Siobhan Talbot from Glanbia was one of 11 winners of The Irish Times Business Person of the Month Awards which were launched last May. At an awards ceremony in the Mansion House in Dublin on Wednesday she was named overall Business Person of the Year.

An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar presented her with the award. The awards are organised by KPMG and The Irish Times to recognise outstanding achievement in Irish business.

CRH won The Irish Times Company of the Year Award. The Irish Times Top 1,000 Distinguished Leader in Business Award was presented to Mark FitzGerald, chair of estate agent Sherry FitzGerald.

Newry-based sports technology group Statsports Technologies won the Deal of the Year Award for its €1.14bn deal with the official governing body of soccer in the US.

Mark Bourke from AIB won the Chief Financial Officer of the Year Award.

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