The 2008 Irish Blog awards were on last night in the Alexander Hotel in Dublin. The event is hosted and organised by Damien Mulley and we really can’t thank him enough for the massive amount of work he puts into them every year and also all his helpers and judges. The night was MC’ed by 2FM’s Rick O’Shea and a massive 400+ people attended on the night.

The quality and variety of blogs this year was amazing and with the attandce over doubled it’s clear to see that blogging is really becoming mainstream. Some special congratulations that we would like to give is to Robin for Best Technology Blogger, Grannymar and Grandad for Best Personal Blog, Sabrina for Best Designed Blog and of course Rick for not only Best Popculture blog which we sponsored and he said he valued more than his recent Meteor Award but also getting Special Recognition Award too.

A full list of all the winners are …

• Best Popculture blog - Sponsored by Weeno Media
  • DZ-015 by Rick O’Shea
• Best Blog from a Journalist - Sponsored by Redfly Marketing
  • Present Tense - Shane Hegarty
• Best Food/Drink Blog
  • Italian Foodies
• Best Crafts Blog - Sponsored by This Is Knit
  • A Simple Yarn
• Best Arts and Culture Blog - Sponsored by Poetry Ireland
  • The Sigla Blog
• Best Political Blog - Sponsored by Digital Revolutionaries
  • Irish Election
• Best Group Blog - Sponsored by SalesJobs.ie
  • Beaut.ie
• Best Use of the Irish Language in a Blog - Sponsored by Edgecast
  • Blag Ghael gan Náire
• Best Technology Blog/Blogger - Sponsored by Bitbuzz
  • Robin Blandford’s ByteSurgery
• Best Designed Blog - Sponsored by BB Gardens
  • Sabrina Dent
• Best Sport & Recreation Blog - Sponsored by Boards.ie
  • Arseblog
• Best News/Current Affairs Blog
  • Joint winners The Limerick Blogger
  • and Maman Poulet
• Best Specialist Blog - Sponsored by iq Content
  • The Voyage
• Best Newcomer - Sponsored by Edelman
  • John Braine
• Best Business Blog - Sponsored by First Partners
  • Ice Cream Ireland
• Best Music Blog - Sponsored by DownloadMusic.ie
  • nialler9
• Special Recognition Awards
  • Simon McGarr from Tuppenceworth for Legal advice and help
  • Ryan from Rymus for photos
  • Rick O’Shea for being MC and pimping blogs on his radio show
• Best Personal Blog - Sponsored by Microsoft Ireland’s Developer and Platform Group
  • Joint Winners Grannymar
  • And Grandad
• Most Humorous Post - Sponsored by Glandore Systems
  • Twenty Major - Tonight’s Debate
• Best Photo Blog - Sponsored by Pix.ie
  • Gingerpixel
• Best Blog Post - Sponsored by LouderVoice
  • Fatmammycat.com - Fox hunting, horses and a girl’s awakening
• Best Blog - Sponsored by Putplace
  • Twenty Major

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