Mayo’s Ryan O’Donoghue and Limerick’s Gearóid Hegarty win top Player of the Year awards at the PwC All-Star awards held in the RDS. O’Donoghue is named 2026 Footballer of the Year, while Hegarty is crowned Hurler of the Year for a second time.
Across outlets, the basic results are the same: both players receive their sport’s top individual honours at the event. RTE News presents the awards as the central news, pairing both winners in one lead. The Belfast Telegraph also focuses on O’Donoghue’s accolade, adding the context that it caps a “historic year” for Mayo and noting Hegarty’s second hurling award.
The Irish Mirror includes a more personal angle, highlighting O’Donoghue’s reaction after receiving the prize, while still identifying the award as the PwC GAA GPA footballer of the year. Overall, coverage aligns on who won and what they won, with differences mainly in emphasis and framing rather than in the reported outcomes.
