The 1996 Francis MacManus Awards for short story writing were presented yesterday by RTE director of radio programming, Mr Kevin Healy.
The Francis MacManus Trophy and first prize of £1,500 was won by Ms Claire Keegan from Tullow, Co Carlow, and second prize went to Mrs Aine Miller, from Upper Churchtown Road, Dublin.
The winning stories will be broadcast on Saturday evenings from December 14th on RTE Radio One.