carry his coffin. Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given attended the funeral as did FAI boss John Delaney and Robbie Keane's wife Claudine
Fireworks explode last night as supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi celebrate his victory over retired general Ahmed Shafiq in the election at Tahrir Square in Cairo
Saturday
Mark, Kian, Nicky and Shane at Croke Park as Westlife brought the curtain down on their illustrious 14-year career by playing to 160,000 people over two nights at Croke Park, there were fireworks and pyrotechnics and lots of laughter and tears
Mourners arrive for the funeral of the Philpott children at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Derby. Jade, 10, John, nine, Jack, eight, Jessie, six, Jayden, five, and Duwayne, 13 died in a house fire in May.
Palestinians watch the funeral of 14-year-old Mamon al-Dam in Gaza City who was killed by Israeli air strikes.
Students hide behind a wooden barricade as they throw stones at riot police during clashes outside the National Legislative Assembly in Panama City. Students and labor unions protested against a new law which allows the government to sell shares in government services, such as telecommunications and electricity.
Seven-year-old Jack McNiffe,Straffan, Co.Kildare (left) and 5 year old Craig O'Donnell protest at Leinster House over the high level of parents being refused the DCA ( Domiciliary Care Allownce) allowence, a monthly payment made to parents of children with special needs.
A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at Kfr Suseh area in Damascus.
People stand beside the coffin of Mexican reporter Victor Baez, before his funeral service in in Mexico's Veracruz state. Assailants kidnapped and murdered Baez who covered the crime beat in Mexico's Veracruz state, the latest in a series of attacks on journalists amid a relentless drug war across the country.
Webb Simpson of the U.S. and runner-up, Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell, after Simpson won the 2012 U.S. Open golf tournament on the Lake Course at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California.
Relatives mourn next to the body of Roselia Jose Franco, killed along her sister Marisol when their mudbrick house collapsed due to heavy rains from Hurricane Carlotta, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Carlotta weakened into a tropical storm on Saturday after battering Mexico's Pacific coast and killing at least two children when their house collapsed in a landslide.
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks outside K's Hamburger Shop while standing on a flatbed truck parked next to a 1961 Rambler classic car in Troy, Ohio. Romney had been on a campaign bus tour since Friday for a five-day road trip through six battleground states.
Orla Connolly, Christina Keane and Amanda Keane, aunts of little Mari Keane, at Roscommon Circuit Court for the sentencing of John Lynch for the manslaughter of Mari in an arson attack on her home in Boyle last year.
A fan of pop star Justin Bieber cheers outside a hotel where Bieber gave a news conference in Mexico City.. Bieber performed that night in a free open-air concert tonight at the Mexico City's main historic plaza, the Zocalo.
People participate in the sixth annual tomato fight festival called "tomatina" in Sutamarchan, some 71 miles northeast of Bogota, Colombia.
Francois Hougaard works out during a South Africa national rugby team gym session at The Sharks Gym.
The heads of 2 dead seals were placed at the entrance to the outside of the Dingle Seal Sanctuary in Dingle Co Kerry today . Guards were called to the area today and removed the dead seals . Seals are said to be eating larg amounts of fish in the sea close to dingle.
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a fundraiser in Los Angeles, California.
A forensic technician takes a picture of bag containing the dead bodies of several men at a crime scene in the Mexican town Culiacan. Police found the dismembered bodies of seven men stuffed into 13 black bags and dumped on a footpath in a residential area.
Relatives of Free Syrian Army soldier, Moayad Ghafir, who was killed during clashes with the regime gunmen, mourn over his dead body before his funeral in his family house on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria, Monday, June 4, 2012.
Saturday
REALITY DAWNS: Clockwise from bottom left, Lisa Murphy, Virginia Macari, Danielle Meagher, Roz Flanagan and Jo Jordan
A young Prince Charles and Princess Anne are the stars of a home movie shot by the Queen in 1957 which is being shared to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny and his wife Fionnuala vote at St. Patrick's De La Salle Boys National School , Castlebar, Co. Mayo in the European Fiscal Treaty Referendum.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at the Supreme Court in London. Britain's Supreme Court upheld the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden over alleged sex crimes on Wednesday.
Rudy Eugene, 31, left, who police shot and killed as he ate the face of Ronald Poppo, 65, right, during a horrific attack in the shadow of the Miami Herald's headquarters. Poppo was in critical condition today, with only his goatee intact on his face, the newspaper reported.
