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06 Sept 2025

Tipperary pharmacist in the running for prestigious Irish Pharmacy Award

Tipperary pharmacist in the running for prestigious Irish Pharmacy Award

Caitriona Mackey is one of the finalists

IPN has announced the Finalists for the Irish Pharmacy Awards 2024 with Caitriona Mackey, McCauley Pharmacy, Carrick on Suir, Tipperary in the running for the Alliance Community Pharmacy Technician of the Year.

The Irish Pharmacy Awards recognise excellence and innovation. These Awards are not just a celebration of success, but a platform of gratitude. The winners of the Irish Pharmacy Awards will be announced at the awards ceremony on Saturday 25th May 2024, in the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road, Dublin.

The annual awards night is the biggest night in the Irish Community Pharmacy calendar, and is an opportunity to pay tribute to the hard work, dedication and service of their communities shown by pharmacy teams all over Ireland. For more information or to book tickets, please reach out to Aoife Hunter (aoife@ipn.ie) or Esther Elliott-Coulter (esther@ipn.ie)

The finalists in each category are:

McLernons Independent Pharmacy of the Year Award

  • Finnegan's Pharmacy, Dublin
  • Lillys Pharmacy, Ratoath, Meath
  • Village Pharmacy, Carlingford, Louth
  • Corach Pharmacy, Wellingtonbridge, Wexford

United Drug Business Development (Independent) Award

  • Pharmacy Hub, Killinarden, Dublin
  • North Road Pharmacy, Drogheda, Louth
  • Newtownpark Pharmacy, Blackrock, Dublin

Easolief DUO Business Development (Chain) Award

  • TCP Pharmacy, Dublin
  • CarePlus Pharmacy Group, Dublin
  • Newpark Life Pharmacy, Kilkenny 

Viatris Community Pharmacy Team of the Year Award

  • Bluebird Pharmacy (Trading as Clearys), Portmarnock, Dublin
  • Newpark Life Pharmacy, Kilkenny
  • Hiltons Pharmacy, Cornelscourt, Dublin
  • Mark’s Pharmacy, Ardee, Louth
  • Adrian Dunne Pharmacy, Rush, Dublin
  • Corach Pharmacy, Wellingtonbridge, Wexford
  • Lloyds Pharmacy Kenmare Shopping Centre, Kerry
  • Hickey's Pharmacy Northside, Dublin

Haleon Self-Care Award

  • LloydsPharmacy, Blanchardstown Shopping Centre, Dublin
  • Spooner’s CarePlus Pharmacy, Templogue, Dublin
  • Mark’s Pharmacy, Ardee, Louth
  • Village Pharmacy, Carlingford, Louth
  • Chemist Warehouse, Blanchardstown, Dublin

Perrigo Superintendent Pharmacist of the Year 

  • Mark McPhillips, Mark’s Pharmacy, Ardee, Louth
  • Ciara Toolen, Adrian Dunne Pharmacy Group, Meath
  • John McCourt, Millmount Pharmacy, Drogheda, Louth

Reckitt Community Pharmacist of the Year

  • Michelle O’Hagan, Pharmacy Hub, Killinarden, Dublin
  • Frank Olden, Hickey’s Pharmacy, Cork
  • Colum Clarke, McCartan’s Pharmacy, Portmarnock, Dublin
  • Shane Ryan, Ryan’s Pharmacy Rathangan, Kildare
  • Michael O'Kane, Hickey's Pharmacy, Dundalk, Louth
  • Sarah Mackessy, Boots Pharmacy Wellpark, Galway
  • Anna Cotter, McCabe’s Pharmacy Newcastle, Dublin
  • James Coughlan, Hickey's Pharmacy Johnstown, Meath

JPA Brenson Lawlor Young Community Pharmacist of the Year Award 

  • Enda Donnellan, Donnelly’s Pharmacy, Portmarnock, Dublin
  • Paul John Charles Sambrooks, Mahers totalhealth Chemist, Drogheda, Louth
  • Kostas Papadimas, Donaghmede Pharmacy, Dublin
  • Jill Jennings, Hickey's Pharmacy, Johnstown, Meath
  • Teo Vuckovic, CARA Allcare Pharmacy, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin
  • Sadhbh Whitty, McCauleys Pharmacy Redmond Square, Wexford

Alliance Community Pharmacy Technician of the Year

  • Laura Manley, Moorefield Pharmacy, Newbridge, Kildare
  • Niamh Murphy, Meaghers Pharmacy, Ranelagh, Dublin
  • Daniela Haruta, Allcare Pharmacy Drogheda, Louth
  • Ciara Speight, Castle Pharmacy, Castlemartyr, Cork
  • Sophie Boylan, LloydsPharmacy Nutgrove Shopping Centre, Rathfarnham, Dublin
  • Emily Ashmore, Adrian Dunne Pharmacy Ashbourne, Meath
  • Nicoleta Talos, McCabes Pharmacy Glasnevin, Dublin
  • Caitriona Mackey, McCauley Pharmacy, Carrick on Suir, Tipperary

BOI Payment Acceptance (BOIPA) Innovation & Service Development (Chain) Award

  • Pure Pharmacy, Dublin
  • TCP Homecare Pharmacy, Dublin
  • CarePlus Pharmacy / Navi Group, Dublin
  • Meaghers Pharmacy Group, Dublin

Uniphar Training & Development Award

  • Donaghmede Pharmacy, Dublin
  • Newtownpark Pharmacy Blackrock
  • Adrian Dunne Pharmacy, Trim, Meath
  • TCP Homecare, Dublin
  • Chemist Warehouse, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin

Online Pharmacy Retailer of the Year 

  • Lillys Pharmacy, Ratoath, Meath
  • Allcare Pharmacy Online, Dublin
  • Life Pharmacy Online, Dublin
  • McCauley Pharmacy Online, Dublin

Counter Assistant of the Year

  • Bernie Walshe, McCartans Pharmacy, Maynooth, Kildare
  • Shauna McElligott, LloydsPharmacy Jetland, Limerick
  • Maria Kennedy, Meaghers Pharmacy, Kinvara, Dublin
  • Jenny Percival, Ryan’s Pharmacy, Derrinturn, Kildare
  • Cathriona Cullen, Adrian Dunne Pharmacy Rush, Dublin
  • Tara McKenna, Mark’s Pharmacy, Ardee, Louth

 

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