Irish Blog Awards 2010 – Winners

Here are the results of the 2010 Irish Blog Awards, live from Radisson Blu Hotel in Galway. Congrats to all the winners:

Best Irish Blog 2010

– Grand Prix – Sponsored by WHPR

• Beaut.ie

Best Blog Post

– Sponsored by KRO IT Solutions

• Grandad – Passive smoking is beneficial
• Twentymajor – It is time to turn our back on the criminal catholic church ltd
• WINNER – Panti – No more Mr. Nice Gay
• Fatmammycat – Twilight, the horror, the horror!
• Stranded on Gaia – I heard there was a secret chord
• Curlydena – I wasn’t ready
• The Voyage – Just as he is

Best Popculture blog

– Sponsored by Insure.ie

• Venntertainment
• WINNER – Culch.ie
• E-Dublin
• the m0vie blog
• Panti’s Blog Job

Best Food/Drink Blog

– Sponsored by Bord Bia

• Ice Cream Ireland
• The Beer Nut
• The Daily Spud
• The Grapes of Sloth
• WINNER – The Good Mood Food Blog

Best Beauty/Fashion Blog

– Sponsored by Spinnakerpro

• WINNER – Beaut.ie
• She’s in Vogue
• Makeup and Beauty
• What She Wears
• Soooali

Best Music Blog

– Sponsored by deStudio

• Torture Garden
• Faith No More 2.0
• WINNER – Nialler9
• Goldenplec
• Swear I’m not Paul

Best Photo Blog

– Sponsored by Pix.ie

• Nathalie Marquez Courtney
• Ronan Palliser
• North Atlantic Skyline
• Day516.com
• WINNER – Red Mum

Best Technology Blog/Blogger

– Sponsored by Bitbuzz

• The Gaming Liberty
• JOINT WINNER – Pat Phelan
• Matt Johnston
• JOINT WINNER – Sinead Cochrane
• Web2Ireland

Best Sport and Recreation Blog

– Sponsored by Boards.ie

• Back Page Football
• WINNER – Arseblog
• Irish Pelaton
• Green and Red
• Sport Is A TV Show

Best Blog of a Business

– Sponsored by RedCardinal.ie

• Simply Zesty
• Contrast
• WINNER – Sabrina Dent
• Curious Wines
• Sugru

Best Arts and Culture Blog

– Sponsored by Poetry Ireland

• Average Film Reviews
• David Maybury
• WINNER – No Ordinary Fool
• kDamo
• Women Rule Writer

Best Blog from a Journalist

– Sponsored by BVisible

• Keith Belfast
• Screenwriter
• Outside In
• WINNER – On The Record
• Current Account

Best News/Current Affairs Blog

– Sponsored by dediserve

• David McWilliams
• Human Rights in Ireland
• Bock The Robber
• Splintered Sunrise
• WINNER – Maman Poulet

Best Group Blog

– Sponsored by Red Fly Marketing

• The Lives Of Others
• Irish Economy
• WINNER – Irish Autism Action
• Come Here To Me!
• Irish Student Blogs

Best Political Blog

– Sponsored by Digital Revolutionaries

• Jason O’Mahony
• WINNER – Slugger O’Toole
• Tuppenceworth
• Irish Election
• Gombeen Nation

Best Blog of a Politician

– Sponsored by Leviathan.ie

• Paschal Donohoe
• WINNER – Laura McGonigle
• Joe Higgins
• Joan Burton
• Cuffe Street

Use of the Irish Language in a Blog

– Sponsored by Edgecast Media

• WINNER – iGaeilge
• Réabhlag
• An Druma Mór
• Smaointe Fánacha Aonghusa
• Nótaí Imill
• Dialann Scott

Best Specialist Blog

– Sponsored by iQ Content

• Ronan Lyons
• WINNER – Bicyclistic
• Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer
• Etsy Ireland
• Organic Growing Pains
• Sentence first

Best Newcomer

– Sponsored by LastMinute.com

• WINNER – 9 Bean Row
• Good After-Morning!
• Pretty Far West
• The Style Bitches
• Chronicles of a year-long break-up

Best Youth Blog

– Sponsored by Spunout.ie

• Ian Healy
• WINNER – Trust Tommy
• The Cart Driver
• StyleGirl
• So You Say

Best Personal Blog

– Sponsored by Microsoft Ireland’s Developer and Platform Group

• Queen Of Pots!
• annierhiannon.blogspot.com
• A Chick Named Hermia
• Fatmammycat’s Blog
• WINNER – Xbox4NappyRash

Best Humour Blog

– Sponsored by Maximise

• Fustar
• WINNER – White Rabbit NI
• Well Done Fillet
• Wheel Spinning Hamster Dead
• Twenty Major