The Irish Daily Mail's Anne Sheridan has been honoured as one of 2024's Women of the Year for her award-winning investigation into allegations of child abuse by the late Bishop of Galway Eamonn Casey.
News Editor Ms Sheridan garnered 'international attention and praise for her exceptional investigation', the awards ceremony was told on Saturday at the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin.
Her ground-breaking scoops for the Mail and The Irish Mail on Sunday led to the RTÉ documentary Buried Secrets, which helped reveal to the world what Casey did.
In 2019, the Galway Diocese told Ms Sheridan it had received just one allegation of child sexual abuse against Bishop Casey, but later confirmed it had records of 'five people who had complained of childhood sexual abuse against Bishop Casey'.
It was also revealed how the Limerick Diocese paid more than €100,000 in a settlement to one of Casey's accusers after his death in 2017. Several women accused Casey of sexual abuse, with two receiving compensation following a High Court trial.
His niece Patricia Donovan alleged in 2019 that she was repeatedly raped by Casey when she was five years old and assaulted sexually by him for more than a decade.
Casey died in a Clare nursing home aged 89 and was buried in the crypt in Galway Cathedral, although a campaign is underway to disinter him.
The Irish Tatler Women of the Year Awards, in partnership with Davy, celebrates talent, ingenuity and innovation. Women were honoured across 19 categories, with Ms Sheridan taking the Media prize.
Other winners included Eva Birthistle, who received the Film and Drama award, and the Women of Honour, who took the overall Women of 2024 award for their work exposing allegations of abuse in the Defence Forces.
