The Trib (60 page)

Cork, 2006

THE SUSPECT: Ian Bailey poses for photos in a lane near his home in Schull, Co. Cork. Bailey is the self-confessed main suspect in the murder of French woman Sophie Toscan du Plantier, who was found dead outside her West Cork home in December 1996.

Athlone, 2009

SNAP HAPPY?: The two Brians – Cowen and Lenihan – arrive for the ‘family photo' at the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party think-in in September 2009.

Dublin, 2007

ONLY CHOKING: RTÉ presenters Pat Kenny and Ryan Tubridy at the launch of the State broadcaster's autumn schedule.

India, 2008

ASHES TO ASHES: The funeral pyre of Dilip Sharma, a legendary folk singer, in the Guwahati region of India. In keeping with Hindu custom, Sharma's body was laid out face down, with his head facing north. Logs were placed on his head and ankles so his body would stay flat. Four coins were then tossed on the flames to finance a voyage to heaven.

Dublin, 2006

SHELF LIFE: Writer Colm Tóibín in the study of his Dublin home.

Ethiopia, 2008

HUNGER: A malnourished child attends the GOAL-run Derara Health Centre in southern Ethiopia.

Cavan, 2004

GRIEF: Jamie Farrelly Maughan's sister, Rebecca, and mother, Josephine Farrelly, at Jamie's funeral in Cavan town in July 2004. The body of the fourteen-year-old had been found in the garden of a vacant house yards from her mother's home, six days after her disappearance. An inquest later ruled that Jamie had died of an ecstasy overdose.

Wicklow, 2009

THE CRUEL SEA: The wrecks of the fishing trawlers
Maggie B
and
Pere Charles
lie in Arklow harbour. The trawlers, which sank in March 2006 and January 2007, claiming the lives of seven fishermen, were originally brought to Arklow in 2007 for a one-month survey. Four years later they remain as a poignant, if controversial, reminder of the tragedies.

Dublin, 2009

DECKED: The scene on Dublin's O'Connell Street moments after a Luas tram collided with a bus. Scores of people were injured, including three seriously, in the accident. The driver of the Luas, who had to be cut from the wreckage, was later charged in connection with the incident.

Cork, 2009

OLD MASTER: Artist Martin Bengtsson at work in his caravan/studio on his remote farm in Co. Cork. A former spy, bodyguard, stuntman and self-confessed forger of paintings, Bengtsson was attempting to fund the raising of the
Asgard II
, which sank off the coast of France in 2008, by auctioning his painting of the famous ship.

Rathcoole, 2010

LAID TO REST: The body of Toyosi Shitta-bey, a fifteen-year-old Nigerian boy who was stabbed to death in Tyrrelstown, Dublin, is laid to rest at the Muslim burial ground in Rathcoole Cemetery. Two brothers were charged with Toyosi's murder. Five months after his death, his family were forced to move home following racist death threats.

Dublin, 2010

DOUBLE TROUBLE: Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern relaxes beneath a portrait of himself at St Luke's, his constituency office, in Drumcondra.