Bill’s List

Best writers on politics in the newspapers

  • Stephen Collins – Irish Times
  • Fionnan Sheehan – Irish Independent
  • Michael Clifford – Sunday Tribune
  • Pat Leahy – Sunday Business Post

Secular saint and Polymath

  • Fintan O’Toole – Irish Times

Columnists

  • Ivan Yates – Irish Examiner
  • Terry Prone – Irish Examiner

Political sketch writers

  • Andrew Gimson – Daily Telegraph
  • Miriam Lord – Irish Independent
  • Olivia O’Leary – RTE Radio
  • Michael O’Regan – Irish Times
  • Lise Hand – Irish Independent

Biggest Wellies

  • Gene Kerrigan – Sunday Independent
  • Vincent Browne – TV3, Irish Times and Sunday Business Post

Advocacy

  • Fergus Finlay – Irish Examiner

Radioheads

  • George Hook Newstalk
  • Eamonn Keane Newstalk
  • Pat Kenny RTE 1

Ringmaster

  • Joe Duffy RTE 1

Most interesting

  • Talking History —– Newstalk

Best former taoiseach

  • John Bruton in foreign fields
  • Garret Fitzgerald on domestic matters

Biggest “feckless didderer” 

  • Bertie Ahern

Best self publicist

  • Michael O’Leary – Ryanair
  • Eamonn Dunphy – RTE

Alone he stands

  • Kevin Myers – Indo ex times.

Gentleman

  • James Downey

Conservative Catholics

  • David Quinn – Irish Independent
  • Breda O’Brien – Irish Times
  • Mary Kenny – whereever

Most one-eyed columnist

  • Willie O’Dea – Fianna Fail is never to blame your honour

Most self regarding Fianna Fail hack

  • Noel Whelan

Best Book on Bertie

  • Bertie Ahern and the Drumcondra Mafia by Michael Clifford and Shane Coleman.

Best book on why not to vote FF ever:

  • The Boss by Joe Joyce and Peter Murtagh

Best rugby writers

  • Neil Francis
  • Gerry Thornley
  • Liam Toland
  • Stuart Barnes
  • Brendan Fanning
  • Hugh Farrelly

Worst rugby writer

  • Stephen Jones – Sunday Times

Best GAA writers

  • Tom Humphries
  • Eugene Magee
  • Martin Brehony 
  • Liam Hayes

Best Sports writers 

  • Con Houlihan 
  • David Walsh