UCC students scoop ‘Smedias’

University College Cork was the big winner at the National Student Media Awards which were held in Dublin last night.

UCC collected eight of the awards, among them Blog of the Year for Robert Byrne; Magazine of the Year for Motley magazine; Colour Writer of the Year for Robert O’Sullivan; and Editor of the Year for Motley editor,Ellen Desmond. Trailing behind UCC in the rankings were UCD, Griffith College and University of Limerick.

More than 400 students attended, what they have dubbed, the Smedias which were MC’d by RTÉ’s Eoghan McDermott and held in the Aviva Stadium. Among the awards presenters were seasoned journalists RTÉ’s Teresa Mannion, and UTV’s Alison Comyn.