Octabuild Awards

MERCHANT EXCELLENCE AWARDS

Haldane Fisher triumphs at Octabuild Awards 2022

Octabuild Chairperson Ray Molyneaux with Rising Star winner Laura Cassidy, Rooney’s Homevalue, Kells.

Haldane Fisher, Newry has won the overall Octabuild Award for Excellence 2022 at the fi rst-ever all-island Octabuild Builders Merchant Excellence Awards. The company also won the Northern Ireland Regional Award. The awards’ ceremony was recently held in Dublin and attended by over 300 guests, including shortlisted merchants and representatives from builders merchants across the entire country. Guest of honour was Michael McGrath TD, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

Since these prestigious awards were first introduced in 1986, this is the first year they have been held on an all-island basis. Previously awards were held in Ireland and Northern Ireland on alternate years. This year builders merchants competed for four regional awards, five individual category awards and a rising star award.

Eleven awards were presented in total, as well as the Octabuild Lifetime Achievement Award, which went to Brian Wogan, Dunleer Hardware, Dunleer, Co Louth.

The event was hosted by the eight Octabuild members – Dulux, Etex, Glennon Brothers, Grant Engineering, Gyproc, Irish Cement, Kingspan Insulation and Wavin.

Octabuild Award winners 2022

Connacht/Donegal/Monaghan/Cavan Regional Award: Joyce’s Hardware & Home, Galway. Leinster Regional Award: Rooney’s Homevalue, Kells, Co Meath. Munster Regional Award: Morris Builders Providers Ltd, Waterford. Northern Ireland Regional Award: Haldane Fisher, Newry, Co Down. Excellence in Business Management Award: Chadwicks, Coolock, Dublin. Excellence in Customer Service Award: Nioclás Ó Conchubhair, Teo Homevalue, Connemara, Co Galway. Excellence in Sales & Marketing Award: Ganly’s, Longford. Excellence in Sustainable Business Award: Brooks Timber & Building Supplies Ltd, Galway. Excellence in Community Outreach: Chadwicks, Thomas Street, Dublin. Rising Star Award: Laura Cassidy, Rooney’s Homevalue, Kells, Co Meath.

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