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Pics of the Week

The week in photos

This is the week that was, in pictures…
6.29pm, 17 Jun 2011
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  • Always take the weather with you...

  • All locked up

  • Lung transplant world record

  • Swingballdon launch

  • Justice for my mother

  • Blooming nice day

  • Making an exhibition of yourself

  • Lunar eclipse, Belgium

  • AIB AGM

  • Sunflowers

  • Tibet

  • Europride 2011

  • Madrid protests

  • Vault performer

  • Petal messages

  • Volley Worlds

  • Scrumpy

  • Foster siblings

  • India Poverty

  • Gypsy communities

  • Hunan mudslide

  • World Naked Bike Ride

  • Arizona Wildfires

  • Argentina Soccer

  • Diabetes Week

  • Big baby

  • The heliosphere

  • Sweet hat

Additional compilation by Gavan Reilly

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    Ronan McDermott
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    Apr 3rd 2018, 5:18 PM

    Fingers crossed he makes a full recovery

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    The Bunk
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    Apr 3rd 2018, 6:09 PM

    Brave men when there’s a gang of them! Hopefully they are caught and the victim makes a full recovery.

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    Gavin O'Brien
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    Apr 3rd 2018, 5:17 PM

    Hopefully he will make a full recovery and be back on Country duty soon.

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    Gerard Power
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    Apr 3rd 2018, 5:37 PM

    hopefully they catch the useless sxxm that did this.

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    Aidan Kearney
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    Apr 3rd 2018, 5:37 PM

    Every parents worst nightmare, please God he makes a full recovery.

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    Mick Cullen
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    Apr 3rd 2018, 8:52 PM

    Normal Carlow news at weekends

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    Maureen
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    Apr 3rd 2018, 11:26 PM

    @Mick Cullen: You’re right there. Always a good chance of it happening. I went out in both Carlow and Kilkenny for years and always thought Carlow had a nastier side to it. Fingers crossed he pulls thru.

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    Apr 3rd 2018, 10:45 PM

    Poor lad and it’s no need for him beaten up. Please God he’ll get on his feet asap

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    Alan Gregg
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    Apr 5th 2018, 11:43 AM

    True that.. There’s always an air of menace,you can never really relax when you’re out for the evening..

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