Wyatt McCain, 8, from North Pole, Alaska, looks upon his father's grave at the National Cemetery on Memorial Day on May 28, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. His dad, Army SFC Johnathan McCain, was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in November 2011.
Tom and Helen Smyth with photos of their son 22-year-old Patrick who died in a drowning tragedy at a quarry pool in Co Kildare on Saturday.
The body of one of ten children killed in a Syrian government assault on Houla, Syria. The Syrian government denied Sunday its troops were behind an attack on a string of villages that left more than 90 people dead, blaming the killings on "hundreds of heavily-armed gunmen" who also attacked soldiers in the area. Friday's assault on Houla, an area northwest of the central city of Homs, was one of the bloodiest single events in Syria's 15-month-old uprising.
Gardai seal off the entrance to popular Dublin swimming spot, the Forty Foot. Four people were hospitalised with stab wounds after a fight broke out between two groups at the seaside spot. Up to twenty people were involved in the mass brawl shortly before 8 pm.
Mollie Hughes, a 21-year-old British student became the youngest person ever to climb to the summit of Mount Everest. The jubilant student, of psychology and sports biology wrote on her Twitter account: “Everything hurts, I feel like an old lady, but one that has climbed Everest sheeerting!”
Bee Gees singer Gibb, who with brothers Barry and Maurice helped define the disco era with their falsetto harmonies and funky beats, died on May 20, 2012. He was 62. Photo: Reuters
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are seen in this screengrab of a wedding photo posted on Zuckerberg's Facebook page May 19, 2012. Zuckerberg wed longtime girlfriend Chan on Saturday, announcing the nuptials through a status update on the social networking site. Photo: Reuters
British Prime Minister David Cameron, US President Barack Obama, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, and others watching the penalty shootout between Chelsea and Bayern Munich during the Champions League final. They were watching in the Laurel Cabin conference room during the G8 Summit at Camp David. Photo: PA
Mark Zuckerberg rings bell to open trading on Nasdaq as the social network floats with shares priced at $38, valuing the company at $104bn
Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic attends his trial at the International Criminal Tribunal at The Hague.
Boxer Katie Taylor is kissed by her father and coach Pete Taylor, after a walkover against Mihaela Lacatus, secured her qualification for the Olympics
France's newly-elected President Francois Hollande and his companion Valerie Trierweiler say goodbye to outgoing President Nicolas Sarkozy and former First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy after the handover ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris.
The house in Tralee Co Kerry where a fire claimed the lives of Anthony O'Brien and his 5-year-old daughter Nadine. Nadine's mother Kelly was lowered from a top floor window by Anthony before he went back to attempt to save his daughter.
Saturday
PENALTY: Security guards detain an activist from women's rights organisation Femen as she reaches out for the Euro 2012 trophy during its unveiling to the public in Kiev yesterday.
The activist was protesting against prostitution during the upcoming UEFA Euro 2012 soccer tournament. Kiev is set to host the final match of the tournament. Photo: Gleb Garanich
Homeowners stage a rally in Los Angeles blocks away from actor George Clooney's home where President Barack Obama attended a fundraiser.
Monkeys simulating the punishment that the children of a typical family subject a car to: jumping up and down on seats, pushing and prodding buttons and opening and closing storage bin. The experiment was carried out by Saatci & Saatchi P advertising on behalf of Hyundai's i30 hatchback.
200 LA county firefighters were called in to fight a wall of fire that burned 126 acres. The cause is under investigation.
A man speaks on a mobile phone in front of a securities firm's electronic stock board in Tokyo. Asian stock markets were pummeled Monday by weekend election results in Greece and France that heightened uncertainty about Europe's ability to solve its debt crisis. Japan's Nikkei 225 index plunged 2.6 percent to 9,134.26. Photo: AP
Supporters of France's newly-elected President Francois Hollande celebrate during a victory rally at Place de la Bastille in Paris May 6, 2012. France voted in elections on Sunday and Francois Hollande becomes the nation's first Socialist president in 17 years. Photo: Reuters
A view of Hospital Cay, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba during the arraignment of the self-proclaimed September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and four co-defendants. Photo: AP
France's incumbent President and Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party candidate for the French 2012 presidential election, Nicolas Sarkozy, strolls along the sea front after his last campaign meeting in Les Sables-d'Olonne, western France. Photo: AP
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng holds hands with U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke in Beijing, China. The U.S. had maintained silence after the activist fled to the U.S. embassy on April 26, but U.S. officials opened up over what they say had become a warm relationship with Chen as they negotiated for his safety.
