400 seats have been booked. However, there will always be no shows, we know what bad hair days are like and that sometimes you just have to stay home if the beehive didn’t turn out right, isn’t that right lads? So if you still haven’t registered, put your name down and you can get a cancellation. No, those of you who got in under the wire cannot sell lapspace. For those that registered before now, congrats you now have access to the most exclusive and largest blogger event of the year!

Running Order. 20 places left by the way!

* Best Popculture blog – Weeno.ie
* Best Blog from a Journalist – Redfly Marketing
* Best Food/Drink Blog –
* 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 –

* Best Specialist Blog – iq Content
* Best Newcomer – Edelman
* Best Business Blog – FirstPartners
* Best Music Blog – DownloadMusic.ie

* Special Recognition Award

* Best Personal Blog – Microsoft
* Most Humorous Post – Glandore
* Best Photo Blog – Pix.ie
* Best Blog Post – LouderVoice
* Best Blog – Putplace

Update: And by the power of the Internet, these are now taken. If you want to put merchandise in a goody bag though, still opportunities there.

There are now two sponsorship slots available now.

One of the sponsors has decided to pull out so there is now an opportunity to sponsor a category. If you know of someone that’s interested let them know and get them to contact me. (IrishAwards at Gmail.com)

Additionally we are thinking about going a bit less amateur with our name badges for the event (a sticky label and you write your name on it) and have proper badges printed off with holders and everything instead! But they cost a bit of money, especially when there’s going to be 400 of them. If there’s a company interested in sponsoring the nametags, let me know. Generally the clever companies that sponsor nametags put their business cards in with the nametags.

And of course we still want merchandise for the goody bags so that everyone feels like Santa came and visited them.

About 50 places left for the evening. Go register if you want to attend.

Now, a few clarifications. This is the Blog Awards, created to give the tip of the hat to bloggers at a less-stuffy event than most award shows. There’s no dinner, no jazz band playing while you burn your mouth on microwaved vol-au-vents, you CAN give a thank you speech when you win, there are no tables so asking me to assign you at Twenty’s table won’t happen and all this cheapness 🙂 means you don’t pay to play, nominations are free and it doesn’t cost €200 to attend. It costs a tenner and that whole tenner goes to charity. Sponsors pay for everything else.

260 have registered to go to the awards so far. There’s space for 400.Go here to register. It’ll be fun. All takings on the door go to three charities.