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In pictures: Ireland’s weekend in the sun

Back in the office? Let this selection of the weekend’s fun in the sunshine remind you of the good times… (And send us yours to add to the collection).

May 28th 2012, 11:29 AM 5,428 Views 7 Comments

WHETHER YOU WERE at a sports event, festival or just lazing in the back garden, we’d love you to cheer us up on this Monday in the office with your pics of what you got up to in the fine weather of this past weekend.

This little selection from our friends at INPHO, PA Images and Photocall Ireland will give you a taster of how Ireland basked in the sunshine in style…

In pictures: Ireland’s weekend in the sun
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  • Weekend warmer

    Seven-year-old Chloe Murphy cools her feet in the River Blackwater in Co Wexford. Image: Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland

  • Weekend warmer

    People enjoying the band 'Fibbs' at the Dublin City Soul Fesitval in Merrion Square Park, Dublin. Image: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland

  • Weekend warmer

    First Communion girls scatter flower petals in front of a priest carrying the Eucharist during the 99th annual Corpus Christi religious procession in Blackwater, Co Wexford. Image: Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland

  • Weekend warmer

    Shane Cox and 'Charlie' enjoy the Dublin City Soul Fesitval today in Merrion Square Park, Dublin. Image: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland.

  • Weekend warmer

    Today FM DJ Ian Dempsey gets his hiking boots on with models Ciara Kelly and Joanne McKiernan at the launch of a charity trek on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in aid of The Alzheimer Society of Ireland and Croí, the heart and stroke charity. Image:Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland.

  • Weekend warmer

    Franzi Blum from Germany blows bubbles in Dublin city centre. Image: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland.

  • Weekend warmer

    Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams, Pat Doherty, Toireasa Ferris and Mary Lou McDonald have an ice-cream break at the party's Ard Fheis at the INEC, Killarney on Saturday. Image: Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland

  • Weekend warmer

    Ireland footballer James McClean squints in the sun at the friendly against Bosnia & Herzegovina in the Aviva Stadium, Dublin on Saturday. Image: Niall Carson/PA Wire

  • Weekend warmer

    The heat was on for Leinster's Brian O'Driscoll (seen here with Ospreys player Dan Bigger) during the RaboDirect PRO12 Final at the RDS, Dublin. Image: Niall Carson/PA Wire

  • Weekend warmer

    A fan shelters from the sun at the Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Quarter-Final at Semple Stadium, Thurles yesterday between Tipperary and Limerick. Image: INPHO/James Crombie

  • Weekend warmer

    Tipperary's Michael Cahill and Limerick's Seán Tobin at the Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Quarter-Final in Semple Stadium, Thurles, Co Tipperary yesterday. Image: INPHO/James Crombie

  • Weekend warmer

    Leinster fan Seán Tester at the RDS Dublin on Saturday. Image: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

  • Weekend warmer

    Antrim players feel the heat during the parade before the start of the Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship Quarter-Final in Clones, Co Monaghan. Image: INPHO/Andrew Paton/Presseye.com

  • Weekend warmer

    Kerry's Paul Galvin and Tipperary's Brian Fox in a face-off at the Munster GAA Football Senior Championship Quarter-Final in Semple Stadium in Thurles, Co Tipperary. Image: INPHO/James Crombie.

  • Weekend warmer

    Glamour in the sun at the Curragh Racecourse in Co Kildare yesterday. Image: INPHO/Lorraine O'Sullivan

  • Weekend warmer

    Martin Harley, winning jockey in the Etihad Airways Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh racecourse, Co Kildare, with his mount Samitar and trainer Mick Channon. Image: INPHO/Lorraine O'Sullivan

  • Weekend cooler

    The not-so-pleasing aspect to the fine weather antics: Reader John Sherlock noted the rubbish scattered around Sandymount Strand yesterday - and around an overflowing bin at the entrance to Sean Moore Park. Image: John Sherlock.
  • Seven-year-old Chloe Murphy cools her feet in the River Blackwater in Co Wexford. Image: Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland
  • People enjoying the band 'Fibbs' at the Dublin City Soul Fesitval in Merrion Square Park, Dublin. Image: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
  • First Communion girls scatter flower petals in front of a priest carrying the Eucharist during the 99th annual Corpus Christi religious procession in Blackwater, Co Wexford. Image: Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland
  • Shane Cox and 'Charlie' enjoy the Dublin City Soul Fesitval today in Merrion Square Park, Dublin. Image: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland.
  • Today FM DJ Ian Dempsey gets his hiking boots on with models Ciara Kelly and Joanne McKiernan at the launch of a charity trek on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in aid of The Alzheimer Society of Ireland and Croí, the heart and stroke charity. Image:Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland.
  • Franzi Blum from Germany blows bubbles in Dublin city centre. Image: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland.
  • Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams, Pat Doherty, Toireasa Ferris and Mary Lou McDonald have an ice-cream break at the party's Ard Fheis at the INEC, Killarney on Saturday. Image: Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland
  • Ireland footballer James McClean squints in the sun at the friendly against Bosnia & Herzegovina in the Aviva Stadium, Dublin on Saturday. Image: Niall Carson/PA Wire
  • The heat was on for Leinster's Brian O'Driscoll (seen here with Ospreys player Dan Bigger) during the RaboDirect PRO12 Final at the RDS, Dublin. Image: Niall Carson/PA Wire
  • A fan shelters from the sun at the Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Quarter-Final at Semple Stadium, Thurles yesterday between Tipperary and Limerick. Image: INPHO/James Crombie
  • Tipperary's Michael Cahill and Limerick's Seán Tobin at the Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Quarter-Final in Semple Stadium, Thurles, Co Tipperary yesterday. Image: INPHO/James Crombie
  • Leinster fan Seán Tester at the RDS Dublin on Saturday. Image: INPHO/Ryan Byrne
  • Antrim players feel the heat during the parade before the start of the Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship Quarter-Final in Clones, Co Monaghan. Image: INPHO/Andrew Paton/Presseye.com
  • Kerry's Paul Galvin and Tipperary's Brian Fox in a face-off at the Munster GAA Football Senior Championship Quarter-Final in Semple Stadium in Thurles, Co Tipperary. Image: INPHO/James Crombie.
  • Glamour in the sun at the Curragh Racecourse in Co Kildare yesterday. Image: INPHO/Lorraine O'Sullivan
  • Martin Harley, winning jockey in the Etihad Airways Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh racecourse, Co Kildare, with his mount Samitar and trainer Mick Channon. Image: INPHO/Lorraine O'Sullivan
  • The not-so-pleasing aspect to the fine weather antics: Reader John Sherlock noted the rubbish scattered around Sandymount Strand yesterday - and around an overflowing bin at the entrance to Sean Moore Park. Image: John Sherlock.

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