Pictures of the Year: The story of 2024 in photographs
Here is how our award-winning photographers Mal McCann and Colm Lenaghan captured the year that was
First Minister Michelle O’Neill and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly play hurling at St Paul’s GAA Club in west Belfast. PICTURE: COLM LENAGHAN
The Northern Lights are visible in the Belfast Hills and attract hundreds of people outdoors. PICTURE: MAL MCCANN Bridie Brown (centre) pictured after a judge said Secretary of State Hilary Benn must set up a public inquiry into the murder of her husband, GAA official Sean Brown PICTURE: MAL MCCANN The Belfast premiere of the Kneecap film takes place at the Kennedy Centre in west Belfast. PICTURE: MAL MCCANN Four-month-old Faé McKee in the Sam Maguire Cup during a visit to Craigavon Area Hospital in Armagh in 2024. The visit was part of a tour by the All-Ireland football champions, which included Armagh captain Aidan Forker and manager Kieran McGeeney. PICTURE: MAL MCCANN Hundreds of Palestine supporters take to the streets of Belfast calling for a ceasefire. PICTURE: MAL MCCANN Titanic Céilí on the Maritime Mile as part of Belfast TradFest finale weekend. PICTURE: MAL MCCANN Antrim's James McNaughton gets away from Carlow's Tony Lawlor and Niall Bolger at Corrigan Park. PICTURE: MAL MCCANN. A procession from St John’s Parish on the Falls Road in west Belfast makes its way to St Peter’s Cathedral to mark the end of the Rosary Festival. PICTURE: MAL MCCANN A coffin was carried through Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter followed by a New Orleans funeral band in protest at the absence of Culture Night. PICTURE: MAL MCCANN Supermarket owner Abdelkader assesses the damage after his business was set alight for a second time. PICTURE COLM LENAGHAN Cliftonville’s Ronan Hale celebrates with fans during an open top bus tour across Belfast after winning the Irish Cup. PICTURE: COLM LENAGAN Armagh captain Aidan Forker lifts the Sam Maguire Cup after the All-Ireland SFC final at Croke Park in Dublin. PICTURE: COLM LENAGHAN Geraldine Finucane, widow of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane, during a press conference at St Comgall’s in Belfast. PICTURE: COLM LENAGHAN
Education Minister Paul Givan takes part in a céilí with pupils at Gaelscoil Aodha Rua during his first visit to an Irish language school as minister. PICTURE: COLM LENAGHAN Pupils (left to right) Eabha Magee Kerr, Aoife Total and Miley Doyle at St Joseph’s Nursery School enjoy an Easter Bonnet Parade in Crumlin, Co Antrim. PICTURE: COLM LENAGHAN DeLorean owners pictured at Belfast City Hall. PICTURE: COLM LENAGHAN Former DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson appears at Newry courthouse accused of historical sex offences, which he denies. PICTURE: COLM LENAGHAN Fr Dominic McGrattan is photographed by Greg Miller from America, who has taken pictures of people on Ash Wednesday for the past 30 years, after a Mass at Elmwood Hall at Queen’s University. PICTURE: COLM LENAGHAN Pupils at St Ciaran’s College in Ballygawley launch a campaign highlighting deaths on the A5 road. PICTURE: COLM LENAGHAN Mother giraffe Ballycasey with her baby Ballycarry, named after Co Antrim towns, at Belfast Zoo. PICTURE: COLM LENAGHAN Kneecap's DJ Próvaí gets a selfie with barrister Joe Brolly at Belfast High Court. PICTURE: COLM LENAGHAN Runners take part in the Belfast City marathon from Stormont. PICTURE: COLM LENAGHAN First Minister Michelle O'Neill and Sinn Féin colleague Gerry Kelly attend the PSNI’s attestation ceremony for six newly-qualified officers at Garnerville Police College. PICTURE: COLM LENAGHAN An Armagh GAA flag flies near Drumcree church in Portadown. PICTURE: MAL MCCANN Belfast's new Grand Central Station. PICTURE: MAL MCCANN People queue to see the relics of Saint Bernadette at St Mary's Church in Chapel Lane, Belfast. PICTURE: MAL MCCANN
