Rory McIlroy has been crowned RTÉ’s Sportsperson of the Year over the weekend.
Earlier this month, he was also named BBC’s Sportsperson of the Year. So it’s safe to say he’s having a great December!
This is Rory’s third RTÉ Sport Sportsperson of the Year award, having previously been honoured in 2011 and 2014.
He accepted the award remotely, saying: “Very proud to win my third one of these. 2025 has been an incredible year for me. I think if I rewound 12 months ago and I was setting goals for 2025 and what I thought it would look like, I don’t think I could have come up with this year in my wildest dreams.”
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Also in contention this year was the likes of boxer Aoife O’Rourke, footballer David Clifford and soccer stars Katie McCabe and Troy Parrott.
Rory became the sixth man to complete a career Grand Slam of all four majors when he won the Masters back in April.
Swimmer John Shortt was crowned RTÉ Sport Young Sportsperson of the Year.
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The Galway teenager was a gold-medallist in the 200m Backstroke at the European Short-Course Championships and went on to win double gold at the World Junior Championships.
He beat out F2 star Alex Dunne, the youngest-ever scorer of a UEFA Conference League goal Michael Noonan and Paralympian silver medalist Roisín Ní Ríain.
