Over 500 employees celebrate staff successes

And the winners are: At the Gleneagle Group Employee Awards 2020 were, front from left, Rita Botos Rozsane, Irina Filimonova, Niall Doherty, Chouaib Badji, Patrick O’Donoghue, CEO, Edyta Napierala, Sinead McCarthy, Michal Nowak and John Dolan. Middle row, from left: Christine O’Sullivan, Elaine Dempsey, Clodagh Lynch, Carol O’Leary, Jacqui Koschan, Ann Shanahan, Stephanie Hurley, Dan Moynihan, Orla Steinbeck and Melissa Iommi with, back from left, Shane O’Mahony, James Gingell, Eoin Schwarz, Alex Gotowski, Mariusz Kasparzak, Luckas Bariak, Vedran Cegrlj, Patrick McHunu, Kamila O’Connor, Helen O’Shea and Andrew Spillane.
Pictures: Don MacMonagle

OUTSTANDING employees in the Killarney based Gleneagle Group – and there are many – have been honoured at the company’s annual awards night following a gathering in the Gleneagle INEC Arena.

The group employs over 500 people and the annual awards aim to appreciate and celebrate the hard work and dedication of the whole team.

Group CEO Patrick O’Donoghue said: “It has been an incredibly busy year across the group and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them all for your dedication to their work.”

The top accolades of Employee of the Year were awarded to Edyta Napierala from The Gleneagle Hotel, Michal Nowak from The Brehon, Clodagh Lynch from The Maritime Hotel and Carol O’Leary from The Gleneagle Group.

The scene at the Gleneagle Group annual awards night at the INEC Arena

In the Gleneagle Hotel categories Vova Bilokhvost won Manager of the Year, Chouaib Badji won Best New Starter, Luckas Bariak won the Leadership Award, Emese Losonc won the Back of House Award and Vedran Cegrlj won the Excellence in Customer Service Award. Micheal Lynch and Martin Lyne both received special recognition awards.

In The Brehon categories Mariusz Kasparzak won Manager of the Year, Melissa Iommi won Best New Starter, Dan Moynihan won the Leadership Award, Patrick McHunu won the Back of House Award and Suthathip Iewkimju won the Excellence in Customer Service Award. Stephanie Hurley and the Front Office Team received special recognition awards.

Nominees and award winners pictured at The Gleneagle Group Employee Awards 2020 which took place in The Gleneagle INEC Arena

In the Maritime Hotel categories Helen O’Shea won Manager of the Year, Shane O’Mahony won Best New Starter, Rita Botos Rozsane won the Leadership Award, Eoin Schwarz won the Back of House Award and James Gingell won the Excellence in Customer Service Award. Christine O’Sullivan and Irina Filimonova both received special recognition awards.

In The Gleneagle Group categories Ann Shanahan won the Leadership Award and Alex Gotowski won the Excellence in Customer Service Award. Orla Steinbeck, Niall Doherty, Jacqui Koschan and Andrew Spillane all received special recognition awards.

Special tribute was also paid to the members of the team that submitted a piece of bespoke sculpture to the Creative Company competition currently running on TG4. The team members include Tom Moriarty, Ally O’Riada, Sharon O’Keeffe, Ebony O’Dwyer, Sean McDermott and Aoife Lynch.

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