The Irish Security Industry
Association (ISIA) hosted the ISIA Awards and 50th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday 10th November
at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. The awards
were attended by over 250 individuals from the private security industry, suppliers to the industry and security managers from a variety of industries.
Also in attendance were members of the Private Security Authority, An Garda
Síochána, FÁS and the Dublin Fire Brigade.
As pointed out by ISIA President, Sean Malone “The ISIA Awards
contributes to ensuring that standards within the security industry are kept
high”. Malone thanked all those ISIA
members “who took the time to reflect on the excellence of their employees and
the outstanding work being done in the industry”. There were eight awards presented on the night, with three categories being introduced for the first time this year.
The Premier Award
The Premier Award, sponsored by Noonan, was presented to Dublin Fire Brigade who celebrates their 150th
Anniversary this year. Dublin Fire
Brigade is the largest full time brigade in the country providing fire and
emergency response service to over 1.2 million people. With responsibility for high risk sites
throughout Dublin city and county their services are critical to our capital
city. The ISIA was honoured to present
this year’s Premier Award to Dublin Fire Brigade which was accepted on behalf
of all the men and women of Dublin Fire Brigade by Chief Fire Officer, Stephen
Brady.
The Courage Award
This year’s recipient of the
Courage Award was Joanne O’Riordan, a truly remarkable individual. Joanne is one of seven people in the world
with total amelia, but she has not let this stop her from anything. O’Riordan challenged the Taoiseach on the
issue of cuts that would impact on those with disabilities, asked women
scientists around the world to build her a robot and was invited to address the
United Nations on this very topic, which she did earlier this year just after
her sixteenth birthday. Joanne O’Riordan
is an inspiration and the ISIA were thrilled to be in a position to recognise her
courage with this award, which was sponsored by Synergy Security
Solutions.
Security Officer of the Year
The award for Security Officer
of the Year was presented to Tony Gorman, Noonan, for the exceptional service
and outstanding contribution he makes as a security officer at Penney’s, Eyre Square,
Galway. There were also two merit award
recipients on the night; Andrew Dolan, ISS, for the work he carries out at IBEC
and Mihhail Roman, EPM Ireland, for the work he carries out at Swords Business
Campus and Stream Global Services.
Security Supervisor of the Year
The award for Security
Supervisor of the Year was presented to Jerome O’Donovan, Noonan, for the
outstanding work he does at EMC Cork, where he is responsible for supervising twelve
officers in addition to remotely managing the security operations of
twenty-seven locations across EMEA. There
were also three merit award recipients on the night; Sean Kavangh, ISS, for the
work he carries out at AOL; Martin Keville, Synergy Security Solutions, for the
work he carries out at Tara Mines (Boliden) and Marcus Smith, Synergy Security
Solutions, for the work he carries out at Bord Gáis Energy.
Event Security Person of the Year
The winner of the Event Security
Person of the Year award was Pat Douglas, Pulse Security Management, who was
specifically nominated for the work he carries out at the Guinness Storehouse
and the contribution he makes to the security and overall experience of
visitors to Ireland’s most popular visitor attraction. There were also two merit award recipients on
the night; Derek Dunne, Sword, for the work he carried out at the London
Olympic Games and Martin McKevitt, Renaissance Security Services, for the work
he carries out for Horse Racing Ireland.
Electronic Security Apprentice of the Year
In 2007 FÁS introduced an Electronic
Security Apprenticeship allowing those working in the area of electronic
security to gain a craft with global recognition. This year, for the first time, the ISIA
recognised those ISIA apprentices nearing completion of the
apprenticeship. The award was sponsored
by GVD in association with Milestone and the winner was Donagh Kane from Jade. There were three finalists also recognised on
the night; Andrew Fleming of Xenon Security Systems, Shane Kennedy of Stanley
Security Solutions and Glen Lunney of G4S Monitoring Ireland.
Industry Contribution Award
Private security is filled with
individuals who work tirelessly on a voluntary basis to improve their industry. This year the ISIA wished to recognise these
efforts and introduced the Industry Contribution Award sponsored by Stanley
Security Solutions. The award was
presented to the Security Systems Training Council (SSTC) who gave their own
time to assist FÁS with the development of the Electronic Security Apprenticeship and continue to work closely with FÁS on recognition of prior learning (RPL) to ensure those experienced in the industry have an opportunity to also earn a craft.
Innovation in Security
The award for innovation in security was
developed to foster and encourage innovation in the security industry. Sarah O’Donnell, Communications Director with
the ISIA stated “the submissions this year were of a very high standard and we
were delighted to be able to say that innovation is a key component in the
success of each of the finalists selected”. There were four finalists selected; G4S, MTS Security, Stanley Security Solutions and TDS.
The award was sponsored by Anixter and the winner was TDS. “The TDS submission was based on a piece of
work they completed for Google”, stated Martin Crothers, Past President of the
ISIA, “but what stood out about TDS is the true culture of innovation in their
organisation which impacts on everything they do as a company”.
The ISIA would like to thank all of the guests who attended on the night, those members who supported the spirit of awards by first of all recognising the excellence within their own companies and of course all of the sponsors without whom the event would not be possible.
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