A strong line-up of finalists has been announced for this year’s awards
The finalists for this year’s highly-anticipated Irish Pharmacy Excellence Awards 2024 have been selected. This prestigious event, formerly known as the Clanwilliam Pharmacist Awards, is held in partnership with the Pharmacy Benevolent Fund to pay tribute to the exceptional contributions of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmaceutical assistants, and pharmacy teams across the Republic of Ireland.
This year’s competition was stronger than ever, with over 200 impressive entries, say the organisers.
Winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on 30 November 2024 at the Mansion House, Dublin. The finalists for this year’s event are listed below. For more details on the event and ticket information, visit https://pharmacyexcellenceawards.ie/.
Commitment to sustainability, health & wellbeing
- Elaine Kneissl, SETU, Co. Cork
- Home Pharmacy, Co. Galway
- Jennifer Regan, Home Pharmacy, Co. Galway
- Lloyds Pharmacy Rosslare, Co. Wexford
- Owen Sullivan, McCabe’s Pharmacy, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
- Padraig Murphy, Haven Pharmacy Murphy’s, Clonard, Co. Wexford.
- Patricia Keckmann, National Cancer Control Programme, Co. Dublin
- Shaunagh Galgey, Spooner’s CarePlus Pharmacy, Co. Dublin
- Sheenas Pharmacy, Co. Meath
- Tanya Olowoniyi, Allcare Pharmacy Clondalkin, Co. Dublin
- Tara Hayden, Senior Hospital Pharmacy Technician, St. Luke’s, HSE, Co. Kilkenny
- Tomás Conefrey, Conefrey’s CarePlus Pharmacy, Co. Dublin
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Equality, diversity, inclusion and belonging award
- Boots Pharmacy Ireland, Co. Dublin
- Deirdre Butler, Higgins Pharmacy Team, Co. Sligo
- Jennifer Regan, Home Pharmacy, Co.Galway
- John Green, Poppintree Pharmacy, Co. Dublin
- Marta Santini, Clarity Locum, Co. Dublin
- McCabes Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Excellence in community pharmacy chain / group (multiple outlets and single superintendent)
- SETU, Co. Carlow
- Allcare Pharmacy, Trim, Co. Meath
- Boots Pharmacy Ireland, Co. Dublin
- Hickeys Pharmacy, Co. Dublin
- Lloyds Pharmacy, Co. Dublin
- McCauley Pharmacy, Co. Dublin
- Navi Group and CarePlus Pharmacy, Co. Dublin
- Your Local Pharmacy Group, Co. Dublin
Excellence in community pharmacy independent (single outlet and single superintendent)
- Byrnes Life Pharmacy Ballsbridge, Co. Dublin
- Corach Pharmacy, Co. Wexford
- Costigan’s Pharmacy, Tipperary Town, Co. Tipperary
- Reidy’s Pharmacy, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin
- Rosscarbery Pharmacy, Co. Cork
- Sheenas Pharmacy, Co. Meath
- Tom Ginnety, CarePlus Pharmacy, Clonsilla, Co. Dublin
Excellence in locum pharmacy
- David Williamson, Allcare Pharmacy, Terenure, Co. Dublin
- Jamie Phillips, Chemosis Medical Services Ltd, Co. Wicklow
- Jelena Susnjara, Co. Dublin
- Jessica Tallis, Locatelli Ltd, Co. Kilkenny
- Jodie Dee, Clarity Locums, Co. Kildare Malachi Quinn, Co. Dublin
- Marta Santini, Clarity Locum, Co. Dublin
- Michael Shannon, Lloyds Pharmacy, Co. Dublin
- Regina MacCormac, Co. Leitrim
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Excellence in pharmacy in non-patient-facing roles
