Michael Dunlop has been named as Irish Motorcyclist of the Year for the third time.
The 36-year-old collected the Joey Dunlop Trophy at the annual gala awards evening on Friday night following another successful year on road race circuits in Ireland and on the Isle of Man.
Dunlop added four further IOM TT victories – two in the Supersport class and two in the Supertwins category – to extend his record number of successes at the iconic Manx event to 33.
The Ballymoney rider also brought to an end a nine-year drought at the North West 200 when he secured a hat-trick of wins over the 8.97-mile Triangle circuit.
He took triumphs in the Supersport and Superstock races during Thursday night’s racing, and followed that up with a win in the second Superbike event of the meeting on Saturday.
Dunlop also took doubles at the Cookstown 100 and Tandragee 100 Irish national road race events. Dunlop’s dramatic Superbike win at the North West 200 was named Race of the Year.
Jonathan Rea, who called time on his distinguished World Superbike career at the end of the 2025 season, was presented with a Special Recognition Award in light of his six consecutive titles in the series from 2015 to 2020.
