Leading Offaly firm takes top place in prestigious national business awards

Offaly company, Glenisk has picked up the top award at the Guaranteed Irish Business Awards 2024, which are proudly sponsored by PTSB.

The winners were announced at a gala dinner in the RDS where 400 people enjoyed celebrating their achievements over the past year.

Hosted by satirist and impressionist Oliver Callan, a surprise Riverdance act led to the celebratory mood as guests networked with the best of business in Ireland, both indigenous and multinational, across various sectors.  

Picking up the Guaranteed Irish Business of the Year award was Killeigh based Glenisk, who employ 90 people across Ireland and contribute so generously to their community.

Guaranteed Irish Special Recognition Award for 2024 was Dr. Maire Geoghegan-Quinn. Dr. Geoghegan-Quinn chaired an independent panel of experts in a national review addressing systemic gender inequality in higher education resulting in a published report in 2016. 
An independent panel of distinguished industry leaders from names including An Post, Aer Rianta, FBD Insurance, and IDA Ireland amongst others, had the tough task of shortlisting a total of 174 finalists after whittling down hundreds of entries.

The categories this year included Beauty & Fashion; Construction, Engineering & Manufacturing; Craft, Home & Gifting; E-Commerce; Food & Beverage; Pharmaceutical, Healthcare & MedTech; Professional Services; Retail, Tourism & Hospitality; and Technology.  
Guaranteed Irish Business Awards 2024: Overall Winner - Glenisk

Guaranteed Irish Business of the Year Category: Winner, Glenisk 
Food Supplier or Producer Category: Winner Glenisk, sponsored by SuperValu & Centra  
Family Run Business Category: Winner Glenisk, sponsored by Energia
Brid O’Connell, CEO, Guaranteed Irish, said: “What a start to the year we have had, we have launched a Guaranteed Irish stamp and a new advertising campaign “The Guarantee of Guaranteed Irish”, and we close out Q1 with this Gala event to celebrate with our members and to acknowledge 50 years of Guaranteed Irish. I wish to acknowledge our Judges, who had a difficult decision this year as the number, and calibre of entries were exceptionally high. The event was sold out weeks in advance, so we hope all who were able to attend had a night to remember. 
Congratulations to all our winners - we have been overwhelmed with the reception to and interest in the awards this year, we are delighted to have sold out a large venue such as the RDS.  It is fantastic to be able to celebrate Ireland’s leading businesses who continue to support Irish jobs, community and provenance.” 
Patrick Farrell, Director of Retail Banking, PTSB, said: “As an Irish business ourselves, PTSB is honoured to partner with Guaranteed Irish in recognising the determination, innovation and contribution of so many wonderful, locally based businesses across the country.  We were delighted to sponsor the 50^th anniversary awards ceremony and celebrate the hard work, focus and creativity that has been shown by so many over the last year and I would like to extend my warmest congratulations to each of the winners and nominees across all categories.”