Congrats to those voted for the IIA Net Visionary awards!

What a list there is for the 2008 IIA Net Visionary Awards! Personally I'm delighted to see so many bloggers and supporters of the blogging and internet community getting a nod of recognition for their work.

Some of the many categories include:

Best Business Blogger

• Deborah Hadley: Spicendipity
• Karl Deeter: Irish Mortgage Brokers
• Michele Neylon: Blacknight Internet Solutions Blog
• Pat Phelan: Pat Phelan Dot Net

Best Business Podcaster

• Alex Gibson: Dublin City FM
• Aoife Mahon : RaboDirect
• Krishna De: One Ocean Group
• Mike Kelly: www.mikekellytv.com

Best Online Business Use of Irish

• Conn Ó Muineacháin: Edgecast Media for AnLionra.net
• Niall O'Driscoll: Lisbon Treaty Website
• Rónán Ó Caollaí: Gravitate for Gaelport.com
• Tom Fitzgerald: Bárd na nGleann for Litríocht.com

Best Online Financial Service

• Brendan Hughes: FBD
• Geoff Boyle: 123.ie
• Gerry Carron: Hibernian.ie
• Martin O’Leary: RaboDirect

Best Use of Social Media

• Marcus Mac Innes: Pix.ie
• Paul McAvinchey: YABOYA for Diddlyi
• Ronan Higgins: Locle
• Vincent Donnelly: Ten Percent Media for Movies.ie
  
  

Educational Contribution

• Bernie Goldbach: Thought Leader, and also teacher at Tipperary Institute
• Ciaran McCormack: FIS BookClub
• Paul Whelan: Lichens.ie
• Siobhán O'Connor: Schools Online Together Programme

Innovation Award

• Kieron Guilfoyle: 3V Transactions Services
• Niall Devine: MyCharity.ie
• Paul Walsh: Segala.com
• Ronan Farren: Brandmail Solutions

Journalist Award

• Deirdre McArdle: ElectricNews.net
• Emma Kennedy : Sunday Business Post
• Marie Boran: Silicon Republic
• Niall Kitson: PC Live

Mobile Internet Innovation

• Ciaran Bradley: Sentry Wireless
• David Barrett: AntiDis - iPhone Train Timetable
• Johnny Beirne: Downloadmusic.ie
• Pat Phelan: Twitterfone.com

Internet Marketer

• Andrew Jenkinson: vStream Digital Media
• Jennifer Curtin: Newsweaver
• Michele Neylon: Blacknight Solutions
• Mick Dillon: CarsIreland.ie

Internet Entrepreneur

• David Lenahan: polldaddy.com
• Derek Quinn: MovieExtras.ie
• Kieron Guilfoyle: 3V Transactions Services
• Michele Neylon: Blacknight

Congrats one and all. Now what you can do please is head on over to the IIA website to vote. Every vote counts, and all that stuff!