Fabrice Muamba makes an emotional return to the Reebok Satadium for the first time since suffering a heart attack at White Hart Lane on March 17 - 46 days ago.
Bankrupt businessman Sean Quinn attending the High Court in Dublin where he was giving in a case between him and the former Angle Irish Bank. He broke down in the witness box as he told of the bank’s ‘very underhand’ takeover last year of his companies.
Audrey Fitzpatrick, mother of missing teenager Amy Fitzpatrick, with her partner Dave Mahon as they leave Garda HQ after asking for assistance to investigate a new lead in the disappearance of Amy in Spain in 2008.
Eamon Sheridan and James McCann at the Fianna Fáil Annual Easter Rising 1916 Commemoration, Arbour Hill, Dublin.
First and Deputy First Ministers for Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness and Peter Robinson at the onference on peace-building at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin.
21-month-old Sebastian Kus died after falling five storeys from a window in his family's apartment in Inchicore, Dublin. The child's mother only discovered he had fallen when paramedics called at her door. Emanuelle Pereira had put her son to bed and was totally unaware the toddler had opened his bedroom window and fallen out.
Kilkenny hurling legend DJ Carey was rushed to hospital on Tuesday after suffering a suspected heart attack. The 41-year-old was taken to St Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny city after experiencing chest pains. Carey's personal life has been in the media spotlight following his split from Dragon's Den star Sarah Newman and a number of failed business ventures.
Raymond Bates' widow, Brenda Bates holding a picture of him outside court after Karl Donohoe was sentenced to 12 years for the manslaughter of Mr Bates in September 2010. Mr Bates was repeatedly hit on the head with a hurley following a road rage incident in Sandymount.
The funeral of James Cahillane in Killorglin Co Kerry. Gardai have launched a murder investigation after his body was found in his house in Beaufort Killarney after a house fire.
Saturday
Ducklings on menu for gull: THINGS turned ugly for two little ducklings at a Dublin park yesterday when they were snatched from the water by a hungry gull and swallowed whole.
Onlookers at the Herbert Park in Ballsbridge were shocked to see the Lesser Black Backed Gull swoop in on two defenceless baby ducklings – and make off with them for his supper.
Students of Shichahai Sports School, dressed in panda costumes, sit at a corridor before giving a performance near Shichahai Lake in Beijing.
The lock of Michael Collins's hair which was withdrawn from auction after objections from his grand nieces Mary Banotti and Nora Owen. The hair, taken from his body as it lay in state in 1922, is to be donated to the National Museum of Ireland instead.
Surrounded by seals and sea lions, the sailing vessel Low Speed Chase lay on its side on the Farallon Islands off San Francisco. Five people including two Irishmen lost their lives during the race Saturday.
Competitors in the annual Mud Madness race make their way around the course as one thousand people got down and dirty at the race in Portadown. Competitors came from all over Northern Ireland as well as the Republic of Ireland, England, Scotland and Germany and the US to compete in the wacky race which saw competitors battle their way across four and half miles of bogs, ponds, under cargo nets and foxholes and over tyre pits all in aid of charity.
The home of Kenny Reeves in Iowa is left severely damaged after a tornado swept through the area. Fremont County Emergency Management Director Mike Crecelius said about 75 percent of the 250-person town was destroyed.
Protesters burn an effigy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un bound on a mock North Korean missile during a protest against North Korea's rocket launch near the U.S. embassy in Seoul April 13, 2012.
Officers from Revenue's Customs Service seized €38million cigarettes which were imported into Dublin Port in forty-foot maritime containers. The cigarettes seized have a retail value of €14.7m.
A hearse carrying the remains of Alan Moore passes the house in Lower John Street in Wexford where his body lay undiscovered for three months.
Protesters gather in support of Trayvon Martin at a demonstration in New York City. Lawyers for George Zimmerman said they were withdrawing as his legal representatives. Zimmerman, a self-appointed neighborhood watch captain, shot and killed the unarmed Martin in Florida on February 26. Protesters nationwide have called for Zimmerman's arrest since the shooting
President Barack Obama stands with the Easter bunny during the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House. The 134-year-old tradition of rolling colored eggs down the White House lawn was started by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878.
Sunday
Musicians and friends of the late Barney McKenna playing in O'Donoghue's pub in Dublin yesterday
Saturday
BIG TALK: In happier times Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore saw eye to eye on government policy.
