Dundalk-born doctor Austin Duffy has been announced as the winner of the 26th Francis MacManus Short Story Competition on RTÉ Radio 1.
The Washington DC-based oncologist's story, 'Orca', tells of the relationship between a young doctor and a paediatric patient, who is terminally ill with cancer.
It is described "as a fascinating insight into the rarely explored world of a cancer ward and a doctor’s engagement with a young life that is ebbing away, written from the inside with a vividness and control that is both moving and assured in style".
As part of his prize, Duffy received a cheque for €3,000 from the Head of RTÉ Radio 1, Jim Jennings.
Read by Hugh O'Conor, 'Orca' will be broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1 on Monday 6 June.
