We are delighted to announce that the the finalists for this year’s highly anticipated Digital Media Awards have been officially selected.

After careful consideration and evaluation by our esteemed panel of judges, we have identified a group of outstanding individuals and establishments who have demonstrated exemplary dedication and excellence in the Digital Media industry. The competition was fierce, and the quality of submissions received surpassed all expectations.

Winners to be announced at the black-tie Gala ceremony on Friday the 6th of October 2026 in the Dublin Royal Convention Centre, Dublin. 

Tickets for the event are now on sale and can be purchased here! We recommend you book your seats sooner rather than later as we expect to have another full house again this year!

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BEST USE OF MEDIA

&Grow
How a Few Key Changes Drove 16.8x ROAS and 235% Traffic for Parnells

AXA Ireland
Using a Learner-Led Experience to Help Young Drivers Go Further

Bord Gáis Energy
Bord Gáis Energy Develop a Category-first, that puts Customers First

Buymedia
Buymedia From Search to Switch: Driving 4,000+ Health Insurance Comparisons for HIA

Core Optimisation
Core Optimisation & Expert Electrical – From Search to Store

dentsu Ireland
Dentsu Ireland and Le Creuset - The Road Less Automated -  How Le Creuset Drove Revenue Gains by Taking Back Control

GRANITE
DAA X GRANITE

Havas Media Ireland
Cliffs of Moher: Search’s Epic Climb – A Swift Ascent to Direct Bookings

Havas Media Ireland
Domino’s Pizza – When peak performance isn’t the peak

Havas Media Ireland
Kia Motors Ireland – The 3456 Play: Mind the Gap Tesla

Ignition Digital
Powering Growth, Now: Engineering Scale Across Every Touchpoint

Omnicom
Pension Power: How Bank of Ireland helped Ireland’s aging population take control of their financial future

Spark Foundry, part of Core
Turning Market Disruption Into Efficient Growth

Starcom, part of Core & NOW
Building a title-winning search engine

Wolfgang Digital
Wolfgang Digital & GoCar – Shifting Gears On Paid Search

Zenith, part of Core & Core Performance
Against the Grain: €700K Incremental Value Delivered

dentsu Ireland
Fridge Raiders – Beyond the Feed: Making Fridge Raiders Playable

Fabric Social
Know Your Power Brand Repositioning – Bord Gáis Energy

FleishmanHillard
Sky Broadband Says ‘You do You’ with Roy Keane & I’m Grand Mam

Goosebump
Brewing an Irish Identity

GRANITE
Digital Clean Cut Meals X GRANITE

Harris PR
Harris PR Supporting Púca Festival 2025

LADbible Ireland
Centra x LADbible Ireland – Putting The Heart Back Into Retail Marketing

LADbible Ireland
LADbible Ireland x Guinness x PHD- Celebrating Irish culture, one pub at a time

Life Style Sports
Tis the ‘CEO’son to be Jolly – How Joanne’s Takeover Saved Christmas

Mindshare Ireland
The Nation Holds Its Breath

SuperValu
The Difference Makers

Simply Social
Putting Food Back on The Table for Tesco Ireland

Spark Foundry, part of Core
Pause Before You Post – The Social Campaign That Became a Global Conversation

Starcom, part of Core
Centra – No Product, No Problem

Starcom, part of Core & AIB
AIB Zippay

Today FM
Today FM’s 100 Greatest Irish Songs: A Social-First National Conversation

&Grow
How The Temple Bar Pub Became Unmissable on Google and Captured 16 Million Views in One Year

An Post
Future-Proofing Search: How An Post Became Visible in AI-Powered Discovery

Arekibo Communications
Mater Private Network SEO Strategy and Execution

Aviva Insurance Ireland
Driving Market-Leading Organic Growth Through Customer-Focused SEO

Core Optimisation Ltd
Core Optimisation & WaterWipes – Owning the Moments That Matter

dentsu Ireland
dentsu & Allianz Partners – The SEO Health Coverage Programme

Fexco
From zero authority to market leader: rebuilding Sainsbury’s Travel money in Google, in five months, from a standing start

