The Donegal News has been shortlisted for a number of awards in this year’s Local Ireland Media awards.
Diarmaid Doherty (Editor), Louise Doyle (News Editor) and Gary Doherty-McClenaghan (Senior Business Development Executive) have been nominated for awards.
Local Ireland is the association representing local news publishers across the country.
This year will be the ninth edition of the awards and the seventh to be sponsored by the National Lottery, who have their own special category for Best Community Story.
Gary’s advertising editorial/digital initiative – ‘24 hours in Dublin’ – which promoted a campaign for Donegal Airport has been shortlisted in the Best Innovation category.
Louise has been shortlisted in the Feature Journalist of the Year category for her feature ‘The Good Friday Agreement – 25 Years on for Donegal’.
Diarmaid’s article ‘I never got to say goodbye’ has been nominated in the Best Community Journalist category.
It tells the heart-breaking story of how Letterkenny woman Maureen Shiels lost her dear husband Hugo during the Covid pandemic.
The award winners will be announced at a special event in Mullingar on September 19.
National Lottery Head of Corporate Affairs Jennifer Lowe said: “We are incredibly proud of our continued association with the Local Ireland Media Awards that recognise the top-class journalists and media professionals who tirelessly serve our local communities.
“The power of local media and local storytelling cannot be taken for granted as it plays such a pivotal role in inspiring, informing and transforming communities, values which we at the National Lottery recognise and champion through the funding raised for thousands of Good Causes across Ireland.
“Local media outlets champion the stories that would otherwise remain untold, shedding light on the extraordinary individuals, events, and initiatives that shape the fabric of our society.”
Chair of the judges, author and broadcaster Alison O’Connor, said: “The awards are all about recognising the very best of the work done in the newsrooms of regional newspapers across the country. The quality shines though in the many entries submitted.”
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