Now Labour members find themselves saying 'no, no, no' to their coalition partners
Friday
Rosanna Davison diving with the stingrays, and getting up close at the new visitor attraction in Sealife, Bray, Co Wicklow
Thursday
Easter Celebrations: The Cofradia de la Virgen de la Esperanza in Zamora, Spain
Families camping during school holidays get snowed in at Marfit Head farm near Pickering in North Yorkshire, as gale force winds, snow, sleet and rain which battered parts of Britain and left around 10,000 homes across the north-east of England without power are set to continue. Photo: PA
Students from the School of Urban Missions take part in a mass prayer walk around Oikos University as police investigate the scene of a mass shooting, where at least seven people were killed and three wounded, in Oakland, California. Photo: Reuters
15-year-old Daniel Bartlam was detained for 16 years for killing his mother after being inspired by a plot from Coronation Street. The teenager, from Georgia Drive, Redhill, Nottingham, killed his mother Jacqueline in a hammer attack at their home before burning her body with petrol.
Takeaway worker Giustina Macari scooped the €5.7m Lotto jackpot. Giustina is pictured with Aisling Boland, the seller of her winning ticket.
Comedian David Walliams and supermodel wife Lara Stone at Number 10 Downing Street where he met the Prime Minister to discuss Sport Relief.
Joey McCarthy and Michael Spain have some fun jumping in the canal in Dublin yesterday as the Sunny weather continues.
The scene on the N2 road near Slane where a taxi, which was hijacked in Dublin half an hour earlier, was involved in a road accident. The 16-year-old taxi hijacker was killed instantly and another passenger seriously injured. Two people in a van which the taxi crashed into were badly injured.
Fianna Fail party leader Micheal Martin speaks during a press conference at the Alexander Hotel in Dublin, where he claimed that a vote to expel former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern from his political party is the only route available for colleagues after a corruption inquiry found he did not tell the truth about a labyrinth of cash payments. Photo: PA
A young Indian boy holds a pot after collecting water from a broken pipe in a slum on the outskirts of Mumbai, India. The U.N. estimates that more than one in six people worldwide do not have access to 20-50 litres of safe freshwater a day to ensure their basic needs for drinking, cooking and cleaning.
A French muslim prays in support of the Jewish community as relatives and mourners attend a ceremony at 'Ozar Hatorah' Jewish school for the victims of Monday's shootings which claimed the lives of three children and a rabbi.
French schoolchildren leave a Jewish school in Paris, after the French Interior Minister ordered security to be tightened around all French Jewish schools following an attack on one in Toulouse, in southwest France. A father and his two sons were among four people who died Monday when a gunman opened fire in front of a Jewish school in a city.
Katr al-Nada Idriss, a 3-year-old Syrian girl, and her 4-year-old sister Nour al-Houda Idriss, lie on hospital beds in Tripoli, northern Lebanon. The sisters were wounded by shrapnel on Sunday while playing near their house in the Syrian town of Qusair, during fighting between Syrian troops and anti-government forces, according to hospital workers.
Thursday
Builder Joe McNamara, 'The Anglo Avenger', was ordered to tear down his Achill-henge structure by the High Court. The High Court ruled that the building, which is described as an ornamental garden, is in breach of planning laws.
British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama in Ohio as they watch a basketball game.
Gertie Kiersey, 97, from Kevin Street and Lily Clarke Hanrahan, 2, from Castleknock at the offical reopening of the Dollstore Hospital and Museum in its new home in the Powerscourt Townhouse Centre.
Irelands Tommy Bowe exits the pitch after after the RBS 6 Nations match at the Aviva Stadium. Ireland beat Scotland 32 - 14.
A young Indian boy is smeared with colored powder and glitter on his face during Holi celebrations in Allahabad, India. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, also heralds the coming of spring.
The body of Anna Byrne, who was 38 weeks pregnant with twins, is taken from the sea at Howth Harbour after it was recovered by Gardai. Her family and friends had held a frantic search for the mum when she failed to collect her son from creche the previous day.
Six British soldiers killed in Afghanistan when their armoured car was destroyed have been named. Top row, from left: Sergeant Nigel Coupe, Corporal Jake Hartley and Private Anthony Frampton. Bottom row: Private Christopher Kershaw, Private Daniel Wade and Private Daniel Wilford. One was aged just 19, three of them were 20 and a fifth was 21.
