This month my family received a posthumous Bravery Award for my father. @Oireachtasnews saw a tweet of mine about how he helped to save a drowning man from the Liffey in 1955. I feel so proud of him, he would never have told this story himself.

A boy of the Traveller community wears his Sunday suit at Tallow horse fair, Co Cork, Ireland, 2000, by Kenneth O'Halloran

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Surreal and everyday Paris, France, 1967, by Joel Meyerowitz

The warmth of Cuba by Nikos Economopoulos

I'm fundraising for Irish Cancer Society @IrishCancerSoc Check out my @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving justgiving.com/page/o-mearai…

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In honor of The Pogues Shane McGown (RIP). Born on Christmas Day 1957. The Body of an American

Nice to make The Guardian’s Photos of the Day with my pic of Bono busking for Simon Community.. working for PA. theguardian.com/news/gallery…

Samaritans ☎️116123 Childline ☎️1800666666 Women's Aid ☎️1800341900 Aware ☎️1800804848 Men's Aid ☎️015543811 Dublin Rape Crisis ☎️1800778 888 Bodywhys ☎️1890 200 444 Pieta House ☎️1800 247 247 AA ☎️1800 459 459 Gamblers Anonymous ☎️01 872 1133 Nollaig Shona…🎄

‘It just stood up into this huge mountain’: Conor Maguire surfs his biggest wave yet at Mullaghmore irishtimes.com/sport/2025/12…

Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who covered wars from Vietnam to Iraq, has died at 91. Arnett, who won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for his Vietnam War coverage for The Associated Press. apnews.com/article/peter-arn…

Tony Ray-Jones. In 1965 he took himself off in a camper van in search of Englishness. And found it. Sadly he died of a sudden and aggressive leukaemia in 1972. He was 30 years old.

Remembering Martin Parr: A lovely, warm, gentle man who dragged me out of bed at 5.30am irishtimes.com/culture/2025/…

Alan Bird, RIP Everyone at Bohemian FC is devastated to learn of the sad passing of Alan Bird, our long-serving matchday programme editor: bohemians.ie/alan-bird-rip/ A long-standing club volunteer, Alan served as programme editor since 2013, including right up to the end of this season as he courageously battled illness, but sadly passed away on Thursday night in the Mater Hospital, surrounded by his family. Alan’s funeral will take place on Thursday at St Canice’s in Finglas, and we encourage as many of his fellow Bohemians to attend as possible, and also encourage members and supporters to sign the online book of condolences to let Alan’s family know that they are in our thoughts at this sad time.

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Nice to make it into Irish Examiners photos of the week irishexaminer.com/news/irela…

In ómós do Mhanchán Magan🕯️

Fat. Bear. Week. Who has been crowned winner of America's most keenly awaited animal competition? u.afp.com/SWFz

Kieran Andrieu, my colleague at @novaramedia & a friend I admire, has now been kidnapped by Israel. What is happening off the coast of Gaza is illegal under international law. Share this video. A British citizen has been kidnapped @Keir_Starmer.

Tracking down Assata Shakur, the FBI’s most wanted fugitive in Cuba, as a CNN intern. A story nearly 30 years in the making. cnn.com/2025/09/26/americas/…