Spotlighted for transformative sector leadership last year, Conall Bolger, CEO of Solar Ireland, was shortlisted for CEO of the Year at The Association and Institutes Awards 2025, acknowledged for delivering groundbreaking policy achievements, championing diversity through WISE(IR), and driving significant solar capacity expansion across Ireland's renewable energy landscape. Bolger's strategic direction addressed critical barriers constraining Ireland's solar sector development, converting fragmented advocacy into unified policy influence whilst positioning the association as essential to achieving national decarbonisation targets and accelerating the transition from fossil fuel dependence to renewable energy infrastructure.