Leggit
Leggit.ie: 207,000 Search Impressions with Just Seven External Links

Rooftop Twenty Two
Conquering the Competition Through Premium Positioning and Transparent Pricing

Wolfgang Digital
Wolfgang Digital & Woodie’s: Sowing Visibility, Reaping Revenue

Zenith, part of Core
Charging Ahead: Growing Energia’s EV Search Visibility Through Smarter SEO

Zenith, part of Core
Search the Moment. Stay With Maldron: Turning Seasonal Search Demand Into Wins

Sponsored By

Elevate
Avonmore Mooju – Return of the Mint

Elevate
Doritos F1 Campaign. “Winning the Race: Transforming a Global Sponsorship into a Local Retail Experience.”

Elevate
Kellogg’s & SuperValu: Turning Community Spirit into Shopper Action

Mediahuis IRL
Tesco Mobile’s “In Market” partnership with Mediahuis Ireland

Omnicom / PHD
PHD and Reach: Scoring new fans and selling more pints

Reach PLC, with Omnicom/PHD
Great Football is Closer Than You Think

Ripples Bathrooms
Ripples Bathrooms: Transforming Display Remarketing into a Lead Generation Engine

Spark Foundry, part of Core
Right Message, Right Moment

Airpacks Ltd.
Making Building Science Accessible

audioXi
audioXi – The Podcast Crossover That Became the Content​

dentsu Ireland
An Comisiún Toghcháin – #TurningScrollsIntoTurnout #PresidentialElection2025

dentsu Ireland
The Comeback Tour – Mooju Mint

energia
Energia Rugby For All – McCarthy Brothers Series

ESB Networks
ESB Networks Weather Watch: From Classroom to Community – Creating Ireland’s Next Generation of Energy Ambassadors

Fabric Social
GAA Football All-Ireland Championship Sponsorship Content Strategy – Bord Gáis Energy

Forsman & Bodenfors and Fáilte Ireland
The Discovery Series: The Bog Bodies

Goss.ie
Gum Litter Taskforce x Goss.ie

Leading Social
All Real Nutrition | Scaling Meta through Creative

Simply Social
Driving Positive Brand Sentiment and Engagement for Currys Ireland through Entertainment-first Content

Spark Foundry, part of Core
Reverse the Trend: When influencers drive change

Starcom, part of Core & AIB
Bringing ‘For the Life You’re After’ to life through social-first storytelling

Staycity Group
Booked Through Storytelling | When Kevin & PJ went Wilde

Titan Agency
“Lifeguard Recruitment Campaign” – Water Safety Ireland

Zenith, part of Core, Core Sponsorship & The Currency
PwC x The Currency: The Tech Agenda

Buymedia – Bonfire
Beacon Care Fertility – The First Time

Centra Ireland
Centra Ireland Tik Tok Account

Daybreak
Daybreak: Best Use of Video

dentsu Ireland
How Heinz Made Mayonnaise Worth Watching

dentsu Ireland
Turning Video into Proof: How Polestar Used Creator Content to Build EV Ownership Confidence

EY
EY FS TV:Ireland’s first video-first Professional Services platform

Fabric Social
Made For Dreams 2026

Foe, IRS+ and Starcom, part of Core
The National Lottery Good Causes

Havas Media Ireland
“Is This Real?”: The CGI Video That Delivered Record Attendance for Dublin Racing Festival

Havas Media Ireland – Havas Play
KIA: The Confidence Drive – Launching The EV2 into Irish Culture

LADbible Ireland
LADbible Ireland x Guinness x PHD- Celebrating Irish culture, one pub at a time

LADbible Ireland
Centra x LADbible Ireland – Turning Community Into Content

Life Style Sports
Tis the ‘CEO’son to be Jolly – How Joanne’s Takeover Saved Christmas

Mindshare Ireland
The Nation Holds Its Breath

Publicis Dublin
Problems Parked

Starcom, part of Core and Core Creative
Sky x FAI – Shine a Light on National Belief

