Mr Keith Duggan, sportswriter with The Irish Times,has won the Sports Journalist of the Year award at the ESB National Media Awards.
Mr Duggan earned the award for feature articles on "travelling the lonely comeback trail with former Ryder Cup golfer Philip Walton" and for his reporting on "a year of highs and lows for [former] Fermanagh GAA boss Dominic Corrigan"
The Journalist of the Year award went to RTE'sPrimetime Investigates while the national broadcaster's Washington correspondent, Carole Coleman, won the Political / Current Affairs award.
The Young Journalist of the Year was Mr Michael Brennan of the Irish Examiner, while Mr Conor Keane of the same publication was named as Business News Journalist of the Year.
Mr Tadhg O'Donoghue, Chairman of ESB, said: "The ESB media awards are about the achievements of those in the media who entertain, inform and on occasions enrage us."
This year also marks the end of the ESB's long history of sponsorship of the awards.
Presenting the awards in Dublin, the Minister for Communications, Mr Dempsey, noted the importance of rewarding excellence in journalism and said he hoped another sponsor could be found for next year.
Full list of winners:
Journalist Of The Year:Primetime Investigates, RTÉ
Scoop Of The Year:Deirdre Tynan, Ireland on Sunday
Young Journalist:Michael Brennan, Irish Examiner
Iriseoir Na Bliana As Gaeilge:Rónán Mac Con Iomaire, Nuacht TG4
Political/Current Affairs:Carole Coleman, RTÉ
Arts: TJ Flynn, Clare Champion
Features:Mary Carr, Ireland on Sunday
TV Documentary:Paul Loughlin & Rita O'Reilly, RTÉ
Radio Documentary:Karen Coleman, Newstalk
Special Judges' Award:Vinnie Doyle, Irish Independent
Opinion:Liam Fay, Sunday Tribune
Business Features:Bill Tyson, Irish Independent
Business News:Conor Keane, Irish Examiner
Sport Print:Keith Duggan, Irish Times
Sport Broadcast:Conor Moloney, Independent Pictures
Provincial/ Regional Sport:Jonathan Mullin, Athlone Voice
Provincial/ Regional Broadcast:Fran McNulty Shannonside Northern Sound
Provincial/ Regional News:Chris Thornton, Belfast Telegraph