The Irish Web Awards

Thank you to the website owners, the website creators and those who surf the Irish Web for encouraging good website design, structure and taking a chance with developers.

Thank you to Rick O’Shea and his great MCing of the event. Getting Twitter riled up that the Presidential candidates were attending was a nice move. Thank you to all the sponsors who without their sponsorship help the Web Awards would be an event where we’d be charging you a nomination fee and a high charge to come along on the night.

Thank you to John Williams for his DVD work. Brian Greene for his sound work. Sound man is that sound man. And thanks to his intern. Voice overs were done by the bloke that does voiceovers, known as Voiceover Bloke. Amazing photos were done by Ryan Whalley as per usual. An easy and gifted photographer to work with. Thank you to Alexia, Klara and Charles. Serious stress-relief happened due to the organisational and planning work of Michelle. Talk to her about your event. Thanks to the flying man too. Thanks to the folks at Pivotal Communications for organising goody bags for 300 people. Thanks to comics supremo Tommie Kelly too.

Crazy web work was done by John Blackbourn. Props as usual to props man Fran Hollywood who has now become a co-conspirator at Mulley Comms events now. Big thanks to Catherine and all at Entertainment.ie for their online coverage of the event through posts, photos and videos.

Super awesome mega thanks to the 100+ judges who judged sites. Each site was judged about 8 times in round one and about 9-10 times in round 2.

And very big thank you to Colm O’Regan for getting the crowd going with his fantastic standup and powerpoint routine. Book him for corporate events and liven up your event.

Realex Payments Web Awards 2011 Media

Damien — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 09:47:40 +0000

2011 Web Awards photos from Ryan Whalley.

Web Awards 2011 Photos from Entertainment.ie

Ahhh Benny Hill.

Video of the 2011 Realex Payments Web Awards.

2011 Winner badges

Damien — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 08:29:00 +0000

With HUGE thanks to Midpoint Creative for making all the pages, here are the Winner badges.

Get yourself a Winner badge:

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Hotel deals 2011

Damien — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:21:38 +0000

Sandymount Hotel Dublin 4
Special Rates for Irish Web Awards Attendees

Enjoy an overnight stay in one of our stylish rooms with full Irish breakfast in our Cordyline Restaurant.
Double or Twin B&B €37.50 per person sharing
Single Occupancy B&B €65
Including complimentary parking & WiFi
Lansdowne Rd DART Station is on our doorstep and the city centre just 2 stops away.

Call 01 614 2000 or email info@sandymounthotel.ie quoting “Irish Web Awards”.

www.sandymounthotel.ie

Finalists for Best Website Called Broadsheet

Damien — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:43:42 +0000

Since they asked. And we really really love them.

The finalists are:

Broadsheet
Broadsheet
Broadsheet
Broadsheet
The Chancer
Blogorrah

Best Student Web or Social Media Project

Damien — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:41:18 +0000

We have a new category, sponsored by The National College of Ireland. Best Student Web or Social Media Project. Entries are open until October 13th at 1pm. This is a category for a social media project or web project undertaken by a student in full-time education between October 2010 and September 2011.

Click here to fill in the nomination form.

2011 Nominees – Technical Awards

Damien — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:59:58 +0000

Please be aware that this is the raw list of nominations. There may be duplicates and websites that are not in the correct category. As judging starts, duplicates and incorrect category nominations will be weeded out.

Get yourself a nominated badge:

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Go here if you wish to sponsor a category.

Headline Sponsor – Realex Payments

Technical Awards
Best Practice – Sponsored by Surveys.ie

Most Beautiful Website in Ireland – Sponosored by Kooba

Most Useful Website in Ireland – Sponsored by DoneDeal.ie

2011 Nominees – Commerce and Mobile section

Damien — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:59:48 +0000

Get yourself a nominated badge:

Code:
<a href="http://webawards.ie/"></a>

Go here if you wish to sponsor a category.

Headline Sponsor – Realex Payments

Commerce and Mobile

Best eCommerce / Services Website – sponsored by OnlineAdvertising.ie

Best SME/Small Business Website – sponsored by Pivotal Communications

Best Mobile Site – sponsored by iQ Content

2011 Nominees – Government, Education and Community section

Damien — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:59:59 +0000

Get yourself a nominated badge:

Code:
<a href="http://webawards.ie/"></a>

Go here if you wish to sponsor a category.

Headline Sponsor – Realex Payments

Government, Education and Community

Best Government and Council Website – Sponsored by Exigent Networks

Weigh2Live
Irish Defence Forces
Forgotten Heroes, Dundalk Museum
Waterford City Council Libraries’ Local Studies Department
STEPS
MerrionStreet.ie
Dublin Comhairle website
LookWest
Welfare.ie
Enterprise Ireland
IDA
FreeTrade Ireland
Disability Bray
Dublin.ie Maps
FOI.Gov.ie
Road Safety Authority
Kerry County Council
BMW Assembly
Cervical Check

Best Education and Third Level Website – Sponsored by BH Consulting

Irish Management Institute
University of Limerick
DCU
Trinity College Dublin
Sundays Well Boys National School
NUI Galway
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Mount Temple Comprehensive
National College of Art and Design
Oideas Gael
IT Carlow
Heritage in Schools
III Connect
UCD Library
Science Gallery
STEPS
Wandesford School
Mount Sackville
Cavan Adult Education

An Suíomh Gaeilge is Fearr – Reserved for sponsor

Less than 5 nominations, we’ll accept more this week via email

The Irish Web Awards

2011 Winners

Best Online Publication

Best Web Only Publication

Best Radio Website

Best Independent Podcaster

Best Sports Site

Best Music Site – sponsored by Poll Daddy

Best Entertainment Website – Sponsored by Entertainment.ie

Best Arts Website

Best Technology Site – Sponsored by BH Consulting

Best New Web Application/Service – Sponsored by Red Cardinal

Most Innovative Website – Sponsored by ESOF2012, Dublin City of Science

Best Discussion forum

Best Government and Council Website – Sponsored by Exigent Networks

Best Education and Third Level Website

Best Student Web or Social Media Project – Sponsored by National College of Ireland

An Suíomh Gaeilge is Fearr

Best Microsite

Best eCommerce / Services Website – sponsored by OnlineAdvertising.ie

Best SME/Small Business Website – sponsored by Pivotal Communications

Best Mobile Site – sponsored by iQ Content

Best Practice – Sponsored by Surveys.ie

Most Beautiful Website in Ireland – Sponosored by Kooba

Most Useful Website in Ireland – Sponsored by DoneDeal.ie

Web Agency of the Year (Open to sole traders too) – Available to sponsor

2011 Thank Yous

Realex Payments Web Awards 2011 Media

2011 Winner badges

Hotel deals 2011

Finalists for Best Website Called Broadsheet

Best Student Web or Social Media Project

2011 Nominees – Technical Awards

2011 Nominees – Commerce and Mobile section

Best eCommerce / Services Website – sponsored by OnlineAdvertising.ie

Best SME/Small Business Website – sponsored by Pivotal Communications

2011 Nominees – Government, Education and Community section

Best Discussion forum – Available to sponsor

Best Government and Council Website – Sponsored by Exigent Networks

Best Education and Third Level Website – Sponsored by BH Consulting

An Suíomh Gaeilge is Fearr – Reserved for sponsor

Best Microsite – Reserved for sponsor