98 FM
98FM – Dublin’s Best Music Mix Campaign

Elevate
Largest Euromillions winner in history, Elevate’s side of the story

PML Group
McVitie’s Moments: Making Live Time Matter

PML Group & dentsu
Vodafone Six Nations: Making the Screens Part of the Match

PML Group & dentsu
Vodafone – A Stranger’s tale

PML Group & PHD
Rockshore x League of Ireland: Real-Time DOOH That Brought Friday Night Football to the Streets

PML Group & PHD
Lovely & Lively: Turning Real-Time Pub Data into DOOH That Drives Decisions

PML Group & PHD 
Guinness: A Lovely Day – Turning Summer Moments into Data-Driven DOOH Impact

Talon & WPP Media
NO MORE F.O.B.O.

Talon, dentsu & Publicis 
LEINSTER FAN BAGS A BED IN BILBAO

Sponsored By

An Garda Síochána
The Garda Podcast

audioXi
audioXi and Boots – The Right Advice, at the Right Moment

audioXi
audioXi and ESB Networks- The Sound of Changing Habits

audioXi
audioXi – Mark Mehigan’s Weekly Roast X The Brehon Hotel – 360 brand integration

dentsu Ireland
Vodafone’s A Stranger’s Tale: The Sound of Connection

dentsu Ireland
If you can Say it, you can Sip it

dentsu Ireland
If Taps Could Talk

Forsman & Bodenfors and Fáilte Ireland
The Discovery Series: The Bog Bodies

Havas Media Ireland
Sound Results: How Digital Audio Amplified the Irish Independent

Mediahuis IRL | Energia | Core Sponsorship
Indo Sport Rugby with Joe Molloy, Powered by Energia (Core Sponsorship & Mediahuis)

MyHome
MyHome How to Sell a Home Podcast Series

South East Technological University
CourseCast – a podcast series by SETU about the undergraduate programmes at the University

Starcom, part of Core & AIB
Beyond the Core – AIB & Mediahuis Partnership

Starcom, part of Core, Forsman & Bodenfors and Allianz
Allianz: Seat Belters

Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
Housewarming Podcast

Zenith, part of Core, Core Sponsorship & The Currency
PwC x The Currency: The Tech Agenda

BEST USE OF TECHNOLOGY, PLATFORM & STRATEGY

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Electric Ireland
Electric Ireland App

Equimetrics
S-Pro Equine Sports Performance

Matrix Internet
GoCar: Car-sharing, reimagined as a keyless app

The Maxol Group
Maxol Loyalty App: Driving Customer Loyalty Through Convenience, Personalisation and Innovation

Annertech
Playful design, flawless data: How we increased conversions by 150% and hit 100% performance on our own new website.

Aviva Insurance Ireland 
Empowering Customers Through Simpler, Smarter and More Accessible Digital Experiences

daa plc 
dublinairport.com

Ebow Digital
Census 1926: Discover Ireland’s Story

Ebow Digital
RBK: Accounting Made Personal

Friday Agency 
Capitalflow: Taking a People-first Reputation Online

Kooba
Irish Human Rights & Equality Commission (IHREC)

Kooba
Apata Website

Omnicom
From Complexity to Clarity: Bank of Ireland’s New Mortgage Experience

OPEN Design & Digital
Keogh’s – From Crop to Crisp

OPEN Design & Digital 
Forged by Excellence

Total Digital 
Adherent Rebrand and Web Design

Total Digital
A Unified eCommerce & Brand Experience

Total Digital
EY FS & Total Digital – Creating Better Financial Services

Urban Brand Creative
The Coombe Hospital – Enterprise Digital Transformation

Visit Belfast
Visit Belfast: A Website With Notions

All human
CTA Optimisation Unlocked €652k in Potential Revenue for Energia

An Post
Evolving Conversion Strategy for an Evolving Customer

dentsu Ireland
Apache Day: From Awareness to Appetite

dentsu Ireland
dentsu Ireland & Leonardo Hotels UKI – Tiered PPC Performance Restructure Driving 40% Direct Revenue Growth

