THE JUDGING PANEL

for your valued support too, AIB, Fáilte Ireland, Carbery, Access Credit Union, Collins Brooks Solicitors, Blackwater Motors, MasterKabin, Lilly and Cork Airport.

Thank you to our judges, Rose Carroll, Head of Tourism, Cork County Council, Deirdre O’Mahony, Senior Enterprise Development Office, Cork County Council, Paul Di Rollo, Glentree Furniture and Stephen Rowe, Branch Manager, AIB Clonakilty.

A big thank you too to my wonderful team at The Southern Star who do a superb job delivering these awards across all aspects of our operation – editorial, marketing, web/social media/email, video, design, print, sponsorship, finance – there’s a huge amount of work involved and a lot of people behind the scenes. Thank you also to Sandra Maybury who came on board as our awards project manager this year and has done a superb job.

Finally, my biggest thanks must go to all the businesses that entered this year’s awards.

Thank you for taking the time to enter and I wish you all every success in the future.

– Seán Mahon Managing Director, Southern Star Media

‘Cork County is bursting with skill, with West Cork home to some of the very best of this talent. Awards such as the West Cork Business and Tourism Awards highlight and give credit to our strengths in the tourism and business sector across the region. From artisan food to arts and enterprise, West Cork excels in its offering and these awards showcase just that.’

– Mayor of the County of Cork, Danny Collins