'The Secret Scripture' by Sebastian Barry won two awards at the Irish Book Awards ceremony, which was held at the Mansion House in Dublin last night.

IBNA: According to RTÉ, the Costa Prize-winning novel won in the two categories in which it was nominated: Irish Novel of the Year and the RTÉ Radio 1's 'The Tubridy Show' Listeners' Choice Award.

Marian Keyes won the Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year award for 'This Charming Man'.

AdvertisementThe award for Best Irish-Published Book of the Year was won by Alice Taylor for 'The Parish'.

The Irish Newcomer of the Year award went to Dubliner Ronan O'Brien, author of 'Confessions of a Fallen Angel'.

For the first time Irish crime writing was celebrated at the awards, with Alex Barclay winning the Irish Crime Fiction Book of the Year award for 'Blood Runs Cold'.

Derek Landy was the recipient of the Irish Children's Book of the Year (Senior) for his book 'Skulduggery Pleasant - Playing with Fire'.

Benji Bennett won the Irish Children's Book of the Year (Junior) for 'Before You Sleep'.

Seamus Heaney and Dennis O'Driscoll won the Irish Non-Fiction Book of the Year award for 'Stepping Stones'.

Ronan O'Gara was the recipient of the Irish Sports Book of the Year award for 'My Autobiography'.

Distinguished Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer Edna O'Brien was this year's recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, which was presented by Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney.

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