BEST EMERGING WRITER JUDGE (chair)

Dearbhail McDonald

Dearbhail McDonald is an award-winning Irish journalist, author, broadcaster and motivational speaker. A global Eisenhower Fellow, the former Group Business Editor at Independent News and Media is a recipient of the Mary Cummins Award for Women of Outstanding Achievement in Media. The Newry born writer is the author of ‘Bust: How the Courts Have Exposed the Rotten Heart of the Irish Economy’ and is a member of the board of Fighting Words, Ireland’s national creative writing centre for children and young adults.

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