Irish Web Awards - Fall in love with the Web again » Irish Web Awards http://awards.ie/webawards The 2009 Realex Payments Irish Web Awards are on October 10th Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:56:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 New and moved http://awards.ie/webawards/2010/08/new-and-moved/ http://awards.ie/webawards/2010/08/new-and-moved/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:53:00 +0000 Damien http://awards.ie/webawards/?p=300 The Realex Payment Web Awards now have a new website. New location too. Go here for more details.

Social Media Awards now exist and have their own home on the web too.

]]> http://awards.ie/webawards/2010/08/new-and-moved/feed/ 0 Realex Payments Web Awards 2010 to be announced… http://awards.ie/webawards/2010/07/realex-payments-web-awards-2010-to-be-announced/ http://awards.ie/webawards/2010/07/realex-payments-web-awards-2010-to-be-announced/#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:00:17 +0000 Damien http://awards.ie/webawards/?p=298 Soon! We’ll be making an announcement in the next two weeks so please stay tuned/subscribed/Tweeted/Facebooked.

]]> http://awards.ie/webawards/2010/07/realex-payments-web-awards-2010-to-be-announced/feed/ 0 Thank yous Part 2 – Sponsors http://awards.ie/webawards/2009/10/thank-yous-part-2-sponsors/ http://awards.ie/webawards/2009/10/thank-yous-part-2-sponsors/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:37:31 +0000 Damien http://awards.ie/webawards/?p=285 The Web Awards are different to many awards because we ask more of our sponsors than other awards. We like them to interact, to come along, to talk up the nominees and if needs be, to scream and holler during the event. As mostly voluntary run, we need all the help we can get and sponsors help with the pushing.

Web Awards 09 sponsors

So a big thank you to Realex Payments the headline sponsor and then to the category sponsors too:

Best Online Publication – sponsored by Maximise
Best Radio Website – sponsored by IGOPeople
Best Podcaster – sponsored by 3 Ireland
Best Videocaster – Sponsored by Irish Mortgage Brokers

Best Sports Site – sponsored by ArgusCarHire.com
Best Music Site – sponsored by Poll Daddy
Best Entertainment Website – sponsored by Radical
Best Arts Website – sponsored by Brennan Sabatini

Best Technology Site – Sponsored by BH Consulting
Best New Web Application/Service – Sponsored by Red Cardinal
Most Innovative Website – Sponsored by iQ content
Best Social Media Campaign – OnlineAdvertising.ie

Best Discussion forum – sponsored by KRO IT Solutions
Best Education and Third Level Website – sponsored by National Digital Research Centre
An Suíomh Gaeilge is Fear – sponsored by Edgecast Media
Best eCommerce / Services Website – sponsored by Cybercom

Best Practice – Sponsored by Spinnakerpro.com
Most Beautiful Website in Ireland – Sponsored by Beaut.ie
Most Useful Website in Ireland – Sponsored by DoneDeal.ie
Most Accessible Website – Sponsored by Insure.ie

Also thank you to:
Presence PR and Lindt for the chocs, WHPR and Captain Morgan for the rum and coke. Thanks to Glowsticks Ireland for giving us a discount on the glasses, Swizzels Matlow for a nice deal on all those sweets, CSS Audio for the great help with the audio, Largo Foods for the deal on the crisps.

]]> http://awards.ie/webawards/2009/10/thank-yous-part-2-sponsors/feed/ 1 Web Awards 09 thank yous (part 1) http://awards.ie/webawards/2009/10/web-awards-09-thank-yous-part-1/ http://awards.ie/webawards/2009/10/web-awards-09-thank-yous-part-1/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:31:31 +0000 Damien http://awards.ie/webawards/?p=273 This is an extended version of the incomplete thank your list from Saturday night.

Firstly, as ever, thank you to Rick who is amazingly easy to work with. He just runs a show and makes it seem so easy. He rocks and I’m blessed he’s a friend and a co-worker in a way:
Rick O'Shea, rock God

Also thanks to Realex Payments who were so easy to work with. They came to me earlier in the year and we chatted and the deal was done to be headliners and they didn’t ask for anything, they just wanted to be part of a fun event. Thanks to Tracy in Realex Payments who was amazingly helpful. Thanks too to the gaffer of Realex and the man that pointed out my love of words that start with C. When you work with a headline sponsor that is in the centre of the fun you can have an awards show that’s total stress free:

Colm Lyon from Realex Payments

Thanks to Stephen Boyce for his project managing of this and all the lugging of the sweets. I fired off emails, he did the donkey work. You can also thank him for all the sweets and crisps and the choosing of them. Thanks to John Williams for putting together the most awful Powerpoint presentation ever. (That was my task for him and he did very well. He’s willing to consult with any company wanting the same.) Thanks to Alexia for operating the most awful and largest Powerpoint presentation ever. Brian Greene wasn’t there and was sorely missed. So he gets thanks for being him. Thanks to Klara. Thanks to Steven Day for being the trophy totty for the evening. Dressed in his Irish soccer kit. (That’s going to make an interesting Google result for his name) Thanks to Ryan and his genius photos. Thanks to Darragh Doyle for updating the world. Thanks to the helpers who came along on the night. Adam, Aidan, Ian and Eleanor. Thanks too to those I forgot to thank on the night and here again! And of course thanks to Charles for being very patient.

Fran Hollywood deserves special mention for not only making all the foam props that most people took home but for also going off and commissioning the best trophies ever.
Web Awards 09 Trophies

And special note too to John Blackbourn. WebNinjaGod who built the site, the judging system, the online payments system and someone who gave great advice.

A big long thank you to all the sponsors and PR agencies who were of immense help. Another post just for that.

Last but not least at all is everyone who nominated, judged, came along and built websites that make life better. You all rock.
Web Awards Crowd 2009

]]> http://awards.ie/webawards/2009/10/web-awards-09-thank-yous-part-1/feed/ 10 2009 Realex Payments Web Awards – Winners http://awards.ie/webawards/2009/10/2009-realex-payments-web-awards-winners/ http://awards.ie/webawards/2009/10/2009-realex-payments-web-awards-winners/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:21:02 +0000 Damien http://awards.ie/webawards/?p=268 Congrats to all. Not everyone won (obviously) but we all saw the massive effort put in by so many people into their websites.

Headline Sponsor – Realex Payments

The winners are:

Best Online Publication – sponsored by Maximise

Best Radio Website – sponsored by IGOPeople

Best Podcaster – sponsored by 3 Ireland

Best Videocaster – Sponsored by Irish Mortgage Brokers

Best Sports Site – sponsored by ArgusCarHire.com

Best Music Site – sponsored by Poll Daddy

Best Entertainment Website – sponsored by Radical

Best Arts Website – Sponsored by Brennan Sabatini

Best Technology Site – Sponsored by BH Consulting

Best New Web Application/Service – Sponsored by Red Cardinal

Most Innovative Website – Sponsored by iQ content

Best Discussion forum – sponsored by KRO IT Solutions

Best Government and Council Website

Best Education and Third Level Website – sponsored by National Digital Research Centre

Best eCommerce / Services Website – sponsored by Cybercom

Most Beautiful Website in Ireland – Sponsored by Beaut.ie

Most Useful Website in Ireland – Sponsored by DoneDeal.ie