Our Media & Entertainment team is wrapping up another busy year supporting clients with legal reviews and pre-publication advice. We were thrilled to see so many of them nominated at last night’s An Post Irish Book Awards 2025.

 

Congratulations to the winners:

•  Andrew Porter and Bonnier Books Ltd for winning Eason - Sports Book of the Year for ‘Heart On My Sleeve.’

•  Sarah Corbett Lynch and Hachette Books Ireland for picking up Dubray - Biography of the Year for ‘A Time for Truth: My Father Jason and My Search for Justice and Healing.’

•  Jacqueline Connolly, Kathryn Rogers and Hachette Books Ireland for winning Irish Book Week- Non-Fiction Book of the Year for ‘Deadly Silence: A Sister’s Battle to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of Clodagh and Her Sons by Alan Hawe.'

 

Flynn O’Driscoll advised on the following books from this year’s shortlist:

 

EASON - SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR

• The Race – by David Gillick & Cathal Dennehy

• Heart On My Sleeve – by Andrew Porter

• Ó SÉ – by Marc Ó ŚÉ & Adrian Russell

• The Only Way I Know – by Andy Farrell

 

IRISH BOOK WEEK - NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR

•  The Secret Life of Leinster House – by Gavan Reilly

•  Deadly Silence: A Sister’s Battle to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of Clodagh and Her Sons by Alan Hawe – by Jacqueline Connolly & Kathryn Rogers

•  The Lie of the Land: A Game Plan for Ireland in the Climate Crisis – by John Gibbons

•  Dynasty: Scandals, triumph, turmoil and succession at the heart of Dunnes Stores – by Matt Cooper

 

DUBRAY- BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR

•  Speaking My Mind – by Leo Varadkar

•  Miriam: Life, Work, Everything – by Miriam O’Callaghan

•  The Bass Player: Surviving the Miami Showband Massacre – by Stephen Travers

•  A Time for Truth: My Father Jason and My Search for Justice and Healing - by Sarah Corbett Lynch

 

THE LAST WORD - LISTENER’S CHOICE AWARD

•  A Time for Truth: My Father Jason and My Search for Justice and Healing – Again by Sarah Corbett Lynch

•  Old Parish - by Ciarán Murphy

 

THE JOURNAL.IE - BEST IRISH-PUBLISHED BOOK OF THE YEAR

•  Midwinter: A Journey Through a Season - by Michael Harding

 

HODGES FIGGIS - HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR

•  Charlie Vs Garret - The Rivalry that Shaped Modern Ireland - by Eoin O'Malley

•  Wrong Women - by Caroline West

 

Also advised on the 2025 Bestsellers below:

 

Hachette Books

•  ‘MVP Raise Your Game Unlock Your Potential’ by Tony O’Regan

•  ‘The Irish Experiment’ by Catherine Murphy and Zach Tuohy

•  ‘This Boy's Heart’ by John Creedon

•   ‘Identity’ by John Sweetman

 

Gill Books

•  ‘For Valerie’ by David French

•  ‘Serve: My Lost Years at the Heart of Ireland’s Opus Dei’ by Anne Marie Allen

•  ‘Under the Rainbow’ by Shane Kenny

•  ‘Who Killed Una Lynskey’ by Michael Clifford

 

Atlantic Books

•  ‘Ice House Murder’ by Robin Schiller

•  ‘Crooks’ by Paul Williams

 

Harper Collins Books

• ‘Drama Drives Interest; Paddy Cosgrave/Web Summit’ by Catherine Sanz

 

Mercier Books

• ‘Tales of a Patchwork Life: A Memoir of the Stories That Keep Me’ by Brighid McLaughlin

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