Pico Lopes, Kelly Brady and Ed McGinty the big winners at SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers Ireland awards

GREAT SEASON: Roberto Lopes of Shamrock Rovers recipient of the Soccer Writers Ireland 2024 Men's Personality of the Year Award. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile.

World Cup-bound Roberto ‘Pico’ Lopes of Shamrock Rovers and New York-born Kelly Brady scooped the annual SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers Ireland Personality of the Year awards at Friday’s gala ceremony in Dublin.

Lopes, who captained the Hoops to the SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division and FAI Cup double for the first time since 1987, topped the ballot of football media, ahead of his manager Stephen Bradley and Shelbourne boss Joey O’Brien.