Previous Awards

NDIA PREVIOUS AWARDS

All of the finalists impressed the judging panel with their outstanding progress with Diversity & Inclusion in the workplace

NDIA 2026 WINNERS AND FINALISTS

Diversity & Inclusion Leader / Emerging Leader Award

  • Prof Lorraine McIlrath – Mary Immaculate College | WINNER
  • Danny Pio Murphy – DBFL Consulting Engineers | WINNER
  • Linda Allen – Bus Éireann
  • Angela Mojekwu – Gentle Hands
  • Soraya Power – ICE Group
  • Jeanne McDonagh – Open Doors Initiative
  • Roisin Shanahan – South East Technological University (SETU)
  • Anna Marie O’Connor – Tayto Snacks

Advancing Disability Equality Award

  • National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) | WINNER
  • Access Earth
  • AllianzCentral Bank of Ireland
  • ESB
  • Sun Life

Employee of the Year Award

  • Sarah Sartori – South East Technological University (SETU) | WINNER
  • Sharon Rothwell – Bidvest Noonan
  • Mitchell Okeke – Medtronic
  • Mariangela Esposito – Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI)
  • James Kilmartin – SAP
  • Trevor O’Clochartaigh – TG4

Advancing Gender Equality Award

  • Bus Éireann | WINNER
  • Core | HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • Allianz
  • Glenveagh
  • Mary Immaculate College
  • Vhi Healthcare

Company of the Year Award

  • PTSB | WINNER
  • Glenveagh | HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • Broadlake
  • Greenhouse Software
  • Hostelworld Group
  • Intact Insurance & 123.ie
  • MUFG Investor Services
  • Uisce Éireann

Outstanding Employee Resource Group Award

  • Health Service Executive (HSE) | WINNER
  • Dornan Engineering
  • Greenhouse Software
  • Health information and Quality Authority (HIQA)
  • Sisk
  • US Bank

Outstanding Diversity Initiative Award

  • Allianz | WINNER
  • Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation | HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • PTSB
  • Public Services Collaboration Group
  • Sample Studios
    Sun Life
  • TG4
  • The Home Share

Advancing Race / Ethnicity Equality Award

  • Bank of Ireland | WINNER
  • ESB | WINNER
  • Broadlake
  • Eirgrid
  • RDJ LLP
  • Vhi Healthcare

LGBTQ+ Inclusion Award

  • A&L Goodbody | WINNER
  • Central Bank of Ireland
  • Eirgrid
  • Mason Hayes & Curran LLP (MHC)
  • National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA)
  • Sisk

Advancing Social Inclusion Award

  • A&L Goodbody | WINNER
  • Coolmine Therapeutic Community
  • FFH Management
  • Intact Insurance Ireland
  • Mason Hayes & Curran LLP (MHC)
  • Turas Nua

Public Sector Organisation of the Year Award

  • An Post | WINNER
  • University College Cork (UCC) | HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • Bus Éireann
  • National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA)
  • Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI)
  • South Dublin County Council

Advancing Allyship and By-Stander Engagement Award

  • Sisk | WINNER
  • Bord Gáis Energy
  • FFH Management
  • Glenveagh
  • Hostelworld Group
  • Mary Immaculate College 

Lifetime Achievement Award

  • Bernie O’Connor – Recognising and celebrating Bernie’s incredible and unparalled contribution and impact to Inclusion & Belonging in Ireland
2026 Awards Gallery
2026 Highlights Reel

NDIA 2025 WINNERS AND FINALISTS

Diversity & Inclusion Leader / Emerging Leader Award

  • Karla McMenamin, Uisce Éireann – WINNER
  • Laura McPartlin, Bank of Ireland
  • Gemma More, Bord Gais Energy
  • Niah McGill, IDA Ireland
  • Samuel Riggs, Irish Rail
  • Dawn Meagher, Skanstec Engineering

Advancing Disability Equality Award

  • Aura Holohan Group – WINNER
  • Allianz – Highly Commended
  • Circle K
  • Cook Medical
  • ESB
  • iNUA Collection

Employee of the Year Award

  • Gay O’Connor, SOLAS – WINNER
  • Dr Aidan Walsh, SETU – Highly Commended
  • Ciaran Butler, Bord na Móna
  • Collette Wallace, Carelon Global Solutions
  • Tatiana Titus, EXPLEO Technology
  • Jane Barrett, William Fry LLP

Advancing Gender Equality Award

  • Irish Rail – WINNER
  • Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board – HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • Aviva
  • Circle K
  • ESB
  • McCann FitzGerald LLP

Company of the Year Award

  • A&L Goodbody – WINNER
  • Glenveagh
  • Grant Thornton
  • PTSB
  • Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
  • Workday

Outstanding Employee Resource Group Award

  • Aldi Ireland – WINNER
  • EXPLEO Technology
  • Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA)
  • Irish Distillers
  • PM Group
  • Mr Price Branded Bargains

Outstanding Diversity Initiative Award

  • Bus Éireann – WINNER
  • Dalata Hotel Group – WINNER
  • emeis Ireland
  • IDA Ireland
  • Irish Distillers
  • Musgrave
  • National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA)
  • Zurich

Advancing Race / Ethnicity Equality Award

  • Grant Thornton – WINNER
  • DPD Ireland – HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • Bank of Ireland
  • Carelon Global Solutions
  • Gas Networks Ireland
  • Sky

LGBTQ+ Inclusion Award

  • Transdev – WINNER
  • PTSB – HIGHLY COMMENDED
  • Greenhouse Software
  • HAYS
  • Mater University Hospital
  • Tuath Housing

