Photos of the Week

Week ending 30th October 2021. Images selected by the picture desk

Denise O'Sullivan of Republic of Ireland celebrates at the final whistle of the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 qualifying group A match between Finland and Republic of Ireland at Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland.
 

CELEBRATIONS
Denise O'Sullivan of Republic of Ireland celebrates at the final whistle of the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 qualifying group A match between Finland and Republic of Ireland at Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland.
Picture : Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Singers Sharon Crosbie and Brenda Bourke belting out the notes on the Kinsale jazz trail at the Spaniard, Kinsale, Co Cork.
 

BELTING OUT THE NOTES
Singers Sharon Crosbie and Brenda Bourke belting out the notes on the Kinsale jazz trail at the Spaniard, Kinsale, Co Cork.
Picture : Dan Linehan

Pictured at St Luke’s today at the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble performed their epic set at a sold-out afternoon show at the third day of the festival.
 

JAZZTASTIC
Pictured at St Luke’s today at the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble performed their epic set at a sold-out afternoon show at the third day of the festival.
Picture : Richard Gilligan

Winner of Photo of the Year at the Siena International Photo Awards with this image. The image depicts father and son, Munzir and Mustafa playing together outside their home in Reyhanli, in the Turkish province of Hatay, at the border with Syria.
 

THE HARDSHIP OF LIFE
Winner of Photo of the Year at the Siena International Photo Awards with this image. The image depicts father and son, Munzir and Mustafa playing together outside their home in Reyhanli, in the Turkish province of Hatay, at the border with Syria.
Picture :  Mehmet Aslan 

Glen Rovers Pat Horgan and  Imokilly's Colm Barry tussle for the sliotar during the Cork PSHC quarter final at Pairc Ui Chaoimh.
 

CLASH OF THE ???
Glen Rovers Pat Horgan and  Imokilly's Colm Barry tussle for the sliotar during the Cork PSHC quarter final at Pairc Ui Chaoimh.
Picture : Brian Arthur

Irish Examiner Readers' Photography Competition Weekly Winners 

Our two winners this week will join our other weekly winners for the final at the end of 2021 with a €1,000 prize to the winner and €250 for each of two runner-ups. For more details and to enter the competition click here

The 101st Liffey Swim, Oct 23rd 2021.
 

LIFFEY SWIM
The 101st Liffey Swim, Oct 23rd 2021.
Picture : Peter Shelley, Dublin

Taken 23/10/2021 from my front garden early morning.
 

HALLOWEEN IS IN THE AIR...
Taken 23/10/2021 from my front garden early morning.
Picture  : Anne Marie Somers, Kildare.

Maggie Dwyer of Community Cats Network with a pair of abandoned kittens dropped by a member of the public to the small animal hospital at Riverview Veterinary Clinic at Bandon, Co Cork.
 

ADOPT ME!
Maggie Dwyer of Community Cats Network with a pair of abandoned kittens dropped by a member of the public to the small animal hospital at Riverview Veterinary Clinic at Bandon, Co Cork.
Picture : Larry Cummins

Participants take part in the Liffey Swim in Dublin's City Centre.
 

TREADING WATER
Participants take part in the Liffey Swim in Dublin's City Centre.
Picture : Leon Farrell/Rollingnews.ie

Santana having fun at a Halloween dress up day at St. Brendan's GNS, The Glen, Cork.
 

NO FEAR
Santana having fun at a Halloween dress up day at St. Brendan's GNS, The Glen, Cork.
Picture : Denis Minihane

The candlelit procession during Skibbereen Arts Festival's memorial event, A Candle in the Wind, to commemorate all those who passed away locally during the pandemic and were unable to receive a proper traditional funeral.
 

PANDEMIC VIGIL
The candlelit procession during Skibbereen Arts Festival's memorial event, A Candle in the Wind, to commemorate all those who passed away locally during the pandemic and were unable to receive a proper traditional funeral.
Picture :  Denis Minihane

Local Dingle artist Ciara McKenna painted a large mural of a Natterjack Toad in the grounds of the Castlegregory Play Ground .
 

DINGLE TOAD
Local Dingle artist Ciara McKenna painted a large mural of a Natterjack Toad in the grounds of the Castlegregory Play Ground .
Picture : Domnick Walsh