gradireland Awards 2026: Shortlist

Best Candidate Application, Onboarding, or Induction Experience

A&L Goodbody LLP

Accenture    

Allianz    

BAM    

Bank of Ireland    

Boston Scientific    

Deloitte    

EY    

Grifols    

Kainos    

Kerry Group    

KPMG    

Kraft Heinz    

Workday

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Best Internship Programme

Best Internship Programme – intake over 50

AbbVie    

Deloitte    

EY    

KPMG    

Matheson LLP    

PwC    

QT Technologies Ireland  Limited (Qualcomm Ireland)    

Vodafone    

William Fry LLP

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Best Internship Programme – intake up to 50

A&L Goodbody LLP    

Accenture    

Bristol Myers Squibb    

Fidelity Investments    

Guidewire    

Medtronic    

MongoDB    

Motorola Solutions    

Scotiabank (Ireland)    

Uisce Éireann    

Vodafone    

Workday

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Best Student Marketing Campaign

BDO Ireland    

Bristol Myers Squibb    

Deloitte    

EirGrid    

EY    

Forvis Mazars    

Grifols    

ifac    

KPMG    

Lidl    

Mason Hayes & Curran    

William Fry LLP

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Best Graduate Development and Training Programme

Business/Management Programmes Category

Sponsored by CIPD

AbbVie    

Bank of Ireland    

BDO Ireland    

Kingspan Group    

Musgrave    

Tirlán    

Workday

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Specialist/Professional Training Programmes Category

Sponsored by CIPD

A&L Goodbody LLP    

Accenture    

AIB    

BAM    

BDO Ireland    

BnM    

Boston Scientific    

capSpire Ltd.    

Dornan - Planning

Dornan - Commercial

Dornan - Engineering

Ekco    

EY    

Fidelity Investments    

ifac    

KPMG    

National Treasury Management  Agency - GROW Associate Programme    

PwC    

William Fry LLP    

Workday

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Graduate Employer of the Year

Graduate Employer of the Year intake over 40

Sponsored by SHL

Accenture    

AIB    

Bank of Ireland    

BDO Ireland    

Deloitte    

ESB    

EY    

Grant Thornton    

KPMG    

PwC    

Salesforce

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Graduate Employer of the Year intake up to 40

Sponsored by SHL

A&L  Goodbody LLP    

AbbVie    

BAM    

BnM    

Boston Scientific    

Dublin Aerospace    

Grifols    

Irish Cement    

Kerry Group    

Kingspan Group    

Medtronic    

Musgrave    

RBK    

Workday

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The gradireland Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Recruitment Award

Sponsored by ahead

A&L  Goodbody LLP    

AIB    

Allianz    

EirGrid    

ESB    

Guidewire    

Kainos    

KPMG    

Mason Hayes & Curran    

Matheson LLP    

PwC    

Uisce Éireann    

Workday

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The gradireland Sustainability in Early Talent Recruitment Award

BnM    

EirGrid    

Guidewire    

ifac    

KPMG    

Matheson LLP

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The gradireland Graduate Employee of the Year

AbbVie -  Philip McQuiggan    

Accenture - Ali Sheilds    

Applegreen - Rob O'Connell    

BAM - Siobhán Coyle    

Bank of Ireland - Twisha Soni    

Deloitte - Eve Henry    

Dornan - Daire Faherty    

Dublin Aerospace - Natalie  Hughes    

EirGrid - Aoife Healy    

EY - Emily Ward    

Guidewire - Merna Aboulila    

Kerry Group - Niamh Lawlor    

KPMG - Carmel Casey    

Kraft Heinz - Sarah Holmes    

Medtronic - Leonie Moran    

Musgrave - Sarah Synnott

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Best Use of Innovation and Technology in Early Careers Award

KPMG

Maynooth University School of Business