![Migrant healthcare workers protests for family visas outside the Dail on Tuesday](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Fsundaytimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F5e884e18-703e-11ee-8fc5-c9951811a32a.jpg?crop=3000%2C2000%2C0%2C0)
Migrant healthcare workers protests for family visas outside the Dail on Tuesday
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![Diarmuid Ó Mathúna, the chef-owner of Pota, puts a few finishing touches to a dish at his Connemara restaurant. Read the review in today’s Ireland section](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Fsundaytimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F638351c4-703e-11ee-8fc5-c9951811a32a.jpg?crop=8256%2C5504%2C0%2C0)
Diarmuid Ó Mathúna, the chef-owner of Pota, puts a few finishing touches to a dish at his Connemara restaurant. Read the review in today’s Ireland section
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![Pro-Palestinian protesters take part in a demonstration outside Leinster House on Wednesday](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Fsundaytimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F513be468-703e-11ee-8fc5-c9951811a32a.jpg?crop=4808%2C3205%2C0%2C0)
Pro-Palestinian protesters take part in a demonstration outside Leinster House on Wednesday
ALAMY
![Ellie Sherwood, Robot Ted, Anita Hero and Eddie McGuinness launch the Dublin by Night Fest — the perfect way to mark the capital winning its tenth successive Purple Flag, awarded to towns with vibrant nightlife](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Fsundaytimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F56c52d54-703e-11ee-8fc5-c9951811a32a.jpg?crop=1500%2C1000%2C0%2C0)
Ellie Sherwood, Robot Ted, Anita Hero and Eddie McGuinness launch the Dublin by Night Fest — the perfect way to mark the capital winning its tenth successive Purple Flag, awarded to towns with vibrant nightlife
CONOR MCCABE PHOTOGRAPHY
![President Michael D Higgins makes his way to an audience with the Pope at thw Vatican, with his wife, Sabina, in tow](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Fsundaytimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F5a2010cc-703e-11ee-8fc5-c9951811a32a.jpg?crop=3500%2C2333%2C0%2C0)
President Michael D Higgins makes his way to an audience with the Pope at thw Vatican, with his wife, Sabina, in tow
MAXWELL
![Gabriel Byrne talks to The Sunday Times this week about playing Beckett, trans rights and a tricky future for cinema](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Fsundaytimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fc0ab9090-6e91-11ee-8fc5-c9951811a32a.jpg?crop=5504%2C8256%2C0%2C0)
Gabriel Byrne talks to The Sunday Times this week about playing Beckett, trans rights and a tricky future for cinema
BRYAN MEADE FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES
![The coffin of Hugh Russell, the Olympic medallist boxer and press photographer, is carried from St Patrick's Church in Belfast after his funeral](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Fsundaytimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F728fc6ca-703e-11ee-8fc5-c9951811a32a.jpg?crop=6000%2C4000%2C0%2C0)
The coffin of Hugh Russell, the Olympic medallist boxer and press photographer, is carried from St Patrick's Church in Belfast after his funeral
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![Pat Spillane, the GAA star and pundit who has just published an autobiography, In the Blood, hits the streets near his home in Templenoe, Co Kerry](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Fsundaytimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F7dc78f28-703e-11ee-8fc5-c9951811a32a.jpg?crop=5568%2C3712%2C0%2C0)
Pat Spillane, the GAA star and pundit who has just published an autobiography, In the Blood, hits the streets near his home in Templenoe, Co Kerry
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![The clean-up begins on Main Street in Midleton, Co Cork, after Storm Babet caused extensive damage through flooding](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Fsundaytimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F828a0996-703e-11ee-8fc5-c9951811a32a.jpg?crop=5888%2C3925%2C0%2C0)
The clean-up begins on Main Street in Midleton, Co Cork, after Storm Babet caused extensive damage through flooding
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