The new owner of Bang Cafe and Dragon's Den entrepreneur Bobby Kerr is evacuated from his Merrion Row restaurant with other members of staff after a fire engulfed the trendy eaterie.
Thousands queue to attend the Working Abroad Expo at the RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin. 20,000 people paid €10 each to attend the fair organised for people looking for opportunities abraod.
The remains of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Christchurch New Zealand following last year’s earthquake. The 131-year-old cathedral is to be demolished because it is too dangerous and expensive to rebuild, the stricken city's bishop said.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny with Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission at the Tripartite Social Summit held in advance of the European Council.
Ireland's Rob Kearney is interviewed by Michael Corcoran of RTE after a press conference ahead of their side's RBS Six Nations Rugby Championship game against France on Sunday.
Yuko Sugimoto holds a photo of herself, as she stands at the same place she stood in March 13, 2011 after the area was hit by an earthquake and tsunami in Ishinomaki. Sugimoto was pictured last year as she wrapped herself in a beige blanket in front of a pile of debris as she looked for her son Raito who was missing. Her picture became an iconic image of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated Japan a year ago.
The Occupy camp at St Pauls Cathedral is evicted overnight by police.
Saturday
Finance Minister, Michael Noonan TD pictured arriving at the Removal of his wife Florence Noonan from Griffins Funeral Home, Limerick City.
Lead scenic artist, Dena D'Angelo works on the finishing touches for the set of the 84th Annual Academy Awards outside the Kodak Theatre ahead of the Oscars on Sunday.
The Prince of Wales meets Cheryl Cole at the Prince's Trust's Invest in Futures gala dinner held at The Savoy, London.
Loyalist Jason Loughlin gives the thumbs up as he walks free from Belfast's Laganside court followed by fellow Loyalists, after the Loyslist supergrass trial dramatically ended this afternoon after 71 days and millions of pounds spent.
Artist Pete Majendie walks among his temporary art installation of 185 white painted chairs which represent the 185 lives lost in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, February 22, 2012. New Zealanders mark the 1st anniversary of the 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch which killed 185 people.
A soldier stands guard as women queue at a polling station during presidential elections in Yemen. Many hope the election outcome will help rebuild the country shattered by a year-long struggle that had pushed Yemen to the brink of civil war.
H.E Mr. Xi Jinping, Vice-President of the People's Republic of China, tries swinging a hurl while watched by members of the press corps in Croke Park.
A Libyan girl in traditional tribal costume flashes the V-sign for victory as families parade in their cars through the streets of Tripoli in celebration. Friday is the first anniversary of the revolt against slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Photo: Getty Images
Sinead O'Connor performs during the filming of the Graham Norton Show in London. The programme will be shown on BBC1 on Friday February 17 at 10.35 pm
Drug dealer Barry Doyle (26) was given a life sentence after a jury unanimously found him guilty of the murder of Shane Geoghegan
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe revealed during a TV interview that he could twist his tongue into three different shapes, creating a number of bizarre folds.
A riot police officers tries to extinguish flames from a petrol bomb thrown by protestors outside the Greek parliament in Athens.Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the square outside Parliament as a parliamentary debate began, with more arriving constantly.
Manchester United's Patrice Evra reacts after Liverpool's Luis Suarez ignored his handshake before their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford in Manchester.
Egyptian fishermen pray on the quayside in Union Hall, Cork as the final body from the Tit Bonhomme is brought ashore. The father of Egyptian deckhand Saied Ali Eldi (23) had held a vigil on the pier since the trawler sank on January 15.
Resident Antonio Garces tries to recover his belongings from his house destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in Aguacate, Cuba.
More than 2000 student teachers protest outside Leinster House against budget cuts in education and new teachers' pay.
Competitors show off their tattoos before the MBK Tattoo Contest 2012 at a shopping mall in Bangkok. Nearly 180 competitors entered in the contest.
The scene of a fatal collision in Hartstown Dublin where a 21-year-old man, a passenger in a car, died after the vehicle hit a tree. The 24-year-old male driver passed away later in hospital.
Official photo released by the Ducal Court of Luxembourg of Crown Prince Guillaume and Crown Princess Stephanie in Notre Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg during their church wedding
Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba and pray at the Grand mosque during the annual haj pilgrimage in Mecca.
Platters of sugar cookies bearing the likenesses of President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, are available for sale on the counter at the Oakmont Bakery/
Sean Quinn Jr, son of former billionaire, Sean Quinn, arriving at the Four Courts where he lost his Supreme Court appeal against a finding of contempt of court and a three-month sentence for that contempt – but he will still be out on Friday.
