The following people and organisations have been shortlisted for the 2011 Metro Éireann Media and Multicultural (MAMA) Awards, an event that celebrates the contributions of individuals and organisations which promote cross-cultural understanding and co-operation in Ireland.
Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony which will take place at Liberty Hall Theatre (SIPTU Building), Eden Quay, Dublin 1 on Monday 24 October, at 6pm.
Please join us with your guests at the ceremony to celebrate your shortlist, the accomplishments of the winners (which could also be you), as well as Ireland's growing diversity.
All shorlisted people and organisations will receive certificate of merit at the event.
Multicultural- Individual
1 Orla Ni Donaigh
2 Father Marino Nguekam
3 Rebekah Fozzard
4 Garda Jonathan O'Mahoney
Multicultural- NGO
1 Clare Intercultural Futsal League
2 Emerald Futsal League
3 Immigrant Council of Ireland
4 Irish Writers’ Exchange/Dublin: Ten Journeys, One Destination
Multicultural- Institution in Public Sector
1 The Netwell Centre
2 Louth County Enterprise Board
3 Neighbourhood Youth Project 2
Multicultural- Companies in Private Sector – Limited by Shares or Guaranty
1 Centre for Creative Practices
2 Tutti Frutti Juice Bar
3 Coexist Ltd
Multicultural- Multinational
1 Citi Identity Ireland
2. ARAMARK Ireland
Foras na Gaeilge Award
No Shortlist – Winners to be announced at event
Media- Print
1 Catherine Reilly, for her articles, including Bearing Culture in mind and We got married and fell in love (the Irish Times)
2 Sergey Tarutin, publisher of Nasha Gazeta
3 Sandra Bondarevska, editor of Sveiks
Media- Online
1 Informingfamilies.ie
2 www.dew.ie/Dil Wickremasinghe
3 www.ilovelimerick.com/Richard Lynch
Special Student Media
No Shortlist – Winners to be announced at event
Media- Visual
1 Trisha Canning/Welcome to My World: Nigeria on RTE
2 Liam McGrath and Cormac Hargaden/Meet the Neighbours: Tallaght on RTE
3 John Breslin/The Story Teller series on DCTV
Media- Broadcast
1 Nicoline Greer’s RTE documentary ‘Song from the slum’
2 Newstalk’s Global Village presenter Dil Wickremasinghe and producer John
Donovan for the New Irish programme
3 Army Jo Crowley and Issy Taiwo’s Our Africa programme on Dublin’s South FM
4 Padraig Coyle’s Sunday Sequence on BBC Radio Ulster
Judges Special Award
No Shortlist – Winners to be announced at event
For further information contact the MAMA awards coordinator at 01 878 3441 or e-mail: mama@metroeireann.com
