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CV Workshop Awards Winners 2025

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

Presented during the Auto Trade EXPO and CV Workshop EXPO 2024 in the RDS Dublin, the big winners in the commercial vehicle industry for 2025 were Schaeffler Automotive Aftermarket, winning ‘CV Parts Manufacturer of the Year’, and TRP Ireland, winning ‘CV Workshop Parts Distributor of the Year’.

Maha Ireland won the ‘CV Equipment Supplier of the Year, award, while Rathcoole Commercial in Dublin was named ‘CV Independent Workshop of the Year’.

Both the national and regional ‘CV Parts Main Dealer of the Year’ award went to M50 Truck & Van Centre (not pictured), with Setanta Vehicle Sales Ltd in Ballycoolin also claiming the same feat in the ‘CV Aftersales Main Dealer of the Year’ category.

Dennison Fast Parts in Naas was voted ‘CV Motor Factor of the Year’ for Leinster (Excl. Co. Dublin), as well as the national title.

Corcoran’s Vehicle Repair Centre in Portlaoise was also at the double, being 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.

In the ‘CV Assistance Operator of the Year’ category, Midlands Tyres, headquartered in Borris-in-Ossory, Co. Laois has scooped the national title unopposed, which is a first at the CV Workshop Awards.

The full list of regional award winners is as follows, with a number of recipients pictured below:

CV Independent Workshop of the Year
Connacht/Ulster (Excl. N.I): Mike Kelly Commercials – Galway
Dublin: Rathcoole Commercial, Dublin 24
Leinster (Excl. Co. Dublin): Garahys Test & Service Centre, Birr, Co. Offaly
Munster: Devereux Commercials, Cahir, Co. Tipperary
Northern Ireland: MK Truck Repairs, Enniskillen, Fermanagh

CV Parts Main Dealer of the Year
Connacht/Ulster (Excl. N.I): McElvaney Motors, Monaghan
Dublin: M50 Truck & Van Centre, Dublin 11
Leinster (Excl. Co. Dublin): Kinahan Commercials, Moate
Munster: McCarthy Commercials, Watergrasshill, Co. Cork

CV Aftersales Main Dealer of the Year
Connacht/Ulster (Excl. N.I): Shaw Commercials
Dublin: Setanta Vehicle Sales Ltd. Ballycoolin
Leinster (Excl. Co. Dublin): Gethings Garage, Enniscorthy
Munster: DAF Truck Services Cork

CV Motor Factor of the Year
Connacht/ Ulster (Excl. N.I): Mannions Parts, Oranmore, Co. Galway
Dublin: Truck & Bus Parts, Longmile Road, Dublin
Leinster (Excl. Co. Dublin): Dennison Past Parts, Naas, Co. Klidare
Munster: Transpart Ireland Ltd, Ballyvolane, Co. Cork
Northern Ireland: TVC Parts, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim

CV Bodyshop of the Year
Connacht/Ulster (Excl. N.I): Westruck, Milltown, Co. Galway
Dublin: TTW – Truck & Trailer Works – Baldoyle
Leinster (Excl. Co. Dublin): Corcoran’s Vehicle Repair Centre, Portlaoise
Munster: MK Auto Body Repair, Cloyne, Co. Cork
Northern Ireland: Lennons Accident Repair – Cookstown, Co. Tyrone

CV Recovery Operator of the Year
Connacht/Ulster (Excl. N.I): James Foy Auto Service, Dromore West, Co. Sligo
Dublin: Derek Beahan Recovery, Inchicore, Dublin.
Leinster (Excl. Co. Dublin): Hamills 24 Hr Recovery, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
Munster: D. Dennehy Ltd., Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork.

CV Assistance Operator of the Year
Midland Tyres, Borris-in-Ossory, Co. Laois

Graham Andrew of Schaeffler Automotive Aftermarket with the CV Parts Manufacturer of the Year trophy.
Eoin Mallon of Maha Ireland pictured with the CV Equipment Supplier of the Year award.
The team at TRP Ireland collecting their CV Workshop Parts Distributor of the Year award.
Barry Martin of Rathcoole Commercial, winners of the national and regional CV Independent Workshop of the Year award.
l-r: Ivan Fleming, John Cummins and Mark Finnegan of Setanta Vehicle Sales, CV Aftersales Main Dealer of the Year.
Derek Beahan of Derek Beahan Recovery in Dublin, CV Recovery Operator of the Year.
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).
John Browne of Dennison Fast Parts, CV Motor Factor of the Year.
Chris Parle accepts the CV Assistance Operator of the Year award on behalf of Midlands Tyres.
Andrew Moore of TVC Parts, CV Motor Factor 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.
Kieran and Ethna Garahy of Garahys Test & Service Centre, CV Independent Workshop of the Year for Leinster (Excl. Co. Dublin).
James Devereaux (left) and Brian English of Devereux Commercials, CV Independent Workshop of the Year for Munster.
Peter Hamill of Hamills 24 Hr Recovery, CV Recovery Operator of the Year for Leinster (Excl. Co. Dublin).
Donal Kenny of Kinahan Commercials, CV Parts Main Dealer of the Year for Leinster (Excl. Co. Dublin).
James Foy of James Foy Auto Service, CV Recovery Operator of the Year for Connacht/Ulster (Excl. Northern Ireland).
Peter Dennehy of D. Dennehy Ltd., CV Recovery Operator of the Year for Munster.
Declan Murray of DAF Truck Services Cork, CV Aftersales Main Dealer of the Year for Munster.
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.