Guest speaker Patrick Honohan Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland arriving at the Chartered Accountants Leinster Society business luncheon in the Westbury Hotel.
Olympic sprinting champion Usain Bolt, poses for a photo with children while attending the annual national awards ceremony on National Heroes Day in Kingston, Jamaica.
Fans of Ivory Coast's national football team help other fans escape the violence in the upper tiers of Leopold Sedar Senghor stadium in Dakar. Senegal's African Nations Cup tie with Ivory Coast was abandoned when riot police fired teargas inside the packed stadium as thousands of fans lit fires and threw objects in protest at the home team's show.
Emotional relatives and friends pay their respects at picture boards of the victims during the Bali Bombing 10th anniversary memorial service in Jimbaran, Bali, Indonesia.
Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong at the 2010 Cape Argus Cycle Tour in Cape Town The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) revealed the findings of its investigation into Armstrong with testimony to show that Armstrong cheated his way to the top of the cycling world through an elaborate doping scheme never seen before in the sport.
Some of the 50 puppies found in two cars after uniformed gardai stopped and searched the vehicles on Old Malahide Road in Dublin. Two men are being questioned for alleged animal cruelty. The pups were discovered in boxes in the rear of both vehicles and included a number of cocker and springer spaniels, terrier, beagle and labrador breeds, and 25 Jack Russells.
The scene of a five-car pile-up during morning rush-hour traffic on the Stillorgan Road in Dublin . Firefighters had to use cutting equipment to free people from one of the cars. Three men and a woman were taken to hospital, one man was said to have suffered a heart attack at the scene.
A woman takes a photo in the Iveagh Trust museum flat in Dublin, which has opened to the public as part of the Open House Architecture Festival. Number 3B was preserved as a museum piece in 2002 after the death at the age of 95 of its last tenant, Nellie Molloy, who had lived there all her life, resisting all offers to bring her flat up to the modern standards enjoyed by her neighbors.
Protesters chant slogans against Spain's government as they disrupt A lecture by Spain's Minister of Economy and Competitiveness Luis de Guindos at the London School of Economics.
Four-year-old Liam Nolan Kraul helps launch Honey Days campaign. Taking place throughout October with hundreds of volunteers selling mini honey pots for €2 or honey lollipops for €1 in aid of Down Syndrome Ireland.
USA players arrive at the closing ceremony of the Ryder Cup PGA golf tournament in Medinah, after losing to Europe.
A man walks on a muddy street littered with debris in the town of Villanueva del Trabuco, Malaga, southern Spain. Ten people have killed while hundreds were evacuated from their homes as torrential rains caused flash flooding.
A Bahraini woman uses an iPad to photograph a rally in Diraz, Bahrain, against a film made in the United States that denigrates Islam's founding Prophet Muhammad.
A boy plays with a sacrificed goat, in front of the idol of "Swet Bhairab" during the Indra Jatra Festival in Kathmandu in Nepal.
Donegal manager Jim McGuinness with fans in Mountcharles after winning the Same Maguire Cup on Sunday.
Gardai at the scene of the murder of Declan O'Reilly, on Dublin's South Circular Road. He was shot four times in the stomach as he walked along the road with his 11-year-old son shortly after 8 pm.
Tiger Woods reacts after teeing off on the 17th hole during the final round of the Tour Championship golf tournament in Atlanta.
President Barack Obama is hugged by a woman as he greets people at a campaign event in Milwaukee.
Libyan doctors help a Libyan civilian, who was shot in his arm and his gut during a raid on armed Islamic militias compounds in Benghazi. Hundreds of protesters stormed the compound of one of Libya's strongest armed Islamic extremist groups, as the attack that killed the U.S. ambassador sparked a public backlash against armed groups that run rampant in the country.
Vets conduct a health check on 'Jia Jia' one of two Giant Pandas from Chengdu, China, who are residing at the Singapore River Safari for the next 10-years.
Mickey Corsi, of Bedford, Texas, holds a sign as he protests outside the hotel hosting a fundraiser for Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in Dallas.
Tributes are left at Ravenhill rugby ground, Belfast, where a book of condolence was opened in memory of rugby player Nevin Spence, who was killed alongside his father and brother in a farming tragedy. Photo: PA
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) special envoy, Angelina Jolie starts a visit to Baghdad, Iraq. Jolie said that with winter approaching, she is concerned about the plight of hundreds of thousands of Syrians forced to flee their homes.
