News Ireland journalists from The Sunday Times, the Ireland edition of The Times and The Irish Sun shortlisted for Journalism Awards 2017
News Ireland is delighted to announce that a number of journalists across The Sunday Times, the Ireland edition of The Times and The Irish Sun have been shortlisted for the NewsBrands Ireland Journalism Awards 2017.
All nominees progress to the awards event which takes place in Dublin’s Mansion House on Thursday, 2nd November 2017.
Nominees include:
Business Journalist of the Year
Gavin Daly, The Sunday Times
Business Story of the Year
Peter O’ Dwyer, Ireland edition of The Times, Irish insurance companies lack of transparency to Central Bank
Broadsheet Columnist of the Year
Justine McCarthy, The Sunday Times
Popular Columnist of the Year
Neil Cotter, The Irish Sun
Crime Journalist of the Year
Stephen Breen, The Irish Sun
Gary Meneely, The Irish Sun
Crime Story of the Year
Stephen Breen, The Irish Sun. Garda probed after video of Dara Quigley leaked on social media
Features (Popular)
Kieran Dineen, The Irish Sun
Ruairi Cotter, The Irish Sun
Headline of the Year
The Irish Sun ‘He has Gone Away You Know’
Foreign Journalism
Richard Pine, The Sunday Times
Investigative Journalism
Ellen Coyne, Catherine Sanz, Ireland edition of The Times. Rogue crisis pregnancy agencies
News Analysis
Kieran Dineen, The Irish Sun
News Reporter
Gary Meneely, The Irish Sun
Political Journalist of the Year
Justine McCarthy, The Sunday Times
John Mooney, The Sunday Times
Political Story of the Year
John Mooney, The Sunday Times. McCabe Smear Campaign
Ellen Coyne, Ireland Edition of the Times. National Maternity Hospital scandal
Scoop of the Year
Ellen Coyne, Ireland Edition of The Times. National Maternity Hospital scandal
Sports Writer of the Year
Ewan McKenna, The Sunday Business Post & Ireland Edition of the Times
Denis Walsh, The Sunday Times
Michael Foley, The Sunday Times
Showbiz Story of the Year
Ken Sweeney, The Irish Sun. Exclusive interview with Keith Duffy
Showbiz Journalist of the Year
Ken Sweeney, The Irish Sun
Young Journalist of the Year
Ellen Coyne, Ireland Edition of the Times
Oliver Keenaghan, General Manager with News Ireland, says:
“This has been a big year for our operations in Ireland and we’re incredibly proud to have been shortlisted for a whopping 25 awards. We continue to invest in quality journalism and the effects of this can be seen in the high standards of work consistently produced by our journalists across a wide variety of platforms. I’m delighted that their efforts have been acknowledged by the wider newspaper industry and we look forward to the award ceremony on November 2nd.”