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Ireland's brightest radio talents recognised at the 2024 IMRO Awards!

/ 7th October 2024 /
Galen English

The cream of Ireland's radio talent were out in force for the 2024 IMRO Awards on Saturday night.

The annual awards, hosted at the Lyrath Estate Hotel in Kilkenny, celebrate Ireland's best and brightest across a range of categories.

More than 30 gongs were handed out to the very best in music, news and radio documentaries from right around the country.

Below we give you a full run through of all the winners.

RTÉ's Leesa: Last One on the Train won the Documentary of the Year while Are You Blind or What?  on Midlands 103 won the Gold in the Music, Arts and Culture Documentary category.

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Drama on One – Helen Wheels by Fionn Foley on RTÉ Radio 1 won the best Drama award while the top Specialist Speech Programme went to RTÉ Lyric FM's Feather and Flock (Lyric Feature).

Joe Duffy's evergreen phone in show Liveline on RTÉ Radio 1 won the Interactive Speech category.

FM104's Zeinab Elguzouli took home The Gay Byrne Award for Newcomer of the Year.

PJ Gallagher, Jim McCabe, Clint Drieberg, and the rest of the team at Radio Nova were popping the champers after their show Morning Glory won the Breakfast Programme award.

In the Specialist Music Category Kieran McGuinness of Radio Nova was the happy winner.

Newstalk won Radio Moment of the Year for its segment on Who Cares for Carers?- documentary looking at the causes of burnout among social care workers in Ireland.

Newstalk's Tom Dunne picked up the gong for best Specialist News Programme while Ray Foley on Today FM won the best General Music Programme.

The station's Hard Shoulder programme also won the Current Affairs Programme of the Year while the on winner in the local category was The Michael Reade Show on LMFM.

Newstalk's superb coverage of the Dublin riots landed them the gold in the News Story and News Programme categories.

Roving reporter Henry McKean won the Short Feature prize for Henry McKean Reports on Newstalk.

And the Dublin based broadcaster rounded off a superb night when it was recognised as the National Station of the Year.

Galway Bay FM's FYI Galway – Blockades, Bottles and Birthdays scooped the local news programme of the year.

Dublin's Q102 Doubters to Believers – Jurgen, Liverpool and the Irish Reds won the Sports Story of the Year award.

Off the Ball on Newstalk won the Sports Programme of the Year while the local title went to Radio Kerry's Weekend Sport.

Nathan Murphy, who is a presenter on Off the Ball, won the Sports Broadcaster of the Year title.

Austin O’Callaghan from Sligo's Ocean FM won the regional Sports Broadcaster title.

Ocean FM's Chuck Berry took home the Music Special Event prize for in a Field, in Ballisodare.

The best Irish Music Programme went to Claire Beck's All Irish with Claire Beck on Today FM.

The Best Magazine programme was Saturday with John Toal – Christmas at John’s on BBC Radio Ulster.

The award for Local Station of the Year went to WLR FM while Cork's Red FM was chosen as Music Station of the Year.

The Waterford station was the overall winner of the Local Station of the Year.

And the station's Waterford in Action – A Climate Discussion also won the Sustainability category.

Keith Cunningham better known as KC took home the Music and Entertainment Presenter prize while radio DJ of the Year went to Simon Murdoch on Cork’s 96FM.

Barry Lenihan on RTÉ Radio 1 was the News Reporter of the Year.

BBC Radio Ulster's William Crawley was the Speech Broadcaster of the Year while Neil Prendeville from Cork’s RedFM took the local prize.

Red FM took home the overall Music Station of the Year prize.

The award for News Broadcaster of the Year went to Chris Buckler of BBC Radio Ulster while the night also saw Beat 102-103 awarded The Outstanding Achievement Award for its Digital Media Literacy Tour for Secondary Schools.

The Sound of Waterford - WLR FM was named the IMRO Radio Awards Local Station of the Year. Picture Andres Poveda

Cosán na mBan on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta was the Irish language broadcaster of the year.

Ray D'Arcy ( RTÉ Radio 1), Eddie Caffrey (LMFM), Carol Dooley ( Sunshine 106.8) and Hugo Duncan (BBC Northern Ireland) were all also inducted into the Hall of Fame on the night

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