2026 Shortlist

Announcing the Finalists for the 2026 HR Leadership & Management Awards We're delighted to reveal this year's shortlist. Winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on 15 October 2026 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry.

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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

BWG Foods

Drivrr Group

HR Team

HRLocker

Best Workplace & Employee Engagement Award

FINALISTS

Cheeverstown

CPM Ireland

Department of Agriculture Food & the Marine

Family Carers Ireland

Gas Networks Ireland

HR Team of the Year

FINALISTS

Bidvest Noonan

Bidvest Noonan

BnM

BnM plc

H2R Team

BWG Foods

Citco

Citco

Enterprise Ireland

Enterprise Ireland

HRS GBS Cork

Eli Lilly

People Success Team

MarketStar

HR Business Leadership Award

FINALISTS

CPM Ireland

The Doyle Collection

HR Rising Star of the Year

FINALISTS

Daniel Leers

Citco

Rachel McCormack

Enterprise Ireland

Klaudia Nowakowska

Cullenbridge Services LTD t/a Hollyfort

Natasha Davies

Irish Medical Organisation

Jennifer Kirwan

MiFinity

Sadbh MacDermot

Swoop

Rebecca Vos

The River Lee

Best Health & Wellbeing Impact Award

FINALISTS

Allianz Global Life

Core Optimisation

Dept. of Agriculture, Food & the Marine

Kare

Leonardo Hotels

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

Intersport Elverys

Leonardo Hotels UK & Ireland

NIBRT (National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training)

Protential Resources

Pure Data Centres

Excellence in Talent Acquisition and Recruitment

FINALISTS

Applegreen

Approach People Recruitment

Bidvest Noonan

Drivrr Group

MarketStar

MiFinity

Protential Resources

Excellence in Workplace Training & Development

FINALISTS

Cork College of FET Bishopstown Campus

Flexeir Facilities Services

McBreen Environmental

ODKB

SD Worx Ireland

Excellence in Workplace Training & Development - Large

FINALISTS

BaxterStorey Ireland

Cheeverstown

CPM Ireland

DPD Ireland

Elis textile Services

Enterprise Ireland

Iarnród Éireann - Irish Rail

Leonardo Hotels

William Fry

Graduate Training Programme of the Year

FINALISTS

AIB

Deloitte Ireland

Intersport Elverys

Irish Manufacturing Research

McLaughlin and Harvey Ltd

Viatris Ireland

William Fry LLP

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

BMD & Co. Ltd

Cullenbridge Services LTD t/a Hollyfort

MMD Construction Cork

Best HR Performance – ICT & Financial Services

FINALISTS

HRLocker

Prosperous Financial

Best HR Performance – Retail & Hospitality

FINALISTS

BaxterStorey Ireland

BWG Foods

Excellence in Workplace Culture

FINALISTS

CluneTech

Hostelworld Group plc

Prosperous Financial

SD Worx Ireland

Best Culture Transformation Project / Initiative

FINALISTS

Cullenbridge Services LTD t/a Hollyfort

HRLocker

McBreen Environmental

Best Workplace Social Impact Award

FINALISTS

Bidvest Noonan

Iarnród Éireann - Irish Rail

MMD Construction Cork

Powercomm Group

Pure Data Centres

Employer of the Year

FINALISTS

Approach People Recruitment

Clark Recruitment

CluneTech

HR Leader of the Year

FINALISTS

Mary Wall

BWG Foods

Shane Cox

Center Parcs

Anita Russell

First Derivative

Sanjana Sharma

Pure Data Centres

Lorraine Harmon

Westbury Hotel