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The Irish Web Awards blog has a full list of all those websites nominated for the awards, which take place in Dublin on 11 October 2008. Congratulations to everyone nominated! What a fantastic list!

I haven’t heard of many of the IWA nominations, but the quality is impressive. There are some real gems like Pix.ie, Spicendipity, OurMemoryOf, The Big Word Project created by two Belfast students, and NextAction.ie which pops up in 3 categories, so do take a look at the nomination lists!

A reminder that nominations for the Irish Web Awards 2008 close at 23:59 on August 29th. That’s tomorrow night!

The IWA are my favourite awards ceremony in Ireland, as people can have faith in the open and transparent nature of the awards. Also, the rules for nomination have recently been relaxed, so you do not have to have created, built or own the website yourself to nominate it.

There are many different categories, so check them and nominate your favourite websites!

The Irish Web Awards 2008 have just launched. The event will take place in the Radison SAS Hotel, Dublin on October 11th 2008.

The Web Awards are ran by Damien Mulley, the genius behind the Irish Blog Awards. The awards are a lot more transparent than other award ceremonies in Ireland, where it sometimes appears that the amount of sponsorship money a company pays is linked to the award they win. With the IWA Damien assures everyone that “Nominations are free. Your website will be judged without you putting your hand in your pocket.”

Creators, builders and owners of Irish websites are invited to nominate themselves to the different Awards categories. Good luck to all nominees, particularly Spiral Hosting customers!