Golfing hero among People of Year winners
PORTRUSH golfer Graeme McDowell, was honoured on Sunday night for his stunning win at the 110th US Open, one of the world's four major golf championships, when he was presented with a People of the Year award in Dublin.
The Rathmore player was the first Irishman and the first European since 1970 to lift the trophy and he was given his award at a star-studded ceremony broadcast live on RTE from Citywest hotel.
The late Gerry Ryan was posthumously awarded for his unique contribution to Irish radio on RTE over 30 years, and unrivalled broadcasting skills that "ranged effortlessly from the utterly sensitive and intimate to the fantastically flamboyant and theatrical."
The award was presented by friend and 2fm colleague, Dave Fanning to Gerry's children Lottie and Rex.