2026 Shortlist

Legacy Award

The recipient of this award will be announced at the awards ceremony.

Overall Excellence in HR

The winner of this award will be announced at the awards ceremony.

HR Business Growth Strategy

FINALISTS:

• Bidvest Noonan - Customer Retention Strategy
• BWG Foods - Hire 2 Retire (H2R)
• Drivrr Group – Scaling Transport Recruitment
• HR Team - HR Leave Hub
• HRLocker

Best Workplace & Employee Engagement Award

FINALISTS:

• Cheeverstown - Every Voice Matters
• CPM
• Department of Agriculture Food & the Marine - Bringing Strategy to Staff
• Family Carers Ireland - Long Service Awards
• Gas Networks Ireland

HR Team of the Year

FINALISTS:

• Bidvest Noonan
• BnM
• BWG Foods - H2R Team
• Citco
• Enterprise Ireland
• Lilly - HRS GBS Cork
• MarketStar - People Success Team

HR Business Leadership Award

FINALISTS:

• CPM
• The Doyle Collection

HR Rising Star of the Year

FINALISTS:

• Citco - Daniel Leers
• Enterprise Ireland - Rachel McCormack
• Hollyfort - Klaudia Nowakowska
• Irish Medical Organisation - Natasha Davies
• MiFinity - Jennifer Kirwan
• Swoop - Sadbh MacDermot
• The River Lee - Rebecca Vos

Best Health & Wellbeing Impact Award

FINALISTS:

• Allianz Global Life - WellBeings
• Core Optimisation - The Vibe Tribe
• Department of Agriculture Food & the Marine
• Kare
• Leonardo Hotels - Leo Cares
• Longford County Council
• Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
• MMD Construction Cork

Best Workplace DEI Impact Award

FINALISTS:

• Cheeverstown
• Department of Public Expenditure Infrastructure Public Service Reform and Digitalisation - ARC
• Intersport Elverys
• Leonardo Hotels UK & Ireland
• NIBRT - Inclusive Reproductive Health Framework 
• Protential Resources
• Pure Data Centres - Lunch & Learn Session

Excellence in Talent Acquisition and Recruitment

FINALISTS:

• Applegreen
• Approach People Recruitment - 'Always-On' Engine
• Bidvest Noonan
• Drivrr Group – Transforming Transport Recruitment
• MarketStar
• MiFinity
• Protential Resources

Excellence in Workplace Training & Development

FINALISTS:

• Cork College of FET - Bishopstown Campus
• FLEXÉIR Facilities Services - Elevate
• McBreen Environmental
• ODKB - Learning Together Programme
• SD Worx Ireland

Excellence in Workplace Training & Development - Large

FINALISTS:

• BaxterStorey Ireland - People Team
• Cheeverstown - Learning Beyond Compliance
• CPM - The Academy 2.0
• DPD Ireland
• Elis Ireland - High Potential Fast Track
• Enterprise Ireland - Building Capability
• Iarnród Éireann - Irish Rail
• Leonardo Hotels - Leonardo Academy
• William Fry - L&D Strategy

Graduate Training Programme of the Year

FINALISTS:

• AIB
• Deloitte Ireland - Future Leaders Academy
• Intersport Elverys - Next Generation Management Programme
• Irish Manufacturing Research
• McLaughlin and Harvey
• Viatris Ireland
• William Fry

Best HR Performance – Healthcare, Pharma & Life Sciences

FINALISTS:

• Cheeverstown
• Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
• MCR Group
• Rehab Group

Best HR Performance – Construction, Engineering, Property & FM

FINALISTS:

• Bidvest Noonan - People Transformation Programme
• BMD & Co.
• Hollyfort
• MMD Construction Cork

Best HR Performance – ICT & Financial Services

FINALISTS:

• HRLocker
• Prosperous Financial

Best HR Performance – Retail & Hospitality

FINALISTS:

• BaxterStorey Ireland
• BWG Foods - Hire 2 Retire (H2R)

Excellence in Workplace Culture

FINALISTS:

• CluneTech
• Hostelworld - People Powered Remote First
• Prosperous Financial
• SD Worx Ireland

Best Culture Transformation Project / Initiative

FINALISTS:

• Hollyfort - Built to Lead
• HRLocker
• McBreen Environmental

Best Workplace Social Impact Award

FINALISTS:

• Bidvest Noonan - Purpose in Action
• Iarnród Éireann & I Wish
• MMD Construction Cork
• Powercomm Group – Biodiversity in Schools Initiative
• Pure Data Centres - Lunch & Learn Session

Employer of the Year

FINALISTS:

• Approach People Recruitment
• Clark
• CluneTech

HR Leader of the Year

FINALISTS:

• BWG Foods - Mary Wall
• Center Parcs - Shane Cox
• First Derivative - Anita Russell
• Pure Data Centres - Sanjana Sharma
• Westbury Hotel - Lorraine Harmon