Newstalk has received 27 nominations for the 2025 IMRO Radio Awards.
The station’s coverage of last year’s General Election has been shortlisted in the News Story category.
While The Pat Kenny Show and The Hard Shoulder have both been nominated in the Current Affairs Programme category.
Sarah Madden’s Can You Hear Me? Dispatches from The World's Forgotten War about Sudan has been nominated in the Documentary category.
Henry McKeen, Josh Crosbie and Seán Defoe have all been nominated in the category of News Reporter of the Year.
A huge congratulations to my fellow nominees in the @IMRORadioAwards. I’m humbled. Thanks to all my colleagues for supporting me and making the magic of radio 📻 happen every day. The people who stopped to chat in the street and you at home for listening. X. @NewstalkFM pic.twitter.com/LLCVCSR1w3
— Henry McKean (@HenryMcKean) August 26, 2025
Meanwhile, Pat Kenny, Andrea Gilligan and Seán Moncrieff will go head to head in the category of Speech Broadcaster of the Year.
Jessica Woodlock has also been nominated for The Gay Byrne Award - Newcomer of the Year.
IMRO Radio Awards Chairperson Chris Doyle described himself as “thrilled to reveal the shortlist for the 2025 IMRO Radio Awards”.
“This year saw a record number of entries, a testament to the strength, creativity, and passion within Irish radio,” he said.
Main image: Newstalk journalists at the 2024 IMROs.
