Best Production
The Abbey Theatre's production of Tarry Flynn, adapted from Patrick Kavanagh's novel by Conall Morrison.
Also nominated:
Gate Theatre Company's production of The Pinter Festival.
Druid Theatre Company/Royal Court Theatre co-production of The Leenane Trilogy by Martin McDonagh.
Barrabas . . . The Company in association with Project Arts Centre production of The Whiteheaded Boy by Lennox Robinson.
Best New Play
Gary Mitchell for In a Little World of Our Own at the Peacock.
Also nominated:
Anthony Goulding for Green at the Dublin Brewing Company (Dublin Fringe Festival),
Owen McCafferty for Shoot The Crow at Druid Lane Theatre, Galway.
Martin McDonagh for The Lonesome West produced by Druid.
Best Actor
Brian F O'Byrne for the Druid Theatre Company/Royal Court Theatre co-production of The Leenane Trilogy by Martin McDonagh.
Also nominated:
Niall Buggy for Gate Theatre Company's production of No Man's Land as part of The Pinter Festival.
James Kennedy for The Abbey Theatre's production of Tarry Flynn.
Maeliosa Stafford for the Druid Theatre Company/Royal Court Theatre co-production of The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh.
Best Actress
Penelope Wilton for Gate Theatre Company's production of A Kind of Alaska as part of The Pinter Festival.
Also nominated:
Donna Dent for the Gate Theatre Company's production of The Heiress.
Niamh Linehan for Prime Cut Production's Sim- patico by Sam Shepard, a touring production performed in various venues including the Project @ the Mint in Dublin.
Anna Manahan for the Druid Theatre Company/Royal Court Theatre co-production of A Skull in Connemara by Martin McDonagh.
Best Supporting Actor
Lalor Roddy for The Peacock Theatre's production of Gary Mitchell's In a Little World of Our Own.
Also nominated:
Andrew Bennett for Loose Canon Theatre Company's production of The Spanish Tragedy; the Corn Exchange production of Big Bad Woolf at the Temple Bar Gallery.
Harold Pinter for Gate Theatre Company's production of The Collection as part of The Pinter Festival.
Robert Price for The Duchess of Malfi at the Crypt; The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd at the Project @ the Mint ( both Corn Exchange productions).
Best Supporting Actress
Dawn Bradfield for the Druid Theatre Company/Royal Court Theatre co-production of The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh.
Also nominated:
Maeve Coogan for the Lughnasa production in association with Iomha Ildanach of Suburbia by Eric Bogosian at the Crypt, Dublin Castle.
Susan Fitzgerald for Gate Theatre Company's production of Lady Windermere's Fan.
Laura Hughes for Belfast Theatre Company's production of The Feast of Lupercal by Brian Moore at the Lyric and on tour.
Best Director
Conall Morrison for The Abbey Theatre production of Tarry Flynn ( his own adaptation of Patrick Kavanagh's novel) and In a Little World of Our Own.
Also nominated:
Robin Midgely for Lyric Theatre Company's production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.
Gerry Stembridge for the Barabbas/Project co-production of The Whiteheaded Boy by Lennox Robinson at the Project @ The Mint.
Garry Hynes for the Druid Theatre Company/Royal Court Theatre co-production of The Leenane Trilogy by Martin McDonagh.
Best Set Designer
Francis O'Connor for the Druid Theatre Company/Royal Court Theatre co-production of The Leenane Trilogy and for Abbey Theatre's production of Tarry Flynn.
Also nominated:
Frank Hallinan Flood for Gate Theatre Company's production of The Pinter Festival.
Stuart Marshall for Lyric Theatre Company's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Of Mice and Men.
Joe Vanek for The Abbey Theatre's production of The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde by Tom Kilroy.
Best Costume Designer
Joan O'Clery for Gate Theatre Company's production of The Pinter Festival.
Also nominated
Francis O'Connor for the Druid Theatre Company/Royal Court Theatre co-production of The Leenane Trilogy by Francis O'Connor.
Kathy Strachan for the Rough Magic production of Hallowe'en Night by Declan Hughes at the Project @ The Mint.
Sally Turner for the Gate Theatre Company's production of The Heiress based on the novel Washington Square by Henry James.
Best Lighting Designer
Alan Burrett for Gate Theatre Company's production of The Pinter Festival.
Also nominated:
Ben Ormerod for the Druid Theatre Company/Royal Court Theatre co-production of The Leenane Trilogy
Nick Chelton for The Abbey Theatre's production of Tom Kilroy's The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde.
Paul Keogan for the Barrabas/Project co-production of The Whiteheaded Boy by Lennox Robinson at the Project @ The Mint; Loose Canon Theatre Company's production of The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd at the Project @ the Mint; the Peacock Theatre production of Melonfarmer by Alex Johnston.
Best Theatre Company
Druid Theatre Company.
Also nominated:
The Abbey and Peacock.
The Gate Theatre.
Bedrock Theatre Company.
Judges' Special Award
The Ark for innovation in the presentation of children's theatre
Also nominated:
The Abbey Outreach Programme and Youthreach Project for their contribution to theatre in the community.
David Bolger for his work on Tarry Flynn and The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde.
Replay Productions for their comprehensive approach to theatre-in-education.
Special Tribute Award
Playwright Tom Murphy for his contribution to Irish theatre over 30 years.