Ice Cream Ireland

There’s a mention of our Pink Champagne Sorbet in the Irish Times Magazine today, under “Opening Lines”…

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I think there will be an article on my brother and I in this week’s Sunday Tribune magazine, for anyone who is interested. It’s a Friends for Life feature that they run…

PS. Sorry! Must be Sunday the 10th…

PPS. The article is here.

A couple of people have asked about the article in yesterday’s Irish Independent about us and blogging. You can find a longer on-line version of it here and here.

 Anyone listening to RTE Radio tomorrow morning at 10:00am will hear a feature on us on The Business…

PS. You can find the archive of the show here.

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 I’m happy to say we have three (!) mentions in this month’s Food & Wine magazine. (Their website seems to be down, but I’ll try to put in a link as soon as I can). Their summer issue is well worth a read, containing as it does their “Hot 100″ list. It contains quite a few references to Spain, which is no surprise given how chic Spanish food is at the moment, but more about that and my trip later. 

Besides listing our Killarney shop and a piece on us under food producers, they also used my ice cream drink ideas on the back page. Talk about blogs meeting mainstream media…

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 I’m still on a bit of a buzz from the awards in Dublin, and it’s been good publicity for us. Today there was an article in the Irish Times, and tonight I’ll be on the Right Hook on Newstalk 106 sometime between 6:30 and 7:00 if you want to have a listen…

Now I must catch up on the real business of ice cream!

 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.

It 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…

I 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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 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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Ice Cream Ireland has made the short list for the Irish blog awards in two categories: Best Specialist Blog (along with Ask Direct, Beaut.ie, One 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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 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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