Live blogging was expected but in the best tradition of blog/tech events in Ireland the wifi failed…
* Best Popculture blog – Sponsored by Weeno.ie
* Best Blog from a Journalist – Redfly Marketing
* Best Crafts Blog – thisisknit.ie
* Best Arts and Culture Blog – Poetry Ireland
* Best Political Blog – Revolution
* Best Group Blog – SalesJobs.ie
* Best Use of the Irish Language in a Blog – Edgecast
* Best Technology Blog/Blogger – Bitbuzz
* Best Designed Blog – Buckley
* Best Sport & Recreation Blog – Boards.ie
* Best News/Current Affairs Blog -
Joint winners
* Best Specialist Blog – iq Content
* Best Business Blog – FirstPartners
* Best Music Blog – DownloadMusic.ie
* Special Recognition Award
Simon McGarr from Tuppenceworth.ie and Ryan from Rymus
* Best Personal Blog – Microsoft
Joint Winners
* Most Humorous Post – Glandore
* Best Blog Post – LouderVoice
Fatmammycat.com – Fox hunting, horses and a girl’s awakening
More later on a mad but very successful night, and yes I won and I’m really honoured and chuffed! Well done to Squid @ Limerick Blogger – thrilled to jointly win the category with such an excellent blog.
Hotel wifi is always unreliable, and the fact that there were 400 technoheads trying to use it probably didn’t help either.
congratulations on the win, and thanks for the comments
S, it was an absolute pleasure meeting you tonight. Well done! As a newb to the blogosphere, I was highly impressed with what I saw and who I spoke with tonight and I will definitely stay in touch.
Congratulations on the win!
Many congratulations, hope the head isn’t too bad this morning!!
The awards had two aspects for me – firstly meeting so many great, friendly and welcoming people – the people who make the Irish blogging “community” something to aspire to be a bigger part of, and secondly how inspiring it was – inspiring to see how a small awards ceremony has taken off in a really big way, the hotel was positively buzzing with enthusiasm and equally how inspiring it was to see the genuine surprise and delight of bloggers when told I read their blogs regularly. “What, really? You mean you read it?” – just great to be there, to be part of it and to have had so much fun. I’ve started to blog. Well done on the work Damien, MP and everyone!
Ice Cream Ireland » Blog Archive » White Wellies Spotted In Dublin! // Mar 2, 2008 at 12:11
[...] Congrats to all the winners, and thanks so much to Damien and everyone who put on such a great night. Stumble it! | Save to del.icio.us! | Digg it! [...]
Blogtacular » Twenty Major - Still smoking in Dublin bars // Mar 2, 2008 at 12:14
[...] Congratulations to all the winners last night and all the nominees. One of the best things about the awards is that it has showcased blogs that some of us would never have found, whether they won awards or not. I know I spoke to people last night whose blogs I’m going to check out over the next few days. The event is a credit to Damien Mulley who has worked so hard at it and his contribution to the blogging scene in Ireland should not be underestimated. We’re very lucky to have somebody who gives so freely of their time for the benefit of so many. [...]
Well done – thrilled for you!
Well done Suzy – Thats great news!
Well deserved!
Well done everybody- but especially you MP- much deserved- now get blogging! I need my fix! XXXX
Delighted for ya darling – was great to see you get a win. Brilliant night….
blog awards 2008 | a tale of heart ache and triumph at David Maybury | Blog // Mar 2, 2008 at 14:53
[...] I was looking forward to meeting Aoife, Sinead, Nialler9, Gareth, Bock, Rob and so many others – damn the nerdish shy embarressment. Congrats again to all the winners – the full list is over on Maman Poulet. Thanks to everyone involved – well done on a brilliant night. [...]
“Suzy!!!!
cha cha cha
Suzy!
cha cha cha…”
You get the idea.
The Starter « DZ-015 - The Half-Arsed Blog Of RTE 2FM’s Rick O’Shea // Mar 2, 2008 at 16:03
[...] http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=336 [...]
[ Irish KC ] » Kansas City Irish Festivals, Music, Pubs, & Events by an Artist in Ireland » Review: Irish Blog Awards 2008 // Mar 2, 2008 at 17:42
[...] Other IBA ‘08 Reactions: •By Twenty: Blogtacular •By Sinead: Irish Blog Awards last night… •By Nialler9: Best Week Ever •By Flirty: Blog Awards – Results •By Aoife: 1,2,3,4…9! •By Grannymar: Wow What ANight •By Grandad: Grandad in Wonderland •By Shane: Thank You • By Maman Poulet: Irish Blog Awards 2008 – And the Winners are… [...]
Maman Poulet » Isn’t she lovely? // Mar 2, 2008 at 17:51
[...] She’s a she of course. And indeed varieties of her were won by a whole load of lovely talented women last night – Sinead, Sabrina, Beaut.ie, Gingerpixel, Lorraine @ Italian Foodies, Grannymar, A Simple Yarn, The Family Voyage. We’re only brilliant! And I look forward to the continued increase of and respect for the voices of women in Irish blogging, because as last night proved we’re rather good at this – and I’ll also hope to see and support continued chances to introduce other women to the formats and possibilities in documenting whatever stories we have to tell. Many thanks to Irish Broadband for sponsoring the category, to Hosting365 for sponsoring the Champagne from Bubble Brothers, and to Moviestar.ie for the DVD player! [...]
