Damien Mulley has finally announced the launch of the 1st Irish Web Awards. Damien is also the driving force behind the Irish Blog Awards by the way.
Unlike so many of the other industry events that seem to gauge participation by the amount of money you are willing to spend, The Irish Web Awards are open to anyone and the sponsors are covering the costs (which makes sense!).
It will be interesting to see how much traction this new awards event is able to gain in both industry and elsewhere. At present there are several other award ceremonies being run every year, but each of them operates in a very different manner.
Disclosure: Blacknight host the sites for both the Irish Web Awards and The Irish Blog Awards
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This is great news ... I took one look at the IIA netvisionary awards and I'm afraid to say 250 quid is out of my league for a meal ... bringing VA to it and I'm looking at 500 quid for a meal. What on earth is all the sponsorship money doing with them.
James
Well you will generally find that getting an invite from one of the sponsors to these events isn't that hard
Michele