Shortlist 2017

Shortlist 2017

Business Journalist:

• Tom Lyons – The Sunday Business Post
• Jack Horgan Jones – The Sunday Business Post
• Gavin Daly – The Sunday Times
• Barry J Whyte – The Sunday Business Post
• Mark Paul – The Irish Times
• Valerie Hanley – The Irish Mail on Sunday

Business Story of the Year:

• Catherine Fegan – Irish Daily Mail & The Irish Mail on Sunday.
• Mark Paul and Ciaran Hancock – The Irish Times.
• John Meagher – Irish Independent.
• Jack Horgan Jones and Tom Lyons – The Sunday Business Post
• Peter O’Dwyer – Ireland edition of The Times
• Samantha McCaughren – Sunday Independent.

Broadsheet Columnist of the Year:

• Justine McCarthy – The Sunday Times
• Fintan O’Toole – The Irish Times
• Gene Kerrigan – Sunday Independent
• Patrick Freyne – The Irish Times
• Miriam Lord – The Irish Times
• Mick Clifford – Irish Examiner

Popular Columnist of the Year:

• Pat Flanagan – Irish Daily Mirror
• Lynda McCarthy – Sunday World
• Neil Cotter – The Irish Sun
• Roslyn Dee – Irish Daily Mail
• Philip Nolan – Irish Daily Mail
• David Coughlan – Irish Daily Star

Crime Journalist of the Year:

• Michael O’Toole – Irish Daily Star
• Stephen Breen – The Irish Sun
• Patrick O’Connell – Sunday World
• Nicola Tallant – Sunday World
• Keith Falkiner – Irish Daily Star
• Gary Meneely – The Irish Sun

Crime Story of the Year:

• Michael O’Toole – Irish Daily Star.
• Stephen Breen – The Irish Sun.
• Catherine Fegan – Irish Daily Mail.
• Jilly Beattie – Irish Daily Mirror.
• Robin Schiller – The Herald.
• Philip Ryan – Sunday Independent.

Critic:

• Eileen Battersby – The Irish Times
• Catherine Cleary – The Irish Times
• Peter Crawley – The Irish Times
• Patrick Freyne – The Irish Times
• Andrew Lynch – Irish Independent/The Sunday Business Post (Freelance)
• Fintan O’Toole – The Irish Times

Digital Excellence:

• Independent.ie, The Left Wing
• Independent.ie, FarmIreland
• The Irish Times Abroad – Ciara Kenny 
• The Irish Times Lost Leads Series, Dean Ruxton
• The Irish Times Leadership Tracker, Paddy Logue
• The Sunday Business Post

Features (Popular):

• Eoin Murphy – Irish Daily Mail
• Kieran Dineen – The Irish Sun
• Jenny Friel – Irish Daily Mail
• Ruairi Cotter – The Irish Sun
• Catherine Fegan – Irish Daily Mail
• Lynne Kelleher – Sunday World

Features (Broadsheet):

• Maeve Sheehan – Sunday Independent
• Graham Clifford – Irish Independent
• Davin O’Dwyer – The Irish Times
• Ruadhán Mac Cormaic – The Irish Times
• Jennifer O’Connell – The Irish Times
• Conor Lally – The Irish Times

Foreign Journalism:

• Lara Marlowe – The Irish Times
• Ruadhán Mac Cormaic – The Irish Times
• Catherine Fegan – The Irish Mail on Sunday
• Richard Pine – The Irish Times
• Rosita Boland – The Irish Times
• Cathal McMahon – Irish Independent

Front Page:

Headline of the Year:

Investigative Journalism:

• Nicola Byrne – The Irish Mail on Sunday.
• Ellen Coyne, Catherine Sanz, and Rebecca Lumley – Ireland edition of The Times.
• Jack Horgan-Jones – The Sunday Business Post.
• Carl O’Brien – The Irish Times.
• Michael O’Farrell – Irish Daily Mail.
• Maeve Sheehan – Sunday Independent.

News Analysis:

• Simon Carswell – The Irish Times
• Conor Lally – The Irish Times
• Daniel McConnell & Fiachra O’Cionnaith – Irish Examiner
• Kieran Dineen – The Irish Sun
• Catherine Fegan – Irish Daily Mail
• Rosita Boland – The Irish Times

News Reporter:

• Colette Sexton – The Sunday Business Post
• Sarah McDonald – Irish Independent
• Conor Feehan – The Herald
• Jilly Beattie – Irish Daily Mirror
• Gary Meneely – The Irish Sun
• Ruadhán Mac Cormaic – The Irish Times

Political Journalist:

• Fiach Kelly – The Irish Times
• John Lee – The Irish Mail On Sunday
• Justine McCarthy – The Sunday Times
• Miriam Lord – The Irish Times
• John Mooney – The Sunday Times
• Niall O’ Connor – Irish Independent

Political Story:

• Niall O’ Connor – Irish Independent.
• Philip Ryan – Sunday Independent.
• Fiach Kelly – The Irish Times.
• John Lee – The Irish Mail On Sunday.
• John Mooney – The Sunday Times
• Ellen Coyne – Ireland Edition of the Times.

Scoop of the Year:

• Daniel McConnell – Irish Examiner.
• David Labanyi – The Irish Times.
• Ellen Coyne – Ireland edition of The Times.
• Sarah MacDonald – Irish Independent.

Sports Writer of the Year:

• Ewan McKenna – The Sunday Business Post & Ireland Edition of the Times
• Vincent Hogan – Irish Independent
• Malachy Clerkin – The Irish Times
• Denis Walsh – The Sunday Times
• Mark Gallagher – Irish Mail on Sunday
• Michael Foley – The Sunday Times

Sport Story of the Year:

• Martin Breheny – Irish Independent.
• Malachy Clerkin – The Irish Times.
• Derek Foley – Irish Daily Star.
• Daniel McConnell – Irish Examiner.
• Alan Sherry – Sunday World.
• John Greene – Sunday Independent.

Showbiz Journalist:

• Ken Sweeney – The Irish Sun.
• Sandra Mallon – Irish Daily Star
• Eugene Masterson – Sunday World.
• Eoin Murphy – The Irish Mail On Sunday
• Melanie Finn – The Herald
• Sharon McGowan – Irish Daily Mirror

Showbiz Story:

• Nadine O’ Regan – The Sunday Business Post.
• Sandra Mallon – Irish Daily Star.
• Paul Healy – Irish Daily Star.
• Ken Sweeney – The Irish Sun.
• Keith Falkiner – Irish Daily Star.
• John Patrick Kierans – Irish Daily Mirror.

Young Journalist:

• Paul Healy – Irish Daily Star
• Niall O’Connor – Irish Independent
• Leanna Byrne – The Sunday Business Post
• Ellen Coyne – Ireland Edition of the Times
• Sally Hayden – The Irish Times
• Amy Molloy – Irish Independent and The Herald