The first round of judging in the Irish Blog Awards has taken place in the past week and this blog has reached the long lists of the Best Politics Blog (Sponsored by Digital Revolutionaries) and Best News and Current Affairs Blog (Sponsored by IGO people). The long lists for all the categories were announced last night and I’m delighted to see new blood all over the place! (I sound like Dracula when I read that…shudder)

This year a blog can only be in one category as judging proceeds to shortlisting so I’ve chosen to remain in the Best News and Current Affairs Category from here on in and leave the pure Politics to the lads experts to fight out 🙂

I am delighted to have reached this stage in both categories. There are a few nominations also knocking around for me in the Best Blog post category and the long list for these will be out by the weekend. Best wishes to all the nominees!

Only 18 days to go to the booked out awards in Cork! Really looking forward to the night/weekend/Irish Blog Week – more of the latter anon!