Helicopter footage of a pileup of 80 to 100 vehicles on a foggy Texas interstate which injured at least 51 people, eight critically, officials said.
Queen Elizabeth views the interior of a caravan during a visit to the Bailey caravan factory in Bristol as part of her Jubilee tour.
Golfer Darren Clarke is awarded an OBE, for services to golf by Queen Elizabeth II during an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in central London.
U.S. President Barack Obama yawns as he attends the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and East Asia summit in Phnom Penh.
President Michael D Higgins, his wife Sabina, Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore with Sam Stynes at a ceremony in Aras an Uachtarain after the Dublin-born Aussie Rules legend Jim Stynes was posthumously awarded the new Presidential Distinguished Service honour for the Irish abroad
Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni at the end of the friendly International where the team were beaten 1-0 by Greece in the Aviva Stadium. SPORTSFILE
Orphaned elephant calf Moses dies in the arms of his 'adopted mother' Jenny Webb in Malawi. She had raised the seven and a half onth old elephant since it had lost it's mother. But Moses contracted a tummy bug and died.
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall present a poster to selected children in costume after attending a performance at the Bruce Mason Theatre in Auckland
Syrians carry their rubbish to a mountain of garbage in a roundabout in Aleppo, Syria. Due the heavy fighting and shelling, the garbage collection system collapsed weeks ago.
Sean Fitzpatrick, former Anglo Chairman leaves Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, after his first appearance on 16 charges of fraud offences.
Barack Obama walks with daughters Sasha and Malia, and first lady Michelle Obama to Air Force One before leaving O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, on their way back to the White House.
Praveen Halappanavar, the husband of Savita Halappanavar and his Solicitor Gerard O'Donnell, leaving the inquest into her death at Galway Coroners court.
A man walks past a photograph by Tim Flach at the London Art Fair .
A general view of the scene where a helicopter crashed in central London, after hitting a crane on top of a tower block by the River Thames
A Jewish man collects candles next to a burning pyre at the grave of Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzera, known as the sage Baba Sali, in the southern Israeli town of Netivot, Israel.
Thousands of Jews, mainly of Moroccan origin, gathered to pray and hold festivities at the tomb of the respected rabbi who was known as a miracle maker by religious Jews.
The scene at Drumalee Court off the North Circular Road Dublin where the bodies of John Glennon and Debbie McEvoy were discovered. It emerged that the couple had died from hypothermia. Photo: Mark Condren
Members of the Gardai at the scene of the shooting of 18-year-old Luke WIlson at Liffey Gael's GAA club on the Sarsfield Road, Dublin.
Snow falls over damaged buildings in Homs, Syria.
Marie Fleming from Co Wicklow, leaving court flanked by her partner Tom Curran, and other family members, after the High Court ruled against her challenge to ban on assisted suicide.
Iranian Ambassador in Syria Mohammad Riza Shibani speaks to the media after Iranians released by Syrian rebels arrived at a hotel in Damascus January 9, 2013. Forty eight Iranians released by Syrian rebels in exchange for the release of more than 2,000 civilian prisoners held by the Syrian government arrived at the Sheraton hotel in central Damascus on Wednesday, a Reuters witness said. The men were accompanied by the Iranian ambassador to Syria and arrived in six small buses, looking tired but in good health.
Photo provided by the Holmes family, Tammy Holmes, second from left, and her grandchildren, two-year-old Charlotte Walker, left, four-year-old Esther Walker, third from left, nine-year-old Liam Walker, eleven-year-old Matilda, second from right, and six-year-old Caleb Walker, right, take refuge under a jetty as a wildfire rages near-by in the Tasmanian town of Dunalley, east of the state capital of Hobart, Australia. The family credits God with their survival from the fire that destroyed around 90 homes in Dunalley. Photo: AP
Police dressed in riot gear clear Tempelmore of debris placed there by loyalist youths in Belfast January 8, 2013. Violent protests continue in Northern Ireland as loyalists renewed their anger against restrictions on flying the union flag from Belfast City Hall. Photo: Reuters
Messages left on flowers pictured at the funeral of 17 year old Andrew Dermot Parker Clarke, son of chef Derry Clarke at The Boys' Chapel, Clongowes Wood College, Clane.
The White House released this shot of U.S. President Barack Obama jumping into the ocean at Pyramid Rock Beach January 1, 2013 in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Clergy making their way into St Flannan's Church Co Offaly for funeral of vet Catherine Gowing murdered in Wales in October.
