A Dublin-born writer has been awarded the top prize in the 35th annual Hennessy Literary Awards.
History and sociology graduate Jennifer Farrell won the New Irish Writer Award for her short story Beached. She also won the Best First Fiction Writer Award.
She is working on a novel and a collection of short stories.
The Hennessy Literary Awards are presented to emerging Irish writers for outstanding poetry or fiction that has been first published in the New Irish Writing Page of the Sunday Tribune.
Oscar-nominated Irish writer Colum McCann was also inducted into the Hall of Fame of Hennessy Awards.
McCann, who lives in New York with his wife and three children, was presented with his prize at a ceremony in Dublin's Four Seasons Hotel. McCann joins Pat McCabe, Joseph O'Connor and Dermot Bolger as previous winners of the award.
He was nominated for an Oscar in 2004 for his short story Everything in this Country Must. This story about ordinary people who have been born into a conflict in Northern Ireland was adapted into a short film.
McCann was named New Irish Writer of the Year in 1990 for his first published fiction, Tresses.
Other awards presented today included Best Emerging Fiction Writer to Owen Dwyer for his short story Respiteand Best Emerging Poetry to Maria Wallace for her poem That Hand Painted Plate Behind Glass.
A total of 17 writers were nominated for this year's awards. Each category winner receives a prize of €1,500, while the overall winner receives an additional €2,500 plus the trophy for Hennessy New Irish Writer 2005.