- Almudena Moreno Borrallo, Trinity College Dublin, Co. Dublin
- Ciara Kirke, Health Service Executive, Co. Dublin
- Clare Fitzell, Irish Pharmacy Union, Co. Dublin
- Elizabeth Breen, National Cancer Control Programme – National SACT Regimen Team, Co. Dublin
- HSE National Immunisation Office Pharmacy Department, Co. Dublin
- Lloyds Pharmacy, Co. Dublin
- Marie Louisa Power, HSE National QPS Directorate, Co. Clare
- Navi Group and CarePlus Pharmacy, Co. Dublin
- Pharmacy Leadership Team, Boots Ireland, Co. Dublin
- Stan O’Neill, PIER, Co. Dublin
Health initiative of the year
- Ciara Kirke, Health Service Executive, Co. Dublin
- Elizabeth Breen, National Cancer Control Programme – National SACT Regimen Team, Co. Dublin
- Jodie Dee, Clarity Locums, Co. Kildare
- Navi Group and CarePlus Pharmacy, Co. Dublin Rosscarbery Pharmacy, Co. Cork
- Your Local Pharmacy Group Dunboyne Team, Co. Meath
Hospital pharmacy team of the year
- Rotunda Hospital, Co. Dublin
- The National Maternity Hospital, Co. Dublin
- UPMC Ireland Pharmacy Team, Co. Kildare
- Wexford General Hospital, Co. Wexford
Manager of the year
- Anne Devlin, McCauley Pharmacy Redmond Square, Co. Dublin
- Caroline Martin. Hickeys Pharmacy Wheaton Hall Drogheda, Co. Louth
- Chris Doherty, McCauley Pharmacy Greystones, Co. Wicklow
- Gobnait Cronin, Hickeys Pharmacy Ballyphehane, Co. Dublin
- Jenn Bonnie, CarePlus Pharmacy Clonsilla, Co. Dublin
- Linda Donnelly, Hickeys Pharmacy Dundalk, Co. Louth
- Lisa Power, Hickeys Pharmacy, Gorey, Co. Wexford
- Mary Thunder, McCauley Pharmacy Bawnogue, Co. Dublin
- Megan Egan, Tony Walsh’s Allcare Pharmacy Merrion, Co. Dublin
- Michelle Burke, Your Local Pharmacy Beacon, Co. Dublin
- Michelle Kearns, Hickeys Pharmacy Harolds Cross, Co. Dublin
- Susan Murphy, Allcare Pharmacy KCR, Co. Dublin
Patient nominated award
- Allcare Pharmacy, Trim, Co. Meath
- Deirdre Butler, Higgins Pharmacy Team, Co. Sligo
- Tadhg Scanlan, Tierney’s Pharmacy, Co. Wicklow
- Your Local Pharmacy Team, Newbridge, Co. Kildare
- Your Local Pharmacy Team, Tonlegee Road, Co. Dublin
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Pharmacist contribution to the community
- Fathimah Kara, Reidy’s Pharmacy Ltd, Co. Dublin
- Jenn Bonnie, CarePlus Pharmacy Clonsilla, Co. Dublin
- Kevin McDonnell, Allcare Pharmacy Tonlegee, Co. Dublin
- Luigi Felici, Lloyds Pharmacy, Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford
- Patrick Byrne, Byrnes Life Pharmacy, Ballsbridge, Co. Dublin
- Noelle Madden, Rosscarbery Pharmacy, Co. Cork
- Shaunagh Galgey, Spooner’s CarePlus Pharmacy, Co. Dublin
- Sheena Mitchell, Milltown Totalhealth Pharmacy, Co. Dublin.
- Sinead McGettigan, Lannon’s Allcare Late Night Pharmacy, Co. Sligo
Pharmacist led team award
- Aine Martin, Pharmacy Operations Team, Lloyds Pharmacy, Co. Dublin
- Allcare Pharmacy Team, Ballyfermot Road, Co. Dublin
- Boots Pharmacy, Co. Waterford
- Ciara Kirke, Health Service Executive, Co. Dublin
- Corach Pharmacy, Co. Wexford
- McCauley Pharmacy Douglas, Co. Dublin
- McCauley Pharmacy Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford
- Your Local Pharmacy, Hunstown, Co. Dublin
- Pharmacy Department, Connolly Hospital, Co. Dublin
- Riverstown, Totalhealth Pharmacy, Co. Sligo.
