Best Popculture blog

– Sponsored by Insure.ie

• Culch.ie

Best Food/Drink Blog

– Sponsored by Bord Bia

• The Good Mood Food Blog

Best Beauty/Fashion Blog

– Sponsored by Spinnakerpro

• Beaut.ie

Best Music Blog

– Sponsored by deStudio

• Nialler9

Best Photo Blog

– Sponsored by Pix.ie

• Red Mum

Best Technology Blog/Blogger

– Sponsored by Bitbuzz

• Pat Phelan and Sinead Cochrane

Best Sport and Recreation Blog

– Sponsored by Boards.ie

• Arseblog

Best Blog of a Business

– Sponsored by RedCardinal.ie

• Sabrina Dent

Best Arts and Culture Blog

– Sponsored by Poetry Ireland

• No Ordinary Fool

Best Blog from a Journalist

– Sponsored by BVisible

• On The Record

Best News/Current Affairs Blog

– Sponsored by dediserve

• Maman Poulet

Best Group Blog

– Sponsored by Red Fly Marketing

• Irish Autism Action

Best Political Blog

– Sponsored by Digital Revolutionaries

• Slugger O’Toole

Best Blog of a Politician

– Sponsored by Leviathan.ie

• Laura McGonigle

Use of the Irish Language in a Blog

– Sponsored by Edgecast Media

• iGaeilge

Best Specialist Blog

– Sponsored by iQ Content

• Bicyclistic

Best Newcomer

– Sponsored by LastMinute.com

• 9 Bean Row

Best Youth Blog

– Sponsored by Spunout.ie

• Trust Tommy

Best Personal Blog

– Sponsored by Microsoft Ireland’s Developer and Platform Group

• Xbox4NappyRash

Best Humour Blog

– Sponsored by Maximise

• White Rabbit NI

Best Blog Post

– Sponsored by KRO IT Solutions

• Panti – No more Mr. Nice Gay

Best Blog

– Grand Prix – Sponsored by WHPR
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Doors open:
Doors will open at 7pm. Present your printed tickets at the desk to be allowed in.

Ticket sales:
Please note: We will not be selling tickets on the night. You will need to buy tickets in advance.

Category Running Order:
The main event starts at 8pm and usually runs until 10pm. This is the running order for the 2010 Blog Awards. After 10pm we’ll break out the dancefloor. There is a bar extension.

Food and Drink:
Captain Morgan are sponsoring Captain Morgan drinks before the event. There will be finger food after the main ceremony.

Dress code
Wear clothes. Dress up, dress down. All is good. Black might be nice though…

Seating:
Seating is theatre style, grab any seat you want.

Nominees and winners:
Clap for everyone, please. We all deserve a clap for working hard on our blogs. If your name is called out, you can walk to the stage, collect your trophy and you will be asked to give a thank you speech. It’s not the Oscars, go over the top, cry, shout, jump, dance, you have plenty of time. Afterwards you will go down the steps on your right (left as you look at the stage) and have your photo taken with the category sponsor.

Wifi:
Bitbuzz will be looking after Wifi. A representative will be there if you need connection help.

Streaming:
We won’t be live streaming, but anyone that wants to is welcome.

Twitter and hashtags:
The hashtag is #iba10, the official Twitter account is IrishBlogAwards. Winners will only be tweeted after they are announced on the night. Don’t trust any sources before the event starts!

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
• 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

Irish Blog Awards are on Twitter if you want to be updated on the competition. Please note you will need to buy your ticket online for the Blog Awards this year. Purchasing page.

Before making comment, please thank the sponsors for believing in the Blog Awards and making it happen. Why not link to them and thank them? Please congratulate your felllow nominees and the finalists. 120 judges broke their backsides to judge all the nominated and shortlisted blogs, giving up a good deal of time between them. On average, a blog in round 2 was judged by 8 judges. Good luck and we hope to see you on March 27th in Galway.

Best Popculture blog

– Sponsored by Insure.ie

• Venntertainment
• 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
• The Good Mood Food Blog

Best Beauty/Fashion Blog

– Sponsored by Spinnakerpro

• 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
• Nialler9
• Goldenplec
• Swear I’m not Paul

Best Photo Blog

– Sponsored by Pix.ie

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

Best Technology Blog/Blogger

– Sponsored by Bitbuzz

• The Gaming Liberty
• Pat Phelan
• Matt Johnston
• Sinead Cochrane
• Web2Ireland

Best Sport and Recreation Blog

– Sponsored by Boards.ie

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

Best Blog of a Business

– Sponsored by RedCardinal.ie

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

Best Arts and Culture Blog

– Sponsored by Poetry Ireland

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

Best Blog from a Journalist

– Sponsored by BVisible

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

Best News/Current Affairs Blog

– Sponsored by dediserve

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

Best Group Blog

– Sponsored by Red Fly Marketing

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

Best Political Blog

– Sponsored by Digital Revolutionaries

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

Best Blog of a Politician

– Sponsored by Leviathan.ie

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

Use of the Irish Language in a Blog

– Sponsored by Edgecast Media

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

Best Specialist Blog

– Sponsored by iQ Content

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

Best Newcomer

– Sponsored by LastMinute.com

• 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
• 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
• Xbox4NappyRash

Best Humour Blog

– Sponsored by Maximise

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

Best Blog Post

– Sponsored by KRO IT Solutions
Finalists announced on Sunday

Best Blog

– Grand Prix – Sponsored by WHPR
Announced on the night

Before, during, after there’ll be a painting exhibition from Eolai.

On the day of the Irish Blog Awards in Galway there’ll be the Ladies Tea party.

There will also be a photowalk. (Please check with the photo bloggers on whether you are eligible to be in their club)