2025 Shortlist

We are delighted to announce the shortlist for this year's Workplace Excellence Awards.  

Excellence in Mental Health & Workplace Well Being

Applegreen
Levy
Aldi
Irish Blood Transfusion Service
RC-IE Siemens
BoyleSports
PTC Therapeutics
Integrated Facilities Solutions Ltd t/a Fexillon
Kare Plan
Lidl Ireland & Northern Ireland
Arcadis
FINEOS

Best Evironmentally Conscious Workplace

FDC Group
Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Oberstown  Children Detention Campus
Servisource
Smile Hub Dental Clinic
Brown Thomas Arnotts
Iarnród Éireann
Foodspace
Gilead Sciences

Excellence in Learning & Development

FDC Group
Circet Ireland and UK
Servisource
Bank of Ireland OpEx Team
Smile Hub Dental Clinic
Applegreen
PTSB
Brown Thomas Arnotts
ABP Ireland
ClarityCoach.ie
Irish HomeCare

Excellence in Employee Engagement & Team Building

Care Cart- Pastoral Care, Naas General Hospital
Kiernan Structural Steel
Smile Hub Dental Clinic

Excellence in Flexible & Hybrid Working

Next Level Entertainment
In the Market
SD Worx Ireland
Codema - Dublin's Energy Agency
NexVentur
Apleona

Graduate Programme of the Year

RTE
FDC Group
Applegreen
ABP Ireland
Health Products Regulatory Authority
ORS
Apleona
McCutcheon Halley Chartered Planning Consultants
Kingspan Group

Excellence in Leadership

Smile Hub Dental Clinic - Dr. Laura Fee
SD Worx Ireland -Eimear Byrne
PTSB - Nicole Feighery
Irish Homecare - Teresa McNally

Excellence in Recruitment and Retention

360 Search
Codema - Dublin's Energy Agency
Smile Hub Dental Clinic
Activ8 Solar Energies
Irish HomeCare

Best in Corperate Social Responsibility

Applegreen
KPMG
Servisource
West Pharmaceutical Services
Turas Nua

Excellence in ESG Leadership

Lawler Sustainability
Smile Hub Dental Clinic
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SustainabilityWorks

Excellence in Workplace Health & Safety

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Levy
Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Smile Hub Dental Clinic
Kildare County Council
Irish Prison Service
Arcadis

Excellence in Workplace Diversity, Culture & Inclusion

Wygram Nursing Home
Fitzsimons Redmond LLP
Servisource
Smile Hub Dental Clinic
Kildare County Council
NetApp
GridBeyond
Kare Plan
FLEXÉIR (formerly K-MAC)
Apleona
FINEOS

Best Use of Information Technology

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Kildare County Council
Isaac Care
Smile Hub Dental Clinic
Levy
Turas Nua
Mullinahinch House Nursing Home
Arcadis

Rising Star of the Workplace

SD Worx Ireland - Nina Flannery
ABP Ireland - Marie Kennedy
PTSB - Meaghann Feighery
Irish Homecare - Pádraig Leddy

WEA Best Place to Work

Next Level Entertainment
360 Search
Saint Patricks Cathedral
Smile Hub Dental Clinic
SD Worx Ireland
Codema - Dublin's Energy Agency
Brown Thomas Arnotts
PTSB
ORS
Irish HomeCare
Apleona

Team of the Year - Private Sector

360 Search - Consultant Team
Lawler Sustainability - The Sustainability Team
Applegreen - Group HR Team
ALDI - ALDI Menopause Ambassadors
Smile Hub Dental Clinic - Smile Hub Dental Clinic Team
SD Worx Ireland - SD Worx Ireland Payroll Team
GridBeyond - Marketing Team
Dairygold - Farm to  Factory Advisory Team
Mullinahinch Private Nursing Home -  Nursing Home Team
Social Media Elite - Social Media Elite & Viral Studios Team
Irish Homecare - Irish HomeCare Carers
Apleona - Operations Team
Arcadis - “CMT Team” (Merck Project)

Team of the Year - Public Sector

Department of Foreign Affairs - Foreign Birth Registration (FBR)
Galway City Council - The Climate Action Team
Irish Blood Transfusion Service - Production Department

Team of the Year - Financial Sector

Tullamore Credit Union - Risk Team
Tullamore Credit Union - Operations Team
Tullamore Credit Union - Loans Team
Bank of Ireland - Operational Excellence Team
New Ireland - Customer Service Team
PTSB - Contact Centre Team

Team of the Year - Hospitality Sector

Darver Castle - Darver Castle Team
Ballykealey House - Team Ballykealey
Ballymagarvey Village - Ballymagarvey Village Team
Éidin  Spa Team @ Great National Hotel