Alys Tomlinson’s pictures of local devotion to St Gobnait in Baile Mhúirne, Co Cork, helped her win the World Photographer of the Year prize, writes Pet O’Connell

Wheelchair-bound Christine (Testaud) travels to Lourdes in search of a cure, a serial miracle-seeker she goes as much to get out for a trip than anything else … but you never know, a miracle just might happen and a life changed for the good.