With thanks to Screen Ireland and ICLA for supporting the Zebbie Awards 2026, and our photographer Beta Bajgart, we are delighted to share with you photos from the night. Congratulations to all our nominees and winners and thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate the writing community. A very special evening!
Eilish Kent and Producer Grace Odumosu – Best Short Film Script: The Knife – Joy Nesbitt Rodney Lee and Lena Byrne – Best Children’s & Young People’s TV Script: The Unreal, S2 Ep1 – Rodney LeePeter Dunne and Gavin Burke – Best Radio & Audio Drama Script: Spooky FM: Jingle Hells – Peter DunneCiaran Hayden and Amanda Farley – Best Continuing Drama Script: Fair City, S36 Ep25 – Senta RichMary Kate O’Flanagan and John Morton – Best Theatre Script: Denouement – John MortonAilbhe Keogan and Dee Roycroft – Best TV Drama Script: Trespasses, Ep4 – Ailbhe KeoganAideen McCarthy and Sheena Lambert – Best Feature Film Script: Báite – Sheena LambertZélie Asava and Ciara Ni É – Best Debut Script: Claonadh (An Inclination) – Ciara Ní É Sarah Gordon, Damian McCann and Laura Ní Cheallaigh – Best Irish Language ScriptAontas – Sarah Gordon & Damian McCann Jennifer Davidson, Chair of the Writers’ Guild of Ireland, with writer, actor and comedian Tara Flynn, who hosted the Zebbie Awards.Sharyn Ward
