Mary Raftery Prize

2023 – Calling Time (Alice Chambers & Maria Delaney)

2022 – Tough Start (Maria Delaney, Michelle Hennessy & Cormac Fitzgerald)

2021 – Speak or Survive (Peter McGuire)

Alice Chambers receiving the 2023 Mary Raftery Prize Kyran O Brien Kyran O Brien

Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism

2024 - Lost in Europe (Patricia Devlin and Maria Delaney, as part of a cross-border investigative team)

Irish Red Cross Humanitarian Awards

2023 – Humanitarian Journalists of the Year: Hands on Deck (Maria Delaney, Geela Garcia & Louise Lawless)

2021 – Journalism Excellence Award: Tough Start (Maria Delaney & Michelle Hennessy)

Michelle Hennessy and Maria Delaney with their 2021 Journalism Excellence Award Tony Gavin Tony Gavin

Justice Media Awards

2023 – Environmental Law/Climate Justice Reporting: Factory Farm (Niall Sargent, with collaborators Rory Winters, Luke Butterly, Tommy Greene & Ella McSweeney)

2023 (Merit) – Human Rights/Social Justice Reporting (print/online): Blind Justice (Michelle Hennessy, Maria Delaney & Martin Beanz Warde)

2022 – Human Rights/Social Justice Reporting (print/online): Tough Start (Maria Delaney, Michelle Hennessy & Cormac Fitzgerald)

2020 (Merit) – Print/Online Journalism (daily): Compo Claims (Peter Bodkin & Seán MacCárthaigh)

Niall Sargent and Luke Butterly at the 2023 Justice Media Awards Jason Clarke Jason Clarke

UCD Smurfit School Business Journalist Awards

2023 – Business Analyst of the Year: Lights Out (Niall Sargent)

2022 – Business Feature of the Year: Holy Land (Maria Delaney & Ian Curran)

2022 – Business Analyst of the Year: Factory Farm (Niall Sargent, with collaborators Rory Winters, Luke Butterly, Tommy Greene & Ella McSweeney)

Ian Curran and Maria Delaney on stage at the 2022 Business Journalist Awards Shane O'Neill Shane O'Neill

Headline Mental Health Media Awards

2023 – Special Interest: Blind Justice (Michelle Hennessy, Maria Delaney & Martin Beanz Warde)

2022 – Special Interest: Silent Treatment (Maria Delaney)

2020 – Special Interest: Speak or Survive (Peter McGuire)

Irish Food Writing Awards

2024 – Investigative Writing: Overseas Impact (Tommy Greene)

2023 – Investigative Writing: Hands on Deck (Maria Delaney, Geela Garcia & Louise Lawless)

2022 – Investigative Writing: Peat’s Sake (Niall Sargent)

2022 – Writing on Sustainability in Irish Food: Cash Cow (Niall Sargent & Ella McSweeney)

2021 – Investigative Writing: Reaping the Harvest (Niall Sargent)

IJ4EU Impact Award

2022 – Special Commendation: Peat’s Sake (Niall Sargent & Juris Jurans)

Association of British Science Writers (ABSW) Awards

2021 – Policy/Funding Story of the Year: Academic Uncertainty (Maria Delaney)

Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) Awards

2021 (Third Place) – Kevin Carmody Award for Outstanding Investigative Reporting, Small Newsroom: Spruced Up (Niall Sargent)

Katherine Schneider Journalism Award for Excellence in Reporting on Disability

2022 (Second Place) – Small Media: Lift Out (Maria Delaney)