The image, capturing the British monarch before the wreath-laying ceremony last May in the Garden of Remembrance, Dublin, War Memorial Gardens, Islandbridge, clinched the Irish Professional Photographers Association Press and PR Photographer of the Year accolade for Chris Bellew.

The 30-year-old, who has been working for Dublin-based Fennell Photography for 10 years, said he managed to photograph the queen as she peered around a door, and looked directly at him.

Queen Pic Wins Top Prize For Snapper (Colm Kelpie, Irish Independent)

(Chris Bellew)

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James Atkinson, running for Campaign and Communications officer at UCD.

Tom L writes:

This is absolutely excruciating stuff, there’s something about these UCD students that seems to make them impervious to embarrassment The candidate, whitest man alive, also drops the N-bomb in the bloopers at the end. Simply awful. I couldn’t watch it again.

MORE THAN 100,000 domestic customers of Electric Ireland have begun receiving higher electricity bills – because they are not using enough electricity.

A new “low user standing charge” was introduced by the ESB-controlled supplier with effect from February 1st, targeting customers who “use an average of 2 units (2 kWhs) or less per day in any billing period”.

Households not using enough electricity are seeing their bills increase by 15.5 cent a day, or €9.45 per two-monthly bill, or €56.70 per year.

Domestic customers have been informed of the increase in bill inserts, in some cases by letter, in the past fortnight.

Terms and conditions apply. Don’t they just, though?

Over 100,000 Face Higher Bills For Not Using Enough Electricity (Irish Times)

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