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 will be held in Dublin next spring.

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‘The Irish Times’ Business Person of the Month: Tony Smurfit

Smurfit Kappa takeover of Dutch company illustrates determination to be growth leader

‘The Irish Times’ Business Person of the Month: Peter Jackson

Paddy Power Betfair has struck two major US deals in recent weeks

Eddie O’Connor has long been associated with renewable energy. The onetime chief executive of Bord na Móna founded Airtricity in 1997, selling it 10 years later to Scottish & Southern Energy and German power giant EON for €2 billion.

‘The Irish Times’ Business Person of the Month: Eddie O’Connor

Mainstream Renewable Power chairman oversaw sale of wind farm to French company for €600m

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

CEO of Netwatch Group, which merged with three US companies and one UK company

‘We survived by losing money, which we saw as an investment and the right thing to do,’ Mark Fitzgerald on how estate agent Sherry Fitzgerald survived the recession. Photograph Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times

‘We sold more new homes last weekend than we did in the whole of 2011’ - Mark FitzGerald

Co-founder of Sherry FitzGerald, and winner of The Irish Times Distinguished Leader in Business award, on recession, recovery, expansion and the future

Liam Kavanagh (right), managing director of The Irish Times presents the Irish Times Top 1000 Distinguished Leader in Business Award 2018 to Mark FitzGerald of Sherry FitzGerald. Photograph: Conor McCabe.

Mark FitzGerald named ‘Irish Times’ Top 1000 distinguished leader in business

FitzGerald is co-founder and chairman of estate agency Sherry FitzGerald

Ciaran Hancock, Irish Times business editor; Shaun Murphy, managing partner KPMG and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar congratulate Siobhán Talbot of Glanbia who won The Irish Times Business Person of the Year award. Photograph: Conor McCabe.

Siobhán Talbot named ‘Irish Times’ Business Person of the Year

Talbot given award for role in overseeing spin off spin off of Glanbia’s dairy operation

Shaun Murphy (right), managing partner at KPMG presents The Irish Times Company of the Year Award 2018 to Mark Cahalane, head of group corporate affairs at CRH.

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

Company was on the deal path this year, agreeing to buy Ash Grove Cement for €2.8bn

Cathriona Hallahan, chair of the The Irish Times business awards judging panel and managing directorof Microsoft Ireland, presents the Chief Financial Officer of the Year Award to Mark Bourke of AIB Photograph: Conor McCabe

Mark Bourke named ‘Irish Times’ chief financial officer of the year

Bourke was a key player in AIB’s return to Dublin and London stock markets

Ciarán Hancock, The Irish Times business editor presents The Irish Times Deal of the year Award 2018 to Jarlath Quinn, group managing director of StatSport and Paul McKernan, chief customer and information officer. Photograph: Conor McCabe

Statsports win deal of the year award at ‘Irish Times’ business awards

Sports tech company scored €1.14bn deal with US soccer governing body this year

The judges for the Irish Times Business Awards, from left to right: Martin McVicar, managing director of Combilift; Margot Slattery, country president for Sodexo Ireland; Mark Ryan, a non-executive director; Cathriona Hallahan, managing director of Microsoft Ireland; Caroline Keeling, chief executive of Keelings; Shaun Murphy, managing partner of KPMG, and Dr John Hegarty, chairman of The Irish Times Trust

Judges gather as clock ticks down to Irish Times Business Awards

Winners selected in four categories, including Business Person of the Year

David and Sandra Whelan, The Irish Times Business Person of the Month

‘The Irish Times’ Business People of the Month: David and Sandra Whelan

Immersive VR Education raised £6m in IPO of business started with a borrowed €1,000

Shares in AIB have risen by a quarter in value since its IPO at €4.40 a share. Photograph: Alan Betson

Five companies in Ireland vie for ‘Deal of the Year’ award

AIB, Total Produce, Circle Internet Finance, Noonan Services and Statsports nominated

Peter FitzGerald, managing director of Randox Laboratories, which plans to invest £50 million to establish three new centres of excellence in the North. Photograph: Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker

Who are the contenders for ‘Irish Times’ Business Person of the Year?

We profile four more contenders for inaugural ‘Business Person of the Year’ award

Eoghan McCabe, chief executive of Intercom: In March, Intercom raised $125 million to bring Intercom’s valuation to $1.275 billion. Photograph: Martin Lacey

Iseq heavyweights take on tech groups for ‘Company of the Year’ award

CRH, eShopWorld, Intercom and Total Produce shortlisted for the award

Glanbia managing director Siobhán Talbot was named Irish Times Business Person of the Month in May. Photograph: Dylan Vaughan.

Who are the contenders for ‘Irish Times’ Business Person of the Year?

Six Business Person of the Month winners are profiled ahead of awards night in May

AIB chief financial officer Mark Bourke was centrally involved in delivering a successful sale of shares in the bank.

Outstanding field for chief financial officer of the year

‘Irish Times’ Business Person of the Year awards: the CFOs

Dr Peter FitzGerald, The Irish Times Business Person of the Month

‘The Irish Times’ Business Person of the Month: Dr Peter FitzGerald

Randox Laboratories to invest £50m to set up three new centres of excellence in North

‘The Irish Times’ Business Person of the Month: Carl McCann

Total produce chairman Key figure in acquisition of 45% of Dole Foods in $300m cash transaction

At the launch of The Irish Times KPMG Business Awards for 2018 are Liam Kavanagh, managing director The Irish Times, Shaun Murphy, managing partner KPMG, Carmel Logan, tax partner KPMG and Ciarán Hancock, business editor The Irish Times. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

‘Irish Times’ Business Person of the Year awards to take place in May

Inaugural gala awards night run in association with KPMG, to showcase best in business

‘The Irish Times’ Business Person of the Month: Garry Moroney

CEO of Clavis Insight, which was sold to Ascential for €100m, is a serial tech entrepreneur

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