Drury Communications
SiskTok: Sisk’s TikTok first recruitment strategy

Ebow Digital
Financial Services Union: Turning Voices Into Members

Friday Agency
Turning a Premium Reputation Into Online Sales

Havas Media Ireland
Europcar B2B 2025: Every Click Got Smarter: A Conversion Strategy Built to Evolve

Havas Media Ireland
CrimeWorld – The Price of Attention: Turning Traditional Media into Digital Subscriptions

Hello Humans
Stillorgan Decor: A Full-Funnel Conversion Engine for Ireland’s Home Decor Leader

Ignition Digital
From Page Lands to Pipeline: Building A Conversion Strategy Built For Customers, Not Clicks

Leading Social
fabÜ UK | Growth Strategy

Starcom, part of Core & NOW
Fuelled by Fandom

Bord Gáis Energy
Turning Crisis into Momentum; Rebuilding Ireland’s Energy Brand for a New Era

Ebow Digital
ALLDAYS: A Challenger Brand Designed to Scale

Ebow Digital
Digital Irish: Connecting Irish Innovation Globally

Guaranteed Irish
Guaranteed Campaign

Havas Media Ireland
From pizza leader to category challenger: how CHICK’N’DIP built a new brand within Domino’s

Hello Humans
HQ2O Watersports: Branding Dublin’s First Urban Watersports Destination

Irish Pride
Fibre Filled

Kooba
Apata

Kooba
kō

Life Style Sports
Tis the ‘CEO’son to be Jolly – How Joanne’s Takeover Saved Christmas

MyHome
How to Sell a Home, Sellers Advice Hub

Sponsored by

Adhere Digital
How Independent Attribution Revealed The Path to Double Contribution Margins

All human
Cracking the Code: How 14 Experiments of Data Built a Breakthrough for Discover Ireland

daa plc
Transforming Customer Behaviour into Personalised Experiences

ESB Networks
ESB Networks Weather Watch: From Classroom to Community – Creating Ireland’s Next Generation of Energy Ambassadors

GlowMetrics
GlowMetrics & Stage Entertainment – Data Takes Centre Stage: Building a Common Measurement Language Across Europe

Mediahuis IRL
In Market – A first-party intent strategy built to drive real business outcomes

PML Group
Guinness Storeboost: Turning Real-World Data into Real-Time Decisions

Spark Foundry, part of Core
Turning Market Volatility Into Media Advantage For Yuno Energy

Staycity Group
Staycity Group | Media Effectiveness: Proving What Our Marketing Investment Really Delivers

Adherent
A New Chapter: Compliance & Risks is Now Adherent

All human
All human & Fáilte Ireland, Winter in Dublin AI Inspiration Planner

Arekibo Communications
Mater Private Network – Using AI to improve usability and search

Bord Gáis Energy
Bord Gáis Energy Develop a Category-first, that puts Customers First

Digital Bridge
Digital Bridge Best Use Of AI

Equimetrics
S-Pro Equine Sports Performance

GlowMetrics
GlowMetrics & Stage Entertainment – Prompted to Perform: Becoming the Answer in AI Search

Leading Social
Leading Social | Best Use of AI

Leggit
Leggit.ie: AI That Isn’t Allowed to Guess

Spark Foundry, part of Core
Vhi-isability

Starcom, part of Core & Allianz
You Write It

Údarás na Gaeltachta
AI-Powered Digital Marketing Automation at Údarás na Gaeltachta

Sponsored By

Adherent
A New Chapter: Compliance & Risks is Now Adherent

audioXi
audioXi and Boots – From One Ad to 3,528 Conversations

Axonista & IFI
IFI Archive Player – Amharc Éireann Interactive Map

Bord Gáis Energy
Bord Gáis Energy Develop a Category-first, that puts Customers First.

