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The Irish Contract Cleaning Association (ICCA) presented its Industry Awards in Dublin recently. A total of 32 trophies were presented to those who keep the country's hospitals, campuses and workplaces clean.

The University College Dublin Campus, cleaned by Bidvest Noonan, was named the best site in the country - taking the Overall Winning Site title.

The judges, Lynn Webster and Lorraine Larman, described the UCD contract as one that "ticks all the boxes". It is built on a client relationship of more than 30 years, and the team supports about 4,000 events on campus each year.

Both overall individual titles went to staff at Samsic Facility. Ana Lucaci Valerica, who works at LinkedIn's offices in Dublin, was named Overall Winning Site Cleaning Operative. Eva Kekesne Gulyas, who leads the cleaning team at Pinterest's Dublin office, was named Overall Winning Site Supervisor.

Derrycourt Cleaning Specialiststook all six healthcare awards. Its team at Children's Health Ireland (CHI) at Tallaght won the site, supervisor and operative awards in the acute category. Its team at St Mary's Hospital in the Phoenix Park did the same in the non-acute category.

Derrycourt's Alin Gavriliu was also named Rising Star. He began as a frontline cleaning operative and is now site manager at an acute hospital, leading more than 150 operatives. The company's Crime Scene Cleaning Team was named Cleaning Team of the Year for its work in demanding and sensitive environments.

In retail, Bidvest Noonan's team at Kildare Village won all three awards. Among the winners was site operative Agnieszka Sadlak, who has not taken a sick day in 18 years.

Bidvest Noonan also won the Technological Innovation/Digital Transformation Award for its TASK platform, which replaced 21 separate systems with one. Aramark won the Training & People Development Award. SeaClean's contract at Indeed's Capital Dock offices was named Best Cleaned Premises by a Small Company.

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