{"id":2121,"date":"2018-06-21T15:27:45","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T20:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=2121"},"modified":"2018-06-23T07:29:20","modified_gmt":"2018-06-23T12:29:20","slug":"law-society-of-ireland-presents-media-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=2121","title":{"rendered":"Law Society of Ireland Presents Media Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Law Society director general Ken Murphy, Niall Murray and Law Society of Ireland President, Michael Quinlan. Picture: Lensmen
<\/figcaption><\/figure>The Law Society of Ireland has announced the winners of the annual Justice Media Awards, the longest continuously-running media awards in the country.<\/p>\n

The top prize was awarded to RT\u00c9 Investigates Law and Disorder, an examination of the District Court across Ireland.<\/p>\n

Some 120 of Ireland\u2019s leading journalists gathered at the Law Society of Ireland\u2019s headquarters at Blackhall Place, Dublin 7, with 36 awards and merits presented to the winners.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Justice Media Awards are the pride of the Law Society and we believe it is more important than ever to recognise and reward excellence in legal journalism,\u201d said President of the Law Society of Ireland Michael Quinlan.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of the most high profile and controversial news stories over the past year have been directly related to the law. Journalism that promotes a greater public understanding of the law, the legal system and specific legal issues is of immeasurable value and this year\u2019s awards recognize some fine examples.\u201d<\/p>\n

Three merit certificates were awarded in the daily print\/online journalism category, to Caroline O\u2019Doherty of the Irish Examiner for ‘Backlash to Whiplash: Fraudsters hit hard in \u2018compo culture\u2019 crackdown’), Conor Gallagher of the Irish Times (for ‘Women under-represented on juries in serious criminal trials’) and the Irish Independent’s Shane Phelan (for ‘Judges give soft sentences to drivers who kill on roads’).<\/p>\n

There were further winners in the Sunday category, local journalism, radio\/podcast and TV categories.<\/p>\n

Best Headline went to the Irish Examiner’s Niall Murray for ‘Leo Burdock tried to batter Black & Tans’, which the judges described as \u201ca tongue-in-cheek, irreverent yet accurate headline which describes a famous fish-and-chip shop owners\u2019 wartime activities as detailed in his application for a military pension”.<\/p>\n

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