Advancing Social Inclusion Award

  • Fidelity Investments – WINNER
  • A&L Goodbody
  • Bus Éireann
  • Irish Universities Association
  • Sky
  • Workday

Public Sector Organisation of the Year Award

  • SOLAS – WINNER
  • Bord na Móna
  • Fáilte Ireland
  • HEAnet
  • Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA)
  • Uisce Éireann

Advancing Allyship and By-Stander Engagement Award

  • Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – WINNER
  • Brown Thomas Arnotts
  • Core
  • Glenveagh
  • McKesson
  • William Fry LLP
2025 Awards Gallery
2025 Highlights Reel

NDIA 2024 WINNERS AND FINALISTS

Diversity & Inclusion Leader / Emerging Leader Award

  • Gerardine Doyle, UCD University College Dublin – WINNER
  • Aoife Flood, PwC
  • Donal O’Shea, Public Participation Network
  • Emer O’Donovan, FBD Insurance
  • Maria O’Kelly, Vision Ireland
  • Martin Kay, Texthelp

 

Advancing Disability Equality Award

  • Houses of the Oireachtas Service – WINNER
  • Dalata Hotel Group – Highly Commended
  • Allianz
  • Bank of Ireland
  • Hays
  • South Dublin County Council

 

Advancing Race / Ethnicity Equality Award

  • EY – WINNER
  • Medtronic – Highly Commended
  • Carelon Global Solutions
  • Royal College of Surgeons Ireland
  • SSE
  • TikTok

 

Company of the Year Award

  • Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – WINNER
  • Grant Thornton
  • Hays
  • Mr Price Branded Bargains
  • MUFG Investor Services
  • Nestlé UK & Ireland

 

Advancing Gender Equality Award

  • PM Group – WINNER
  • Allianz
  • CarTrawler
  • Core
  • Glenveagh Properties
  • KPMG

 

Advancing Social Inclusion Award

  • Mr Price Branded Bargains – WINNER
  • SOLAS – Highly Commended
  • Central Bank of Ireland
  • Deloitte
  • Primark
  • Valeo Foods

 

Outstanding Employee Resource Group Award

  • Eli Lilly – WINNER
  • ptsb – Highly Commended
  • A&L Goodbody
  • Broadlake
  • Health Information and Quality Authority
  • Tata Consultancy Services

 

Outstanding Diversity Initiative Award

  • Nestlé UK & Ireland – WINNER
  • Abbvie
  • Irish Life
  • McKesson
  • National Treasury Management Agency
  • Provincial Security

 

Employee of the Year Award

  • Christina Haney, DBFL Consulting Engineers – WINNER
  • Cara Daly, SETU South East Technological University
  • Emilia Ruiz, Irish Rail
  • Liz O’Donovan, Bus Éireann
  • Marina Alves, Brown Thomas Arnotts
  • Natalia Riscovaia, Carelon Global Solutions

 

LGBTQ+ Inclusion Award

  • Brown Thomas Arnotts – WINNER
  • ATU Atlantic Technological University
  • Bus Éireann
  • Core
  • EY
  • Medtronic

 

Public Sector Organisation of the Year Award

  • Central Bank Of Ireland – WINNER
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
  • Houses of the Oireachtas Service
  • Irish Rail
  • SEAI
  • Solas
2024 Awards Gallery

NDIA 2023 WINNERS AND FINALISTS

Diversity & Inclusion Leader / Emerging Leader Award

  • Geraldine Greene, An Garda Síochána – WINNER
  • Anthony Kelly, RSA Insurance & 123.ie – Highly Commended
  • Kate Butler, Bank of Ireland
  • Obonu Rachel Davies, GoTo Technologies
  • Claudette Whyte, JP Morgan

 

Advancing Disability Equality Award

  • Mr Price Branded Bargains – WINNER
  • Access Earth
  • Allianz
  • Fianna Fáil
  • SOLAS

 

Advancing Race / Ethnicity Equality Award

  • Bank of Ireland – WINNER
  • Accenture
  • Circle K
  • Indeed
  • LinkedIn / African Professional Network

 

Company of the Year Award

  • Cpl – WINNER
  • An Post
  • Fiserv
  • Permanent TSB
  • RSA Insurance & 123.ie

 

Outstanding Employee Resource Group Award

  • Grant Thornton – WINNER
  • Core
  • DBFL Consulting Engineers
  • Sensata Technologies
  • SMBC Aviation Capital

 

Outstanding Diversity Initiative Award

  • Bus Eireann – WINNER
  • Core – Highly Commended
  • FBD
  • KPMG
  • UCD

Employee of the Year Award

  • Honey-Bell Oke, Version 1 – WINNER
  • Mei Lin Yap, Cpl – Highly Commended
  • Danny Pio Murphy, DBFL Consulting Engineers
  • Jennifer Corcoran, Hays
  • Dr Mary Doyle-Kent, South East Technological University (SETU)

 

LGBTQ+ Inclusion Award

  • KPMG Ireland – WINNER
  • FBD
  • Hays
  • Midlands LGBT Project
  • South East Technological University (SETU)

 

Advancing Gender Equality Award

  • An Post – WINNER
  • Irish Rail – Highly Commended
  • Allianz
  • Aviva Ireland
  • Vodafone

 

Public Sector Organisation of the Year Award

  • IDA Ireland – WINNER
  • Bord na Móna
  • Central Bank of Ireland
  • NTMA
  • Teagasc
2023 Awards Gallery