The Hennessy Literary Awards were held on Tuesday in the Banking Hall of the Westin hotel in Dublin. Sara Baume was named Hennessy New Irish Writer 2015, Paula Meehan was inducted to the Hennessy Literary Awards Hall of Fame while Henrietta McKervey won the first Fiction Prize. The award for emerging poetry was won by Simon Lewis
The judges and the winners: (From left) Judges Xiaolu Guo, Ciaran Carty, Paula Meehan (Hall of Fame). Simon Lewis (Emerging Poetry winner), Sara Baume (Emerging Fiction and Writer of the Year winner), Henrietta McKervy (First Fiction winner) and judge Martina Devlin, at the 44th Annual Hennessy Literary Awards which recognise and reward emerging Irish writers and poets in the literary sphere.
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The awards were held in the Banking Hall of the Westin Hotel in Dublin 2.
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From left: Martin Doyle (asst Literary editor, The Irish Times), Liam Kavanagh (Managing Director, The Irish Times), Orna Mulcahy (Managing Editor Features, The Irish Times) and Kevin O'Sullivan (Editor, The Irish Times). Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times
Paula Meehan (Hall of Fame member), Caroline Sleiman (Market Development Manager, Moët Hennessy) and Sara Baume (Emerging Fiction and writer of the Year winner). Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times
Kevin O'Sullivan The Irish Times, and Theo Dorgan. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times
Poet Paula Meehan and Caroline Sleiman, Market Development Manager Moet Hennessy.
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Hennessy Literary Award winners overall winner and Emerging Fiction, Sara Baume with Simon Lewis (Emerging Poetry) and Henrietta McKervy (First Fiction)
Judge Ciaran Carty, congratulates Paula Meehan,who was inducted into the Hennessy Literary Awards Hall of Fame at the 44th Annual Hennessy Literary Awards. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times
Sara Baume, overall winner and Martin Doyle, The Irish Times.
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Paula Meehan and Gerard Smyth, Poetry Editor, The Irish Times.
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Tara Quirke, at the 44th Annual Hennessy Literary Awards which recognise and reward emerging Irish writers and poets in the literary sphere.
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Paula Meehan, is congratulated by her partner Theo Dorgan, at the 44th Annual Hennessy Literary Awards. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times
Stephen Brennan and Dawn Bradfield, at the 44th Annual Hennessy Literary Awards.
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Writer Xiaolu Guo, judge, Sara Baume, Overall winner and Jean Michel Cochet, Ambassador de la Maison Hennessy.
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From left: Matt Malone, Paula Meehan, Michelle Doyle and Karen Holligan, at the 44th Annual Hennessy Literary Awards.
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From left: Lisa Coen, Karen Hodge and Faith O'Grady, at the 44th Annual Hennessy Literary Awards.
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From left: Gillian Carberry, Kevin Murphy, Simon Lewis and Rozz Lewis, at the 44th Annual Hennessy Literary Awards. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times
Merlin Hehir and Elizabeth Brennan, at the 44th Annual Hennessy Literary Awards. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times
Richard Boyle and Mary Butler, at the 44th Annual Hennessy Literary Awards. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times
From left: Nick Urwin, Anita Heffernan and Ron Woods at the 44th Annual Hennessy Literary Awards.
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From left: Louise Cole, Rhiannon Cole and Bernie Woods, at the 44th Annual Hennessy Literary Awards.
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From left: Martina Devlin, Audrey Brennan, Philip Judge, at the 44th Annual Hennessy Literary Awards.
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Paula Meehan, speaking at the 44th Annual Hennessy Literary Awards which recognise and reward emerging Irish writers and poets in the literary sphere.
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