Kitty Holland of The Irish Times has won the top award for her reporting of the Savita Halappanavar story at the National Newspapers of Ireland (NNI) of the year awards. In all, 21 awards were presented for journalism work this year at an industry awards lunch in the Four Seasons hotel. Irish Independent reporter Paul Williams won the Scoop of the Year for his coverage of the Anglo Tapes. A special award was presented posthumously to Kerry teenager Donal Walsh who died of cancer for his outstanding contribution to public debate.
National journalist of the year
Kitty Holland, The Irish Times
Regional journalist of the year
Anthony Hennigan, Western People
Crime and security reporter of the year
Mick McCaffrey, Sunday World
Scoop of the year
Paul Williams, Irish Independent for The Anglo Tapes
Critic of the year
Fintan O’Toole, The Irish Times
Political reporter of the year
Fiach Kelly, Irish Independent
Business and economics journalist of the year
Ian Kehoe, The Sunday Business Post
Columnist of the Year
Paul Howard, The Irish Times
Feature writer of the year
Eoin Butler, freelance – The Irish Times and Irish Independent
Newspapers in education supplement/initiative
The Irish Times – Fighting Words: Young Irish Writing
Best headline of the year
Deja Voodoo – Western People
Sports columnist of the Year
Neil Francis, Sunday Independent
Sports reporter of the year
Roy Curtis, Sunday World
Showbiz journalist of the year
Barry Egan, Sunday Independent
Best design and presentation
Sunday World
Foreign coverage
Jason O’Brien, Irish Independent
Digital award
Fionnan Sheehan, Paul Williams, Tom Lyons and the Independent.ie team – The Anglo Tapes
News analysis
Michael O’Farrell, Irish Mail on Sunday
Young journalist of the year
Elaine Loughlin, Irish Daily Mail
News reporter
Kitty Holland, The Irish Times
Campaign of the year
David Walsh, The Sunday Times – The Lance Armstrong Doping Scandal
