Judging 2020
The awards will be judged by a panel chaired by Tim Vaughan
Independent Judging Panel 2020
- Brendan Keenan, former Business Editor, Irish Independent
- Claire Grady, former editor of the Irish Independent
- Dara Doyle, Bloomberg
- Dave O’Connell, Editor Connacht Tribune
- Fiona Stack, Radio Kerry and ex Newstalk journalist
- Gavan Becton, Editor Meath Chronicle, former Digital Editor The Irish Sun
- Gavin Sheridan, former journalist. Founder Right to Know
- Geraldine Kennedy, former editor of The Irish Times
- Hannah Louise Dunne, Editorial Director at Radical Creative Agency. Former journalist with the Mail and Independent
- Ian Kehoe, former editor of the Sunday Business Post
- Jane Suiter, Director of the Institute for Future Media and Journalism (FuJo) and Associate Professor in the School of Communications, DCU
- Jennifer O’ Brien, ex Irish Sun and Times Ireland. Now with RTÉ Communications
- Joe Breen, former Irish Times Managing Editor
- Mairead Lavery, Editor, Irish Country Living
- Michael Foley, Professor Emeritus at the School of Media, DIT
- Mick McCaffrey, Head of News TV3, former Sunday World journalist
- Miriam Donohue, ex journalist and National Lottery, now with GOAL
- PJ Cunningham, former Sunday Tribune Sports editor
- Siobhan O’Connell, Director of Business Plus magazine
- Trevor White, Director of the Little Museum of Dublin, former editor of The Dubliner magazine
- Willie Kealy, former Deputy Editor Sunday Independent
Eligible News Brands for Broadsheet/Compact categories
- Independent.ie
- Irish Examiner
- Irish Farmers Journal
- Irish Independent
- Irish Mail on Sunday
- Sunday Business Post
- Sunday Independent
- The Irish Times
- The Sunday Times
- The Times, Ireland Edition
Eligible News Brands for Popular categories
- Buzz.ie
- Dublin Live
- Evoke.ie
- Extra.ie
- Irish Daily Mail
- Irish Daily Mirror
- Irish Daily Star
- Irish Sun on Sunday
- Irish Sunday Mirror
- Sunday World
- The Herald
- The Irish Sun