A photograph taken at Mullaghmore, Co Sligo has been selected by the Irish Times as one of their stand-out pictures of 2018.
The picture taken by Gary McCall, features a surfer tackling the first big winter swell of the surfing season last November.
Barry Mottershead , originally from South Africa, but a Sligo resident for the past 12 years, was the surfer featured in the picture.
International riders from Hawaii, Brazil and the United States took to the waters 1km off Mullaghmore Head.
