Irish Examiner journalists scoop justice media awards

IRISH Examiner journalists scooped a number of prestigious awards at the Law Society of Ireland’s annual Justice Media Awards, including the top prize.

The newspaper’s Cormac O’Keeffe was the overall award winner for his three-part series, Inside Ireland’s Prisons.

At last night’s awards ceremony in Dublin, the judges said Cormac’s excellent and thought-provoking series set out the facts on the prison system, looking at issues of overcrowding, protection, violence, contraband-smuggling and high committal numbers.