The shooting of Michael Collins was re-enacted during the annual charity Wellie Race in Castlecomer Co Kilkenny on New Year's Day. Photo: Pat Moore.
Fireworks explode over and around the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House during new year celebrations for 2013. More than 1.5 million people lined the foreshores of the harbour to watch the annual new year fireworks show.
Gardai have launched an investigation into the death of a man near apartments on Ruben Street, Dublin.
The doors of Arnotts dept store on Henry Street open for the start of the St Stephen's Day sales.
Santas jump off the pier at Dublin's Forty Foot in the annual Christmas Day swim.
People skate beneath the Christmas tree at the Rockefeller Center ice skating rink on Christmas Eve in New York City.
Peter Wright of England nicknamed Snake Bite in action during his second round match against Michael van Gerwen of the Netherlands on day Ten of the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace.
US President Barack Obama pretends to be caught in a spider's web while playing with the son of a White House staff member dressed as Spider-Man.
Twenty miniature stockings adorn a makeshift memorial for the mass shooting victims in Newtown, Connecticut.
The coffin of football legend Paidi O'Se is carried to its final resting place in Ventry, Co. Kerry. Photo: Mark Condren
People gather in Federation Square to watch the Dame Elisabeth Murdoch public memorial on large screens as it is held across the road at St Paul's Cathedral in Melbourne, Australia. Dame Murdoch, mother of Rupert, passed away on December 5th, aged 103.
Santas at the first ever Barnardos Santa Stroll on Dun Laoghaire’s East Pier in Dublin.
President Higgins makes Christmas and New Year's greetings to Irish people at home and abroad in Aras An Uachtarain.
Mourners follow the coffin of the remains of Eamon Kelly who was shot dead near his home in Killester, Dublin.
The queue outside the Capuchin Day Centre stretching hundreds of feet. The centre in Dublin fed over 2000 people that day with hot food and food parcels.
Gardai at the scene of a house fire in Lurganboy, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, where three people died.
American playwright, Sam Shepard and campaigner for the rights of abuse victims, Christine Buckley who were conferred with honorary degrees at Trinity College Dublin.
Homeless man John Byrne with his pet rabbit Barney. Gary Kearney was sentenced to four months in jail for throwing the pet rabbit into the Liffey last summer. John Byrne jumped into the river to save its life and received a Compassionate Citizen Award for his effort.
Sydneysiders flock to Bondi Beach in Australia. Temperatures in the high 30s and low 40s are expected to hit parts of the state over the weekend.
Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks leaves Westminster Magistrates Court after appearing to face charges linked to alleged corrupt payments to public officials in London
Members of Eirigi protesting outside Lucan garda station where their party leader Brian Leeson was taken nto custody.
Hundrerds of people turned up on O'Connell Street in Dublin in cold and wet conditionsl for the offical start of Christmas and the lighting of tree by the Lord Mayor.
Thank you notes are written on refrigerators damaged by Superstorm Sandy on November 25, 2012 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. New Jersey Gov. Christie estimated that Superstorm Sandy cost New Jersey $29.4 billion in damage and economic losses
School children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi assemble to mark his anniversary in the southern Indian city of Chennai. Gandhi, leader of the Indian nationalist non-violent movement against British rule, was assassinated in 1948. India observes Gandhi's death anniversary as Martyr's day. Photo: Reuters
Residents attempt to identify bodies found along a river at a school used as a field hospital in Aleppo's Bustan al-Qasr. At least 65 people, apparently shot in the head, were found dead with their hands bound in a district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Tuesday, activists said. Opposition activists posted a video of a man filming at least 51 muddied male bodies alongside what they said was the Queiq River in the rebel-held Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood of Aleppo. Photo: Reuters
Dolours Price's coffin is carried from her family home in West Belfast by her two sons Danny and Oscar at front and her ex partner actor Stephen Rea to St Agnes Church and then onto Milltown Cemetery for burial.
People queue at Dundalk Garda Station to sign a book of condolences in memory of Det Garda Adrian Donoghue who was killed during an attempted armed robbery at Lordship Credit Union, Co. Louth.
U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies on the September attack on U.S. diplomatic sites in Benghazi, Libya during a hearing held by the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Fiona Doyle speaking to the media outside court yesterday after her father Patrick O'Brien was sentenced to 12 years with 9 suspended for to 16 charges of the rape and indecent assault of her over ten years.
