Irish Examiner’s double scoop in media awards

THE Irish Examiner emerged as one of the big winners at this year’s ESB National Media Awards when it received two of the main prizes at a lavish ceremony in Dublin yesterday.

The newspaper’s business correspondent Conor Keane won the award for Business News, while news reporter Michael Brennan was named as Young Journalist of the Year 2004.

Conor Keane received the award for Business News Journalist of the Year in recognition of his expose of Bank of Ireland’s role in providing financial support for a UK company, Remnant Media, involved in the multi-million euro acquisition of a range of pornographic magazine titles.