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.
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