The University College of Dublin student newspaper, the University Observer, took most of the honours at the Bank of Ireland National Student Media Awards, organised by the website oxygen.ie, picking up six prizes.
The full list of winners in the awards, announced last night, was as follows: Website: Students' Union, http:/su.ucc.ie (University College Cork). Film Script: Stephen Stubbs, Manhattan II, Attack of the Space Tarantulas, (Ballyfermot College of Further Education). Photographer: Nicola Brady, Disco Dining (Griffith College Dublin). Radio Production (Arts): Breda Ryan, Flirt FM 105.6, HIV/AIDS (National University of Ireland, Galway). Feature Writer (Politics): Neasa Cunniffe, Trinity News (Trinity College Dublin). Layout and Design: David Fagan, the University Observer (University College Dublin).
Features Writer (Arts): Barry White, Trinity News, (TCD). Features Writer (College Affairs): Eve Rowan, the University Observer (UCD). News Photographer: Rosalind Goodbody, the Griffith Gazette, (Griffith College Dublin).
TV Production: Graham Hickey, Dublin's O'Connell Street (Dublin Institute of Technology). Short Film: Ken Wardrop, Undressing My Mother (Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art and Design). Colour Writer: Daniel Finn, the College Tribune (UCD). News Reporter: Niamh Horan, the University Observer (UCD). Travel Writer: Eoghan Murphy, the University Observer (UCD).
Journalist (National Press): Ian Kehoe, Sunday Business Post (Dublin City University). Radio Production (News): Emmet McCarthy, Rush Hour (Griffith College Dublin). Magazine or Society Publication: Ken Griffin, Flashback (DCU).
Radio Production (Talk): Emmet McCarthy, Sunday Breakfast (Griffith College Dublin). Sports Writer: Dermot Looney, the College Tribune (UCD). Editor: Samantha Libreri, the University Observer (UCD). Newspaper: Samantha Libreri and Emmet Ryan: the University Observer (UCD).