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Awards Announced
The Seán Dunne winners were announced on Thursday March 18, in a ceremony hosted by special guest - author - John Boyne. The National Winner is Ciaran Hodgers from County Louth; the National Junior Winner is Kilian O'Flanagan from Dublin 9 and the Local Winner is Shannon O'Reilly from Kings Channell in Waterford. To read the award winning pieces follow the links at the top of the page.



 Rosita Boland is a staff journalist at the Irish Times, and also moderates the paper’s new online Book Club. She is the author of two books of poetry and two non-fiction books about Ireland. She was a 2009 Nieman Fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.