- Rosscarbery Pharmacy, Co. Cork
- Rotunda Hospital, Co. Dublin
Pharmacy technician of the year
- Catriona Mackey, McCauley Pharmacy Carrick on Suir, Co. Tipperary
- Chloe Flinter, Trinity Pharmacy, Co. Dublin
- Ciara Lai, Kildare Pharmacy, Co. Kildare
- David Williamson, Allcare Pharmacy, Terenure, Co. Dublin
- Dawn Maher, Your Local Pharmacy, Newbridge, Co. Kildare
- Jessica Turner, Senior Pharmacy Technician, St John of God Hospital, Co. Dublin
- Louise Prunty, Baxters Pharmacy, Co. Longford
- Malgorzata Dyszlewska, McElwee Totalhealth Pharmacy, Co. Offaly
- Nicole Smith, McCauley Pharmacy, Navan Shopping Centre, Co. Meath
- Paige Taffe, Loughreys Pharmacy, Co. Longford
- Sandija Pastuhova, Hickeys Tyrrelstown, Co. Dublin
- Tara Hayden, Senior Hospital Pharmacy Technician, St. Luke’s, HSE, Co. Kilkenny
Practice based research awards
- Almudena Moreno Borrallo, Trinity College Dublin, Co. Dublin
- Elizabeth Breen, National Cancer Control Programme – National SACT Regimen Team, Co. Dublin
- Frank Olden, Hickeys Pharmacy Bakers Road, Co. Cork
- Kieran Dalton, University College Cork, Co. Cork
- Tara Hayden, Senior Hospital Pharmacy Technician, St. Luke’s, HSE, Co. Kilkenny
Professional excellence award
- Allcare Pharmacy Team, Dunleer, Co. Louth
- Daragh Quinn, Quinn’s Pharmacy, Crossmolina, Co. Mayo
- Hickeys Pharmacy, Northside Shopping Centre, Co. Dublin
- Hickeys Pharmacy, Johnstown, Co. Meath
- Martin Hynes, Lloyds Pharmacy, Co. Limerick
- McCabes Pharmacy Supervalu Blanchardstown, Co. Dublin
- Owen Sullivan, McCabe’s Pharmacy, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
- Patricia Keckmann, National Cancer Control Programme, Co. Dublin
- Reidy’s Pharmacy Ltd, Co. Dublin
- Rotunda Hospital, Co. Dublin
- Wexford General Hospital, Co. Wexford
- Your Local Pharmacy, 310 Ballyfermot Road Team, Co. Dublin
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Special recognition award
- Ann-Marie Broderick, McCabes Pharmacy Ltd, Co. Dublin
- Chloe Flinter, Trinity Pharmacy, Co. Dublin
- David Williamson, Allcare Pharmacy, Terenure, Co. Dublin
- Hickeys Pharmacy, Gorey, Co. Wexford
- Irish Institute of Pharmacy (IIOP), Co. Dublin
- James Casey, Osheas Pharmacy, Co. Cork
- Jenn Bonnie, CarePlus Pharmacy Clonsilla, Co. Dublin
- Patricia Keckmann, National Cancer Control Programme, Co. Dublin
- Shaunagh Galgey, Spooner’s CarePlus Pharmacy, Co. Dublin
- Wexford General Hospital, Co. Wexford
- Your Local Pharmacy Cork Street Team, Co. Dublin
- Your Local Pharmacy, Boylans Pharmacy Team, Co. Dublin
Team member of the year
- Agnese Liepina, O’Rourkes Allcare Pharmacy, Co. Kildare
- Amy Reynolds, Guerin’s Pharmacy, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
- Angela Gordon, Kinirons Allcare Pharmacy, Co. Dublin
- Bridget Duffy, McCauley Pharmacy Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford
- Chloe Flinter, Trinity Pharmacy, Co. Dublin
- Edel Cullen, Lannon’s Allcare Late Night Pharmacy, Co. Sligo
- Elaine Creech, Hickeys Pharmacy Ballyphehane, Co. Cork
- Inga Macza, Hickeys Pharmacy Ballincollig, Co. Cork
- Marguerite Roberts, Your Local Pharmacy, Ballyfermot, Co. Dublin
- Michelle Holden, McCauley Pharmacy, Co. Kilkenny
- Shaunagh Galgey, Spooner’s CarePlus Pharmacy, Co. Dublin
- Suha Abdul Rahman, Kerins Allcare Pharmacy , Co. Dublin
Young pharmacists of the year
- Aisling Barry, Lloyds Pharmacy, Crumlin Village, Co. Dublin
- Anne-Marie Doherty , Blackrock Clinic, Co. Dublin
- Catarina Augusto, Your Local Pharmacy, Ballinteer, Co. Dublin
- Emma O’Reilly, Perrystown Allcare Pharmacy, Co. Dublin
- Sadhbh Whitty, McCauley Pharmacy Redmond Square, Co. Dublin
- Sarah Comiskey, McCabes Pharmacy, Co. Dublin
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