Business Awards

The Business Person of the Month Award acknowledges excellence and outstanding achievement among Irish business leaders, both at home and abroad, and executives leading major multinational companies in Ireland. The second annual Irish Times Business Awards took place in the Round Room at the Mansion House on Wednesday, May 8th.

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The Irish Times business person of the month: Donal Murphy

Energy and services group DCC saw operating profits up 20% and has a potential €1bn warchest for acquisitions

‘The Irish Times’ Business Person of the Month: Roisin Hennerty

Ornua Global Foods Division MD instrumental in Kerrygold becoming first Irish food brand to exceed €1bn in sales

Liam Kavanagh, managing director of The Irish Times, presents the Top 1,000 Distinguished Leader in Business award to Breege O’Donoghue of Primark at The Irish Times Business Awards. Photograph: Kieran Harnett

Breege O’Donoghue named ‘Irish Times’ Top 1000 distinguished leader in business

Ms O’Donoghue of Primark/Penneys, is one of the most powerful people in Irish retailing

Ciarán Hancock, The Irish Times business editor; Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe and Seamus Hand (far right), managing partner at KPMG, present the Business Person of the Year award to Don O’Leary, Ireland site lead at Stripe, who accepted the award on behalf of Patrick and John Collison. Photograph: Kieran Harnett

Stripe founders take home top prize at ‘Irish Times’ Business Awards

Limerick-born Patrick and John Collison celebrated for building a $22.5bn business

Seamus Hand, KPMG managing partner, presents the Company of the Year award to Dermot Crowley and Stephen McNally, deputy CEOs at Dalata, at The Irish Times Business Awards on Wednesday. Photograph: Kieran Harnett

Dalata named company of the year at ‘Irish Times’ business awards

The Republic’s largest hotel group has more than 9,000 rooms across its portfolio

Paul O’Neill, editor of The Irish Times, presents the Local Enterprise of the Year award to Sam Dennigan, CEO and founder of Strong Roots at The Irish Times Business Awards. Photograph: Kieran Harnett

Strong Roots named Local Enterprise of the Year at ‘Irish Times’ awards

Having won over grocery retailers in the UK, the food company is now looking to the US

Ciarán Hancock (right), Business Editor at The Irish Times, presents the Deal of the Year award to outgoing Coillte chief executive Fergal Leamy at The Irish Times Business Awards. Photograph: Kieran Harnett.

Coillte wins Deal of the Year award at ‘Irish Times’ Business Awards

State forestry company wins for €136m sale of its stake in four wind farms Greencoat

Cathriona Hallahan, chair of The Irish Times Business Awards 2019 judging panel and MD of Microsoft Ireland, presents the CFO of the Year Award to Ken Bowles from Smurfit Kappa. Photograph: Kieran Harnett

Smurfit Kappa’s Ken Bowles takes CFO prize at ‘Irish Times’ business awards

Mr Bowleshas helped steer the company through what has been a busy period of late

The judging panel for the Irish Times Business Awards, in association with KPMG, from left: Independent director Mark Ryan; Margot Slattery, country president, Sodexo Ireland; Dr John Hegarty, chairman of The Irish Times Trust; Cathriona Hallahan, managing director of Microsoft Ireland and chairwoman of the judging panel; Caroline Keeling, chief executive of Keelings; Seamus Hand, KPMG managing partner; Martin McVicar, managing director of Combilift, and Ciarán Hancock, business editor at The Irish Times. Photograph: Kieran Harnett

Irish Times Business Awards winners cross the line

Five categories are Business Person of the Year, Company of the Year, Chief Financial Officer of the Year, Deal of the Year, and Local Enterprise of the Year.

Patrick and John Collison, co-founders of Stripe. Photograph: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

‘The Irish Times’ Business Person of the Year shortlist

Patrick and John Collison, Dómhnal Slattery and David McRedmond won the award

Michael Carey and Alison Cowser from the East Coast Bakehouse. Photograph: Jason Clarke

Irish Times Local Enterprise of the Year: meet the shortlist

From cookies and whiskey to frozen vegetables: our picks of Ireland’s top small and medium businesses

‘The Irish Times’ Business Person of the Month: David McRedmond

An Post’s chief executive has presided over a swift turnaround of its troubled position

Smyths Toys picked up the Toys R Us central European business for a reported €79 million. Photograph: Frank Miller

The Irish Times Deal of the Year: The four finalists

Contenders include Coillte for its windfarm sale, and Smyths Toys buying a division of ToysRUs

Dr Elaine Sullivan, chief executive of Carrick Therapeutics. Photograph: Dave Meehan

Irish Times Business Person of the Year: three more contenders

Peter Hamilton profiles more of the 12 business leaders shortlisted for award

Smurfit Kappa chief executive Tony Smurfit. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons

Meet the winning CEOs: Irish Times Business Person of the Month Awards

July, August and September winners of awards in association with KPMG

Stripe founders Patrick and John Collison. The company’s valuation recently rose to €19.9 billion

The Irish Times Company of the Year: the four finalists

Stripe, Dalata, Glanbia and Amarin shortlisted on back of standout years

Ken Bowles with Tony Smurfit, Smurfit Kappa chief executive. Photograph: Maxwell Photography

Meet the shortlist for the Irish Times CFO of the Year Award

Ken Bowles, Eamonn Crowley, Les Wood and Marie Joyce are the four contenders

Meet the winning CEOs: Irish Times Business Person of the Month Awards

April, May and June winners of awards in association with KPMG

‘The Irish Times’ Business Person of the Month: Dómhnal Slattery

Aircraft lessor Avolon, headed by industry veteran, raised €1.1bn

‘The Irish Times’ Business People of the Month: Stripe founders Patrick and John Collison

‘The Irish Times’ Business People of the Month: Patrick and John Collison

Company founded by Limerick-born brothers raises $100m, valuing it at $22.5bn

Pictured at the launch of this year’s The Irish Times Business Awards in association with KPMG, were Eimear Moran, media solutions director with the Irish Times; KPMG managing partner Shaun Murphy, and Cathriona Hallahan, managing director of Microsoft Ireland and chair of the judging panel. Photograph: Kieran Harnett

‘The Irish Times’ launches second annual business awards

Business Person of the Year and other category winners to be announced at gala event in May

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