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Vehicle repair industry wins big in 2025 Irish Auto Trade Awards

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The prestigious Irish Auto Trade Awards and CV Workshop Awards made a welcome return this year, which were fiercely contested across both national and regional categories.

Presented during last weekend’s Auto Trade EXPO and CV Workshop EXPO in the RDS Dublin, the big winners in the bodyshop and collision repair industry for 2025 were Mirka, who won ‘Bodyshop Consumables Brand of the Year’, and Car-O-Liner, winning ‘Bodyshop Tools & Equipment Supplier of the Year’.

PPG was named ‘Paint Brand of the Year’, while the ‘Paint Distributor of the Year’ award went to Synergy Vehicle Refinishing Solutions Ireland (VRSI).

Sleators Bodyshop in Mullingar was voted the overall ‘Bodyshop of the Year’ for 2025, following victory in the Leinster (Excl. Co. Dublin) regional awards.

The other regional award winners included a joint-winner in the Dublin area, which was Accident Repair Centre in Tallaght, and ACE AutoBody in Coolock. Autoright in Cork won the Munster award, Mackins Accident Repair Centre scooped the Northern Ireland award, while Collision Experts Galway was voted Bodyshop of the Year for Connacht/Ulster (excluding Northern Ireland).

Over in the CV Workshop Awards, Corcoran’s Vehicle Repair Centre in Portlaoise was voted the overall ‘CV Bodyshop of the Year’ for 2025, as well as the regional award for Leinster (Excl. Co Dublin). Derek Beahan Recovery in Dublin won the ‘CV Recovery Operator of the Year’ award.

The remaining CV Bodyshop of the Year regional award winners were: Westruck Spray Painting in Co Galway (Connacht/Ulster excluding Northern Ireland); TTW – Truck & Trailer Works (Dublin); MK Auto Body Repair in Co. Cork (Munster); and Lennons Accident Repair in Co. Tyrone (Northern Ireland).

Elsewhere at the Auto Trade EXPO, ARM Distribution won a ‘Best Compact Stand’ award for its impressive display of wheel alignment, ADAS and welding solutions.

Steve Smith (left) and Ross Hanna of Mirka accept the Bodyshop Consumables Brand of the Year award.
Stuart Alexander of Car-O-Liner accepts the Bodyshop Tools & Equipment Supplier of the Year award.
l-r: Josef Jones, Brian Bruen and Mark Lawless of PPG accept the Paint Brand of the Year 2025 award.
L-r: Daniel Kirwan, Peter Grey, Karl Walsh, Darragh Byrne and James Logue of Synergy VRSI accept the Paint Distributor of the Year 2025 award.
Stephen O’Hara of Sleators Bodyshop, overall ‘Bodyshop of the Year’ for 2025.
Andrew Farrelly of ACE AutoBody in Coolock, joint-winner in Dublin for Bodyshop of the Year.
Owen Cullen of Accident Repair Centre in Tallaght, joint-winner in Dublin for Bodyshop of the Year.
Aidan and Andrew Dunlea of Autoright in Cork, Bodyshop of the Year for Munster.
Patrick Mackins of Mackins Accident Repair Centre, Bodyshop of the Year for Northern Ireland.
Jonathan Penny (left) and Stephen Maher of Collision Experts Galway, Bodyshop of the Year for Connacht/Ulster (excluding Northern Ireland).
Ger Corcoran of Corcoran’s Vehicle Repair Centre in Portlaoise, the overall ‘CV Bodyshop of the Year’ for 2025, as well as the regional winner for Leinster (Excl. Co Dublin).
Derek Beahan of Derek Beahan Recovery in Dublin, CV Recovery Operator of the Year.
TTW – Truck & Trailer Works, CV Bodyshop of the Year for Dublin. Back row l-r: Colin Draper, Stephen O’Brien and Ricky Burke. Front row l-r: Emmet Mooney, Mark Riordan, Ronan Ismail and Gerard Healy.
Linda, Paul, and Don Lennon of Lennons Accident Repair, CV Bodyshop of the Year for Northern Ireland.
Stephen O’Leary (left) and Cyril Egan of Westruck Spray Painting, CV Bodyshop of the Year for Connacht/Ulster excluding Northern Ireland.
Best Compact Stand award winners ARM Distribution. L-r: Liam Stanley, John Ahern, Robin Sutton, Carolanne Reidy, and Darren O’Reilly.