Some of the photos that caught our eye this week…
A view of Ladies Day at the Galway Races

Photo - Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
Niamh O'Sullivan from Cork City marking the opening of applications for the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition and the news of a new alliance with Wexford Festival Opera which will see the winner given an opportunity to perform at the Festival

Photo - Malcolm McNally / Irish Post
Irish minstrel Larry Beau performing at the London Irish Centre at the launch of a special London-themed issue of the Dublin based literary magazine, The Stinging Fly, which has been publishing new writers and new writing since 1998

Photo - INPHO/Ryan Byrne
A frustrated John Mooney of Ireland during the defeat to the Netherlands in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers Semi-Final in Malahide, Dublin

Photo - Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland
Emily Aoibheann, from one of Ireland's most dynamic aerial performance companies Dying Breeds, rehearsing for their new show Object Piggy, one of the highlights of the 21st edition of Tiger Dublin Fringe which runs for two weeks city-wide from September 7th -20th

Photo GJ Multimedia
A happy punter at Irish Night at Windsor Race Course