The Irish Times has received 42 nominations for this year’s Irish Journalism Awards, which take place next month.
Mark Paul, Jack Power and Joe Brennan are nominated in the business journalist of the year category.
Fintan O’Toole, Justine McCarthy, Roisin Ingle and Mark O’Connell are nominated for broadsheet columnist of the year.
Conor Lally is shortlisted for crime journalist of the year.
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In the arts journalism and criticism category, Freya McClements, Martin Doyle, Rosita Boland, Deirdre Falvey and Philip Watson are shortlisted.
Sally Hayden and Laura Slattery are on the shortlist for broadsheet features journalist of the year.
The shortlist for the foreign coverage award includes Keith Duggan, Sally Hayden, the team of Patrick Freyne and Chris Maddaloni, Lara Marlowe and Hannah McCarthy.
The Irish Times front page of April 22nd, marking the death of Pope Francis, was nominated in the front page of the year category.
In the investigative journalism category, Mark Paul is nominated for his investigation into the bankruptcy files of Derek Quinlan, one of the leading Irish property tycoons before the 2008 crash. The team of Olivia Kelly, Jack White, Colm Keena and Ronan McGreevy are nominated for their investigation into property dereliction in Dublin.
The Irish Times Magazine, under editors Nadine O’Regan and Ciara Kenny, is nominated for magazine of the year.
Ellen Coyne is shortlisted for the political journalist of the year award.
Arthur Beesley, Kitty Holland, Miriam Lord and Niamh Towey are shortlisted in the news journalist of the year category, as is freelance reporter Ken Foxe for work published in The Irish Times.
The Irish Times Audience team are shortlisted for the digital innovation award.
The Inside Politics Election Daily podcast, featuring Hugh Linehan, Pat Leahy, Jack Horgan-Jones, Jennifer Bray, Harry McGee, Cormac McQuinn, Sarah Burns and Declan Conlon, is shortlisted for podcast of the year.
The broadsheet sportswriter of the year shortlist features Irish Times writers Malachy Clerkin, Gordon Manning, Denis Walsh and Ian O’Riordan.
Ronan McGreevy, Enda O’Dowd, Bryan O’Brien and Chris Maddaloni are shortlisted for best video journalism.
Niamh Browne and Ruby Eastwood are shortlisted for young journalist of the year.
The 2025 Irish Journalism Awards, in association with Newsbrands Ireland and supported by the Google News Initiative, will take place in Dublin’s Mansion House on November 12th.
The awards are open to works published by Press Council of Ireland members, which have a focus on national or international news. Titles represented include the Irish Examiner, The Sunday Times, the Irish Daily Mail, the Business Post, the Irish Independent and the Irish Farmers Journal, among others.
Ann Marie Lenihan, chief executive of NewsBrands Ireland, said: “This shortlist demonstrates that Irish journalism continues to hold power to account and provide the public with information backed up with facts. Though Irish publishers compete fiercely for readers, what binds them together is their shared commitment to upholding ethics and standards in journalism.”
Hayley Cochrane, Google’s director of news partnerships UK/Northern Europe, added: “Ireland is fortunate to have such dedicated and talented journalists consistently delivering exceptional reporting to the public. These awards serve as a powerful tribute to their indispensable work.”
