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4 December 2009

Irish Magazine Awards 2009 - the Winners!

The winners of the Irish Magazine Awards 2009 were announced at a ceremony in the Four Seasons Hotel last night, Thursday December 3.

Photographs:
If you would like a high-res version of any of these pictures, please contact the photographer Paul Sherwood (paul@sherwood.ie). You can view all his pictures of the night by clicking here.

The winners in each category were:

Publishing Company of the Year

Sponsor - ABC – Will O'Connor
Winner – VIP Publishing – Michael O'Doherty


Consumer Magazine of the Year  (more than 15,000 circulation)

Sponsor - NEWSPREAD – Ian Keogh
Winner – KISS – Sarah Breen


Consumer Magazine of the Year  (less than 15,000 circulation)

Sponsor - ST IVES - Tony Ayles
Winner – Maternity & Infant – Siobhan McNabb


Business to Business Magazine of the Year (more than 5,000 circulation)

Sponsor - AN POST – Jason Byrne
Winner – Checkout – John Ruddy


Business to Business Magazine of the Year (less than 5,000 circulation)

Sponsor - LETTERSHOP – Carol Hingerton
Winner – Creative Head Ireland – Sarah Manley


Customer Magazine of the Year

Sponsor - BOYLAN PRINT GROUP – Gerry Boylan
Winner – The Market – Mary Sweetman


Website of the Year - Consumer magazines

Sponsor - NETGENIE - Martin Connolly
Winner - www.garden.ie - Gerry Daly


Website of the Year - B2B magazine

Sponsor - COMBINED MEDIA - Colm Lynam
Winner - www.techcentral.ie - Paul Hearns


Editor of the Year - Consumer magazine

Sponsor - EM NEWS DISTRIBUTION – Barry Harvey
Winner – Image – Melanie Morris


Editor of the Year - B2B magazine

Sponsor - SHANAHAN DIRECT MARKETING – Caroline Shanahan
Winner – Checkout – John Ruddy


Annual of the Year

Sponsor - SOONER THAN LATER – Mark Finney
Winner – Build Your Own House & Home


Designer of the Year - Consumer magazine

Sponsor - SHEEHAN QUINN – Mark Butler
Winner – You & Your money – Maggie McKenna


Designer of the Year - B2B magazine

Sponsor - TYPEFORM – Roy Thewlis
Winner – Technology Ireland & The Market – Brendan Boyle


Journalist of the Year

Sponsor - NOSTRA SYSTEMS – Kevin O'Loughlin
Winner – Scope – Eimear Vize


Photographer of the Year

Sponsor - PROMOCRAFT – Therese O'Regan-Artaud
Winner – Joanne Murphy (collected by Siobhan McNabb of Ashville Media)


Magazine Front Cover of the Year – Consumer Magazines

Sponsor -BOYLAN PRINT GROUP - Gerry Boylan
Winner - Go Belfast – Sinead Doyle


Magazine Front Cover of the Year – B2B Magazines

Sponsor - Yudu – Les Csonge
Winner – Scope – Leon Hayden


Commenting on the awards, Chairman of Magazines Ireland, John Mullins said "The best of Irish publishing is showcased in the shortlist and there was fierce competition for the 17 prestigious awards. The awards recognise the best Irish magazines and the people behind them and are a real badge of honour for the winners".

The judges for the Irish Magazine Awards 2009 were:

  • Ian Locks, former CEO, Periodical Publishers Association (PPA). Chairman of the judging panel
  • Dara McMahon, President, Advertisers’ Association of Ireland (AAI)  
  • Samantha Holman, Chief Executive, Irish Copyright Licensing Agency (ICLA)
  • Orlaith Blaney, Board Member, Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland (IAPI)
  • Alan Kelly, Creative Director, Cawley Nea/TBWA 
  • Joe Mannion, President of the Convenience Store and Newsagents’ Association (CSNA).

The sponsors of the Irish Magazine Awards 2009 were ABC; An Post; Boylan Print Group; Combined Media; EM News Distribution; Lettershop; NetGenie; Newspread; Promocraft; Shanahan Direct Marketing; St Ives Web; Typeform; Sheehan Quinn; Nostra Systems; Sooner than Later, Yudu and KPS.

For further information, images, or to arrange an interview please contact: Grace Aungier, Chief Executive, Magazines Ireland, tel 01 667 55 79 or grace@magazinesireland.ie

 


Previous Winners

2008 Winners and Photos

2007 Winners and Photos

2006 Winners and Photos

2005 Winners and Photos

2004 Winners and Photos

2003 Winners and Photos

2002 Winners and Photos

2001 Winners and Photos


 

 

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