*Nicola Corless.
ENNIS woman Nicola Corless was among the winners in the 2024 International Business Awards.
Living in Ennis since 2007, the Mayo native is a former journalist with The Clare Champion. She is currently the Communications and Marketing Manager of Lero where she has been recognised once again with another accolade.
Known as the “International Stevies”, this is the 21st year of the International Business Awards which are open to organisations of all sizes worldwide, and attracted more than 3,600 nominations from 62 countries, across a wide range of categories.
Nicola will receive the Communications Professional of the Year Silver Stevie® Award for her work as Communications and Marketing Manager of Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, headquartered at University of Limerick.
Judges commended Nicola for her “exceptional skills and dedication” with one judge noting “her significant contributions to Lero, demonstrating her strategic impact, innovative approach, and measurable successes in enhancing the organisation’s media presence and engagement”.
Lero Director, Professor Lionel Briand, commended Nicola on her win, “Lero has built an outstanding research reputation over the years and Nicola’s work has helped us to manage, leverage and augment this. Nicola is a leader in her field and winning this internationally recognised award showcases this,” he said.
A journalism graduate of Dublin City University, Nicola was formerly communications officer at the University of Limerick. Prior to that she worked as a journalist and in marketing for Irish and multi-national web companies.
Prior to joining UL’s Marketing and Communications department in September 2016, Nicola’s name was familiar among the people of Clare through her work with The Clare Champion. During her time at the publication, she won Feature Story of the Year Award at the Local Ireland journalism awards.
Nicola is a previous winner at the International Business Awards having led Lero to win a Silver for its re-brand at last year’s awards, while also previously winning a Gold and a Silver for her public relations work with University of Limerick in 2017.
