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Plenty to celebrate at the Health & Safety Excellence Awards 2020 and 2021

2021 Awards scheduled for the end of July

Richard Curran, top left, in conversation with Rafael Bernardes, right, who was one of the judges, and Leona Wallace, lower left, from the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, which was one of the winners.
Richard Curran, top left, in conversation with Rafael Bernardes, right, who was one of the judges, and Leona Wallace, lower left, from the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, which was one of the winners.
Thu Jul 01 2021 - 09:00

When the inaugural Health & Safety Excellence Awards was launched in 2020, nobody could possibly have predicted how central an issue health and safety would prove to be for all areas of business throughout the course of 2020.

Many sectors, most notably retail and construction, spent much of that year furiously re-imagining their work spaces in light of the heightened health concerns in a post-Covid work environment. And those concerns have continued throughout 2021 and look certain to remain well into the future.

So the announcement that the second annual Health & Safety Excellence Awards is to be held on Thursday, July 29th 2021, is very much one to be welcomed. Some 55 companies and individuals have been shortlisted for the 17 trophies in what is an already expanding event. And, once again, the winners will be announced to a live digital audience at a virtual ceremony, just as they were at last year's inaugural event.

Here is the impressive list of finalists:

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Health & Safety Team of the Year

  • Automation Team - McKesson Ireland
  • CBRE
  • Designer Group
  • DHL Global Forwarding Ireland
  • Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
  • ISS Ireland

Health & Safety Team of the Year – SME

  • Breedon Cement
  • Danone
  • Kerrygold Butter Packing Ireland
  • LMC Group
  • Mac Group
  • P&D Lydon

Health & Safety Manager of the Year

  • Darren Bourke - Mac Group
  • Tony Donnelly - McKesson Ireland
  • Brian Fitzgerald - CBRE
  • Lisa Hughes - ISS Ireland
  • Megan Lydon - P&D Lydon
  • Terence O'Brien - Kerrygold Butter Packing Ireland
  • Matthew O'Dowd - Elliott Group

Health & Safety Excellence Awards - Construction

  • AG Paving and Building Products
  • Cairn Homes PLC
  • Mac Group
  • P&D Lydon
  • Surecom Network Services

Health & Safety Excellence Awards - Facilities Management

  • Aura Holohan Group
  • CBRE
  • ISS Ireland
  • JLL
  • LMC FM
  • Sodexo

Health & Safety Excellence Awards - Warehousing

  • Kerrygold Butter Packing Ireland
  • LMC Modular
  • McKesson Ireland

Health & Safety Excellence Awards - Hotel & Leisure

  • Aura Holohan Group
  • Maldron Hotel Parnell Square
  • Stewarts Sports Centre
  • The iNUA Collection
  • Trigon Hotels

Health & Safety Excellence Awards – Pharmachem

  • AbbVie in Ireland
  • McKesson Ireland
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals Ireland

Health & Safety Excellence Awards - Food & Drink Manufacturing

  • Cuisine De France – ARYZTA
  • Danone
  • E. Flahavan & Sons
  • Kerrygold Butter Packing Ireland
  • The Icewater Group

Health & Safety Excellence Awards - Utilities

  • CGN Europe Energy
  • Enerpower
  • Gas Networks Ireland

Health & Safety Excellence Awards - Public Sector

  • Carlow County Fire & Rescue Service
  • Fire Emergency Preparedness - Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
  • Gas Networks Ireland
  • Waterford Institute of Technology

The 2020 Awards ceremony took place on Thursday, November 5th, and was hosted by the broadcaster and journalist Richard Curran. In all, there were 29 individuals and companies who ended up winning or being placed in those 15 original categories. One of which was the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, which won not one but two of the awards on offer.

Their CEO, Alan Sharp, said, “In what has been a challenging year, the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital are delighted to have been successful in two categories. While we are here to care for our patients, the safety of our staff and patients is always a priority.”

In total, there were some 53 individuals and companies who were shortlisted for the 2020 event, a huge number of whom attended the virtual ceremony in November last. And that event was only made possible thanks to the generous support of its sponsors, notably the Fiontar group.

While the 2020 judging panel was made up of the following:

  • Rafael Bernardes, quality and continuous improvement manager, Dublin Bus
  • Colm Byrne, health & safety consultant, AIB
  • Dr Marie Coggins, lecturer & director, BSc environmental health & safety, NUI Galway
  • Anne Cooke, health & safety team leader, Pfizer Ringaskiddy
  • Ian Farrell, group director of Engineering, Risk & Facilities, O'Callaghan Collection
  • Dr Michael Gillen, senior executive, BioPharmaChem Ireland
  • Katie McElvaney, safety manager, SK biotek Ireland
  • Reddy Morley, head of Rail Safety & Occupational Health and Safety, Transport Infrastructure Ireland
  • Eddie Ronayne, safety adviser, Cork County Council
  • Triona Sheedy, HSEQ manager, BAM Facilities Management Ireland

Find out more at the Health & Safety Excellence Awards 2021 - www.hsawards.ie