Mark Condren News Today

Mediahuis photographers have scooped four awards at the 46th annual AIB Press Photographer of the Year Awards.

I hope you’ll agree that what follows is a striking selection of some of the year’s most arresting images taken by press photographers. Many were taken by our own team at Mediahuis Ireland, with accompanying words from staff photographers below. Others are from agency photographers. They all tell different stories from a year of news that was often tumultuous, both abroad and at home.

A LIMERICK TD has accused the Government of "throwing in the towel" by not increasing the amount that is being spent on mental health.

Ruth OConnors guide to bright ideas and beautiful things

Some 739 million children worldwide – or one in three - already live in areas exposed to high or very high water scarcity, with climate change threatening to push that alarming figure higher, according to a new UNICEF report.

LIMERICK Sinn Féin TD Maurice Quinlivan has described last week's budget as a "missed opportunity" for healthcare and housing.

Britney finally tells her story and stellar Scorsese strikes again

A new festival is set to take place this October in Kinsale which features iconic images including Lady Diana Spencer and Samuel Beckett by West Cork photographer John Minihan.

The stories behind iconic images of Samuel Beckett and Lady Diana Spencer by Irish photographer John Minihan will feature at a new festival in Kinsale this month

Big Picture Festival of Press Photography this month is being organised by the Press Photographers Association of Ireland