Irish Examiner photographer retires with half a century and 500,000 pictures under his belt

It is estimated that he took more than 500,000 photographs over the course of his career, and bagged 27 national and international awards

Staff photographer Denis Minihane retired after 47 years with the Irish Examiner and The Echo. Picture: Larry Cummins

Tributes have been paid to award-winning Irish Examiner photographer Denis Minihane who has retired after a remarkable career spanning almost half a century. And he has the pictures to prove it.

Mr Minihane, 65, who joined the dark room of then Cork Examiner in 1976 aged 17, and who was appointed a press photographer two years later, was the newspaper’s longest serving employee until he officially hung up his camera on Wednesday.