Irish Accountancy Awards 2023 – Gala Awards Night

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The Gala Awards Night for this year’s Irish Accountancy Awards took place last Thursday 25th June, and as sponsors,  InvoiceFair were there in numbers to celebrate the crème de la crème of the Irish Accountancy Profession. More than 450 people from all parts of the accountancy community were there to recognise and reward excellence in the Accountancy profession in Ireland.

The Awards took place at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Santry, Dublin in what was a very welcome return to face-to-face networking and socialising among Accountancy Professionals from both industry & practice.

 

Irish Accountancy Awards 2023 at Crowne Plaza, Santry, Dublin.

Setting the scene. Final preparations in advance of the start of the Irish Accountancy Awards 2023 in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry, Co. Dublin

 

This year’s awards were presented by award winning Comedian, Author and TV Presenter Colm O’Regan. Best known for him multi-award winning RTE Radio 1 show, “Colm O’Regan Wants a word”;  Colm is a seasoned after dinner speaker and event MC and he proved to be a big hit with the audience.

Colm O'Regan at the Irish Accountancy Awards 2023

Colm O’Regan opening the Irish Accountancy Awards 2023

 

So who were the winners on the night?

There are a wide range of categories at the Irish Accountancy Awards, in both the industry and practice sectors. The majority of the awards are adjudicated by a select panel of judges and all of the results are listed below. However, there are a couple of ‘special merit’ awards that are made each year and among those is a special award for ‘Outstanding Contribution to Accountancy’. This year’s recipient was Professor Patricia Barker, Dip. Couns., MPhil, PhD, FCA.

So extraordinary has been Patricia’s career that in his introduction to her Award, Barry Dempsey, Chief Executive of Chartered Accountants Ireland remarked “You’re probably going to think that I’ve cut and pasted extracts from a range of resumes and joined them together”. He went on to outline some of the remarkable achievements that Patricia has made over her career.

Following Barry’s powerful introduction, Patricia addressed the audience with a deeply insightful and inspiring acceptance speech, which was received with a rapturous standing ovation.

Both speeches are very much worth watching!

 

 

Professor Patricia Barker receiving her award for Outstanding Contribution to Accountancy from Barry Dempsey, Chief Executive of Chartered Accountants Ireland at the 2023 Irish Accountancy Awards

Barry Dempsey presents Professor Patricia Barker with her award for Outstanding Contribution to Accountancy

 

 

As Sponsors, InvoiceFair presented 2 Awards on the night.

CEO Helen Cahill presented the award for Finance Director of the Year to Chris McCarthy of Uisce Éireann. Chris was one of 2 finalists, narrowly beating Gerard Cleary of Glenisk to the award this year.

 

 

Meanwhile CRO Peter Brady presented Azets Ireland with the Award for Tax Team of the Year, who beat off stiff competition from Charles P. Crowley & Co., RSM Ireland and Walsh O’Brien Harnett.

 

 

Full list of Winners

Award Winners at the Irish Accountancy Awards 2023

 

Outstanding Contribution to Accountancy

Professor Patricia Barker, Dip. Couns., MPhil, PhD, FCA

 

Practice of the Year

RSM Ireland

 

Global Achievement in Accountancy

Geraldine Ruane

 

Large Practice of the Year

RSM Ireland

 

Medium Practice of the Year

Whelan Dowling & Associates

 

Small Practice of the Year

Moran McNamara

 

Online Practice of the Year

FinTech Pro

 

Accountant of the Year

Sinead Doherty – Fenero

 

Advisory Team of the Year – SME Finance

Cantwell Corporate Finance

 

Advisory Team of the Year

FPM

 

Finance Director of the Year

Chris McCarthy – Uisce Éireann

 

Finance Team of the Year

Lidl Ireland GmbH/Lidl Northern Ireland

 

CSR Initiative of the Year

EY Ireland

 

Tax Team of the Year

Azets Ireland

 

Employer of the Year

FPM

 

Payroll Team of the Year

Paycheck Plus

 

Bookkeeping Team of the Year

Fitzgerald Power

 

Client Service Award

Saffery Champness Ireland

 

Excellence in Education & Training

PAT Business School

 

Part Qualified Accountant of the Year

Ross Phillips – EY Ireland

 

Best use of Technology in Accountancy & Finance

Fenero

 

Graduate Training Programme of the Year

Deloitte Ireland

 

 

 

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