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There were reports of some serious celebrations emanating from both sides of the Liffey with MC Des Bishop providing the LOLs at the Spiders. He also told us that he uses TheJournal.ie app all of the time which had us doing this. Meanwhile, this happened at the Web Awards.
Other winners at the eircom Spider awards included CoderDojo founder and all-round inspiration, 20-year-old James Whelton, who won the Internet Hero award. He had previously won a junior Spider award and his not-for-profit computer coding clubs for children are now establishing branches as far afield as China.
These were the other winners:
- Financial Services – Bank of Ireland’s All About Business/Dragons’ Den
- Travel, Tourism & Hospitality – Trazoo
- Charitable & Non-Profit Organisations – Challenge the Greenway
- Retail Excellence - miinto.ie
- ebusiness (web-only business) – Bullet
- Social Media Interaction – Jameson Global Facebook Page
- Campaign - All About Business/Dragon’s Den
- News (& Entertainment) – entertainment.ie
- Web Design & Development Agency – Strata3
- Sports – Teamer
- Listings - Health Insurance Authority
- Business Choice - MenuPages.ie
- User Experience – National Lottery mobile
- Mobile App – TheJournal.ie (App store, Android)
- Innovative use of technology in digital marketing - Sony PlayStation, Play Everywhere, Projection Map
- Digital Startup – Cleverbug
- Internet Hero – James Whelton, CoderDojo
- Grand Prix – All About Business, Dragons’ Den
Our friends at Boards.ie also took Best Discussion Forum at the Irish Web Awards. These were the rest of the winners on the night:
- Best Online Publication – Totally Dublin
- Best Web Only Publication - TheJournal.ie
- Best Radio Website - Newstalk
- Best Independent Podcaster – Arseblog
- Best Sports Site – TheScore.ie
- Best Music Site – Golden Plec
- Best Entertainment Website – Entertainment.ie
- Best Arts Website – Cork Opera House
- Best Technology Site – Silicon Republic and The Sociable (joint)
- Best New Web Application/Service – FixMyStreet.ie
- Best Discussion forum – Boards.ie
- Best Government and Council Website - Dublin City Cycling
- Best Education and Third-Level Website - National College of Art and Design
- Best Student Web Project – BetterExaminations.ie
- An Suíomh Gaeilge is Fearr – futafata.ie
- Best Microsite – 2012.photoireland.org
- Best Financial Services Website – Bonkers.ie
- Best eCommerce/Services Website – Volta.ie
- Best SME/Small Business Website – DublinTown.ie
- Best Mobile Site – Luas
- Best Responsive Design – Kooba
- Best Practice – UCD Medicine
- Most Beautiful Website – Sam’s Potatoes
- Most Useful Website – DoneDeal.ie
- Most Innovative Website - DublinTown.ie
- Web Agency of the Year – Kooba
- Best Website overall – Entertainment.ie
Meanwhile, we hear that TheScore.ie team has gotten itself into another title battle. Keep an eye on their Twitter account over the next while to see how that works itself out…
