Ice Cream Ireland Scoops Two Awards

Irish Blog Awards I’m delighted to announce that we have come back from Dublin with two awards from the Irish Blog Awards – Best Business Blog and Best Specialist Blog. Thanks again to everyone who voted in the first round, to the judges, the sponsors, the organisers, and to all our readers and customers.

Rick O'SheaIt was a good night. Rick O’Shea did a great job as MC, and of course Damien pulled the whole thing off with style. The best moment for me was when Bernie Goldbach pressed his award on Damien, who certainly deserves acclamation. Pure class.

I enjoyed meeting fellow bloggers, including the nominees for the business award who were very gracious and definitely worth keeping an eye on. Krishna De, by the way, has posted the podcast of all of us here.

Others I finally met were Conor O’Neill (congrats!), Copernicus, Winds and Breezes, Vals Kitchen, Keith, and more…

Congratulations to all of the winners and all of the nominees.

I wish my brother had been along, because he would have enjoyed it. Besides, Sean is much more outgoing than I, and I’m sure we would have met many more people! My mother was kind enough to join me, and I thank her for it…

Lunar EclipseI was tired from all the travel and didn’t stay very late. However, when leaving, we had a good look at the lunar eclipse. I didn’t have at all the right camera or lens, but this will give you an idea if you missed it.

It seemed a perfect way to end the evening, standing outside the hotel in the middle of Dublin with a big group of other bloggers, watching the moon disappear…

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Get the Scoop

Coffee Cone Microphone For anyone interested and near their radio, I will be on Drivetime with Dave Fanning on RTE Radio 1 this evening some time between 7-8pm talking about the Irish Blog Awards and ice cream.

(You can listen to the show here if you missed it. Damien Mulley is also on…)

This morning, I took part in my first ever podcast with the other finalists for the Business blogging award. It was organised by Krishna of Biz Growth News. I will post a link for it when it becomes available…

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Thanks to Everyone who Voted

Blog Awards

Ice Cream Ireland has made the short list for the Irish blog awards in two categories: Best Specialist Blog (along with Ask Direct, Beaut.ieOne Breast Less, and The Waiting Game) and Best Business Blog (along with Allagi Blog, Argolon, Ask Direct, BH Consulting Blog, and Biz Growth News). I am most delighted to be in such esteemed company, and there were also many great blogs that sadly didn’t make the short list. Best of luck to everybody…

And thanks, thanks, thanks to all of you who voted! Your vote did count!

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Irish Blog Awards – Nominations

Irish Blog Awards I am delighted that Ice Cream Ireland has made it into the voting round for the Irish Blog awards in two categories – Best Specialist Blog and Best Business Blog. Thanks for the nominations!

If you’re feeling kind and generous, please vote me into the next round, or at least cast your vote on a huge range of interesting Irish blogs here. So very much appreciated!

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Chocoholic Radio Listeners:

It would appear that I will be on a panel discussing chocolate on RTE Radio’s Tubridy show tomorrow morning (9:00-10am), for anyone who is interested in such things. There will be a chocolatier as a chocolate sceptic. I seem to have been chosen for my chocoholic tendencies…

(Post-show P.S.: If you want to listen to it, the link is here)

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New Food Magazine

Intermezzo Ireland My brother brought back from Dublin a worthy new addition to Irish food magazines. It’s called Intermezzo, packed with recipes from top chefs, and definitely worth a read. With such luminaries writing for them as Ernie Whalley, John McKenna, and Caroline from Bibliocook, it’s informative and full of tasty photos. They gave us a nice little plug too! 

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Press Mention – Independent

Les RoutiersWe had a nice little write-up in the food supplement of today’s Irish Independent.

It was in conjunction with Les Routiers, with whom we’ve applied for membership, and I want to thank Margaret for setting it up.

For anyone wondering, the suppliers listed in the article are not all correct. For a complete list of our suppliers, click here