Buymedia
One Platform. Infinite Insights. A New Era of Advertising Intelligence

Core Credit Union
Live Life Better: A Scroll-First Digital Platform for Modern Community Finance

energia
Energia- A smarter, more human way to understand energy

Equimetrics
S-Pro Equine Sports Performance

ESB Networks
ESB Networks Weather Watch – How a Connected Network of School Weather Stations Changed How Young People Understand Energy

Forsman & Bodenfors and Allianz
Allianz: Seat Belters

Havas Media Ireland
Circular.ie – Reinventing Digital Media Through Carbon Intelligence

JCDecaux
JCDecaux Programmatic – Infrastructure Disruption

Leggit
Leggit.ie: Two Taps to the Start Line

Publicis Dublin
Be a Wind Turbine

Bord Gáis Energy
How Bord Gáis Energy brought positive ‘Zenergy’ to Ireland’s Smart energy market

dentsu Ireland
An Comisiún Toghcháin – #TurningScrollsIntoTurnout #PresidentialElection2025

dentsu Ireland
Look Who’s Hangry – How Heinz Turned a Condiment into a Cultural Conversation

Ebow Digital
Financial Services Union: Making Every Voice Count

EY
EY -Building a Better Financial Services Ireland -Think Bolder

Foe, IRS+ and Starcom, part of Core
The National Lottery Good Causes

FUEL
Beyond the Pale 2026: Rebuilding Belief

Havas Media Ireland
Trust Travels Further: How Farmer Advocacy Drove Rural Broadband Growth

Havas Media Ireland
Lots of Littles: How Kia Made the EV2 Impossible to Ignore

Media 365
Signs of Hope: Shifting from “The System” to “The Soul”: Using Multi-Channel Storytelling to Break the Silence

Starcom, part of Core & An Post
Sell It, Send It, Cash It In – How An Post Delivered for the Circular Economy

Today FM
Today FM’s 100 Greatest Irish Songs

Visit Belfast
It’s Here, It’s Now, It’s Belfast

Wilson Hartnell
Specsavers Ireland | Joe Maxi The Listening Taxi

Wolfgang Digital
Wolfgang Digital & Horseware Ireland: May The Horse Be With You; Integration As A Force For Global Growth

Zenith, part of Core & Core Performance
Future You Will Thank You

BEST IN CLASS

An Post
An Post – Making Better Happen

Chadwicks & TBWA Ireland
Chadwicks – Lets Get It Done

daa plc
Dublin Airport – Travel Smarter

Ebow Digital
ALLDAYS: A Culturally Credible Challenger Brand

Ebow Digital
Digital Irish: A Global Identity

GoCar
GoCar: Freedom Without Ownership – Building Ireland’s Leading Mobility Brand

Havas Media Ireland
Taking Flight: How Shannon Airport Soared on the National Digital Stage with Distinctive Brand Assets

Kooba
Apata

Kooba
Relationship Care

Leggit
Leggit.ie: Ah Go On, Sign Up for One

Annertech
Empathy by design: Replacing bureaucracy with human-centric journeys on the Adoption Authority of Ireland website

Annertech
From paper to planning: How we built Ireland’s national ePlanning platform and achieved an 80% digital adoption rate

Buymedia
Creating a More Connected Ireland Through Digital Media

dentsu Ireland
An Comisiún Toghcháin – #TurningScrollsIntoTurnout #PresidentialElection2025

Ebow Digital
Census 1926: Ireland’s History for Everyone

Ebow Digital
HSE BowelScreen: Creating Meaningful Behaviour Change

Ebow Digital
HSE Stroke: When Every Second Counts

Kooba
Irish Human Rights & Equality Commission

Media 365
Signs of Hope: Breaking National Taboos and Empowering Survivors Across Ireland

Reach PLC, with Havas Media
Eight Times the KPI: How one Media Strategy Educated to Protect Nearly 100K Irish Consumers

Social Directions Agency
AI For Good Within Social Enterprise with Rethink & Google

Titan Agency
“Lifeguard Recruitment Campaign” – Water Safety Ireland

Trans Equality Together
Proud To Be An Ally

Udaras na Gaeltachta
Transforming Public Sector Communications: Údarás na Gaeltachta’s Digital & AI-Powered Transformation

