Irish Examiner wins top prize for design

THE Irish Examiner has been awarded the gold medal at Europe’s premier newspaper design awards.

The newspaper’s front-page treatment of the end of the IRA’s armed struggle was awarded the top prize at the Society for News Design Scandinavia (SNDS) awards in Trondheim, Norway, last night.

The Irish Examiner also won an award of excellence for its front page of the July 7, 2005, London bombings at the ceremony.