Gingerpixel » As The Dust Settles // Mar 2, 2008 at 18:42
[...] A couple more are over on Flickr. I do want to say I had a great evening and I met most of the bloggers that I wanted to although there were a few that I missed (there always are, there’s just not enough time!). Everyone I spoke to…Rick, Twenty, Fiona, John, Steven, Annette, Dermod, Catriona, Sinéad, Ryan, Redmum, John, Elly, Colm, Owen, Grandad, Grannymar, Lili, Devin, Sam, Sabrina, Una, Aoife, Frank, Fústar…(OK, I’m in trouble now, I’m forgetting loads of people!) Congratulations to all the other winners, you can see the full list at this link. Do check them out because there are some real gems and quite a few of them are personal favourites of mine. Also (because I was so nervous I could barely remember my own name up there on the stage let alone those who I should have been thanking!) thanks to the sponsors of the Photo Blog category, http://www.pix.ie, without the contribution of the sponsors there’s no way we’d be able to have such a great night every year. [...]
Irish Blog Awards » Blog Archive » And the winners are… for 2008 // Mar 2, 2008 at 19:18
[...] Despite paying an awful lot of money for WiFi, it didn’t work on the night so news escaped out via Twitter, phone and text messages instead. Then one of the organisers was force fed tequila which stopped him from posting. The winners list. [...]
Copacetic » Blog Archive » The Irish Blog Awards 2008 - The Aftermath // Mar 2, 2008 at 21:14
[...] Great night, great crowd, A whole hearted success and our congratulations go out Damien for another cracking night. Maman Poulet has produced a beautiful page of the winners that far exceeds my humble HTML skills so swing over there for the authoritative list. [...]
Twenty Major wins Best Blog at the Irish Blog Awards 2008 « The PutPlace Blog // Mar 2, 2008 at 21:37
[...] Congratulations to all the other winners as well. [...]
Jazz Biscuit » Blog Archive » The Irish Blog Awards are over..roll on the Irish web awards? // Mar 2, 2008 at 22:41
[...] If you need a quick list of new web sites to read, you should check out the winners of Saturday nights 3rd Annual Blog Awards, a surer list of quality Irish web sites you won’t find anywhere. [...]
Security Watch » Blog Archive » And the Winner is.. // Mar 2, 2008 at 23:08
[...] If you want to get a list of the rest of the winners, pop over to Maman Poulet. [...]
Do/Read/Watch/Listen - March at Piaras Kelly PR - Public Relations in Ireland // Mar 4, 2008 at 09:24
[...] Read – State, a new monthly music magazine, hits newstands on Thursday. It remains to be seen whether it will knock Hot Press off its perch. Many others have tried and failed. It looks promising though. The magazine’s website is edited by Nialler9, one of the winners at this year’s Irish Blog Awards. [...]
AdamMaguire.com - Blog of Irish Journalist Adam Maguire » Archives » The Irish Blog Awards 2008 - My recap // Mar 5, 2008 at 13:14
[...] A belated congratulations to all the winners at this year’s Irish Blog Awards – and congratulations to Damien and his team of elves for the excellent show they put on. [...]
WillKnott.ie » Blog Archive » Fair play // Mar 5, 2008 at 19:26
[...] Since I heard Markéta’s speech I’ve been looking forward to getting that exact quote. First off, thanks to Irish Blog Award winning Shane Hegarty for the complete text of the speech… Its one of those hopeful, slightly gushing speeches that make me want to do something interesting. [...]
Bloggies ‘08 remembered (mostly) « The PC Live! blog // Mar 7, 2008 at 09:32
[...] Bloggies ‘08 remembered (mostly) Kudos to all the award winners from last Saturday’s awards ceremony in the Alexander. A full list of the award winners can be found here. All things considered there weren’t many surprises. Nialler9 cemented his place at the top of the music blogger heap, Twenty Major won Most Humorous and Best Blog while MC Rick O’Shea was moved to tears by his win for Best Pop Culture Blog – the emotional bit wasn’t as anticipated as the result – by me anyway. [...]
Prototype of a Person » Blog Archive » Irish Blog Awards Winners // Apr 14, 2008 at 11:47
[...] Dublin Community Blog posted the list of winners from last night. Here it is with links [...]
The Beauty Blog Network [ Network Blog ] » Blog Archive » Beaut.ie wins! // Jan 30, 2009 at 01:11
[...] to Beaut.ie (above, Kirstie and Aphrodite of…) and their Best Group Blog Award at the Irish Blog Awards!! [...]
Testing News One~~ ‹ Arseblog // Apr 20, 2012 at 07:36
[...] Blog Awards – Best Sports Blog 2008, 2010, 2011 + Overall Best Blog [...]