The votes are in… Thousands of you took to the polls to salute the men who, individually or as part of a collective, provided some glimmer of light in what has been a pretty gloomy 12 months. There were plenty of categories across a variety of different fields, but it did give us scope to […]

10 years ago

2016 might have been crap in a general sense, but there was certainly welcome relief to be found in a sporting sense. Having already focussed specifically on football, rugby and GAA, this category seeks to honour those who excelled in fields and arenas outside of that big three, such as the Olympics (excluding all administrative […]

10 years ago

Worthy contenders all, but only one can get your vote. The JOE Men of the Year awards are mostly about individuals, but many of those individuals shone as part of a collective and it would be remiss of us not to acknowledge some of the outstanding team efforts of 2016. It was hard to narrow […]

10 years ago

Who gets your vote? Of all of the categories in the JOE Men of the Year awards, this one proved to be one of the most difficult when it came to finalising the list of contenders. Merging the TV and movie star categories (both were separate in 2015) presented difficulties, as did the sheer wealth […]

10 years ago

Who made you laugh in 2016? Given the annus horribilis the world has gone through in the last 12 months, we’ve needed laughter more than ever in 2016. There’s never a shortage of people able to draw a laugh in these parts and all five nominees delivered plenty of them over the last year. Cast your […]

10 years ago

At the end of this year’s Six Nations, it was hard to escape the feeling that the atmosphere around rugby in Ireland had fallen a little bit flat. A disappointing Rugby World Cup was followed by an equally disappointing Six Nations campaign, the provinces (with one notable exception) weren’t exactly tearing it up and for […]

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