Urban Brand Creative
The Coombe Hospital – Enterprise Digital Transformation

Zenith, part of Core & Core Performance
Invest in Extraordinary

Circle K
Best in Retail & Consumer Goods

dentsu Ireland
Heinz – Look Who’s Hangry

Elevate
Gamification: Donegal Catch It – The perfect at home fake away

Havas Media Ireland
CHICK’N’DIP: Building a New Retail Occasion Through Connected Commerce

Havas Media Ireland
L’Or: Winning the Premium Coffee Shelf Online

Life Style Sports
Tis the ‘CEO’son to be Jolly – How Joanne’s Takeover Saved Christmas

Oxfam
Oxfam Ireland Postback

Oxfam
Oxfam Ireland’s SecondHand September

Annertech

Arekibo Communications

Ebow Digital

Fabric Social

Havas Media Ireland

Kooba

Wolfgang Digital

Zenith, part of Core

&Grow

Avalanche

Big+Bold

Friday Agency

GlowMetrics

Hello Humans

kō

Leading Social

Maverick Social

The Smart Group

Total Digital

Winner to be announced on the night

Core Credit Union
Live Life Better: Bringing Humanity to Financial Services Online

Ebow Digital
ALLDAYS: Redefining How Plant-Based Brands Show Up

Ebow Digital
Digital Irish: A Global Identity System In Motion

Ebow Digital
HSE CervicalCheck: Designing Confidence & Trust

Havas Dublin
Crime World | Get Into Crime

Irish Times Group with WPP for Dulux
Delivering the perfect finish for Dulux Heritage

Kooba
Repak

Kooba
3Arena Website Suite

Mindshare Ireland & Invention Ireland
The Nation Holds Its Breath

Spark Foundry, part of Core
Pause Before You Post – Making the Invisible Audience Visible

Stratticus Studio
Fermenting a Creative Revolution – Cultured Food Company

Stratticus Studio
Some mistakes are more expensive than others – like your rates – Paymentplus

Titan Agency
“Never Once” – McKvr x Titan Agency

dentsu Ireland
Vodafone’s A Stranger’s Tale: No Stranger to Collaboration

Ebow Digital
Census 1926: Three Partners. One National Story

Ebow Digital
Financial Services Union: A Partnership With Purpose

Elevate
Fakeaway Night In: How Unilever, Elevate, Musgrave and Birds Eye Redefined Cross-Category Retail Media

Equimetrics
S-Pro Equine Sports Performance

Havas Media Ireland
Scam University: How Havas Media, Reach PLC and CCPC United Around One KPI to Deliver Public Impact

Irish Times Group with dentsu for Electric Ireland
Ireland’s Greenest Places

J Media
The Real Recipe for Collaboration

LADbible Ireland
Guinness x PHD x LADbible Ireland – When Collaboration Becomes Culture

Media 365
Signs of Hope: From “The System” to “The Soul” – A Collaborative Partnership Built on Trust and Empathy to Offer a Lifeline to Survivors

MyHome
How to Sell a Home in partnership with The Law Society of Ireland

OMD / The Journal
Seeing Eye to Eye for Vision Health

pladis global
pladis and Lyons Tea Partnership

Starcom, part of Core, Score Beo & Allianz
From Spectator To Selector

Staycity Group & Glassbox Agency
Staycity Group | Media Effectiveness: Proving What Our Marketing Investment Really Delivers

Zenith, part of Core, Core Sponsorship & The Currency
PwC x The Currency: The Tech Agenda

AccessPoint

Creative Bumblebee

Fabric Social

GlowMetrics

Havas Media Ireland – Havas Play

Lorg Media

Simply Social

Winner to be announced on the night

Ciara O’Connell
Munster Technological University

Clodagh McCahey
Technological University of the Shannon

Kate Fitzgerald
University of Limerick

Kayla Dibble
Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands

Lisa Castro
Technological University of the Shannon

Lorcan Withers
Technological University of the Shannon Athlone Campus

Sabhbh Edwards Murphy
University of Limerick

Shauna Keenan
Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands

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