2025 Shortlist

Overall Excellence in HR

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

HR Leader 2025

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

HR Team of the Year - Large

FINALISTS:

• Applegreen - ROI HR Team
• BaxterStorey Ireland - People Team
• BWG Foods - Hire 2 Retire
• Flogas Ireland
• RCSI

HR Team of the Year

FINALISTS:

• Dublin Zoo
• PHX Ireland
• spunout

HR Manager of the Year

FINALISTS:

• BaxterStorey Ireland - Louise O' Riordan
• Cully Automation - Susan Ryan
• Exergyn - Pamela Kavanagh
• SD Worx Ireland - Amanda Sadlier

HR Rising Star of the Year

FINALISTS:

• Dublin Zoo - Michele Orr
• PHX Ireland - Liz Mahon
• SOS Group - Priya Ghosh
• Tusla Child and Family Agency - Katie Power

Best Public Sector HR Initiative

FINALISTS:

• Department of Health Culture Project – From Principals to Practice
• Tusla, Child and Family Agency - Transition Year & Post Primary Programme

Best Learning & Development Strategy

FINALISTS:

• Apleona Ireland - Realise your potential with the Academy for Growth
• Applegreen - Future You Strategy
• Aura Holohan Group
• Brown Thomas Arnotts - The Key to Your Career at Brown Thomas Arnotts
• Citco - The Citco Way of Learning

Best Leadership Development

FINALISTS:

• BaxterStorey Ireland - The Management Development Programme
• FLOGAS - THE BUILD PROGRAMME
• ODEON Cinema Ireland's Incredible Leadership Journey
• SD Worx Ireland - SPARK JOYners Programme
• SRI Executive - Leadership Development

Best Change Management Programme

FINALISTS:

• Argon & Co., Ireland - Putting people first in an ERP enabled transformation
• BWG Foods - Hire 2 Retire
• Department of Health Culture Project – From Principals to Practice
• PHX Ireland - One Brand, One Vision – The McCabes Pharmacy Integration Journey

Best Health & Wellbeing Strategy

FINALISTS:

• BaxterStorey Ireland - Ways of Wellbeing
• Boston Scientific Clonmel – Living Well Together
• Core Optimisation - VibeTribe!
• FLOGAS- BRINGING MEANING TO YOUR HEALTH SCREENING
• Iarnrod Eireann Irish Rail - Embedding a culture of Health & Wellbeing
• Matheson - Enhancing Employee Health and Wellbeing at Matheson LLP
• MiFinity - Holistic Approach to Wellbeing
• The KORE Group's Wellness Week 2025

Best Use of CSR in HR

FINALISTS:

• Arlo Technologies International
• STS Group-Excellence in CSR in the Workplace
• WeCan - A CluneTech Initiative

Best Workplace Diversity Strategy

FINALISTS:

• Belonging at DPD: Inclusion in Action - DPD Ireland
• Cully
• Intersport Elverys DEI Strategy
• PTC Therapeutics - The Power of CommUNITY!
• STS Group -Excellence in Diversity & Equity in the Workplace

Most Effective Use of Internal Communications

FINALISTS:

• Castle Leslie Estate - HR Communications Strategy
• FLOGAS - GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT TO ALL IRELAND
• Uisce Éireann - Zone: Innovating Communication to Empower Uisce Éireann's Workforce

Most Effective Employee Engagement Strategy

FINALISTS:

• ALONE - Employee Engagement Launch
• Bus Éireann- Going the Extra Mile: Strategic Approach to Employee Engagement
• Flipdish - Employee Engagement Offsite

Most Effective Rewards & Recognition Strategy

FINALISTS:

• DeCare
• PHX Ireland - Recognition Awards
• Rewards and Recognition at SD Worx Ireland

Most Effective Recruitment & Retention Strategy

FINALISTS:

• Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
• Trigon Hotels - Crafting Careers, Creating Culture: Trigon’s Talent Vision
• Tusla Child and Family Agency - Swifthire Initiative

Graduate Training Programme of the Year

FINALISTS:

• Aptiv - Global Leadership Development Program
• Depaul - Graduate Programme
• The Medicine Accelerator- Accelerators of the Future
• Viatris Little Island - Graduate Rotation Programme
• William Fry Legal Traineeship

Best Workplace Award

FINALISTS:

• DeCare
• Deciphex
• SD Worx Ireland
• spunout
• Wachsman

Best Workplace Award -Large

FINALISTS:

• Brown Thomas Arnotts
• CluneTech
• Primeline Group

Best use of Digital Transformation and AI

FINALISTS:

• CPM Ireland - Digital & AI Transformation
• Hostelworld Group - Using AI to improve Feedback and Development Planning

Best Specialist Team

FINALISTS:

• Albatel
• Beacon Locum - Payroll Team
• Citco - Reward Team
• Citco - Reward Team

HR Business Growth Strategy

FINALISTS:

• Arlo Technologies - Transforming the Business Through Strategic Development
• Bus Éireann - Driving Sustainable Growth Through People and Culture
• BWG Foods - Hire 2 Retire
• Growing MiFinity