12.10.2009
The overall winner of the Realex Payments Web Awards 09 was RTE.ie for their RTE Player application for catching up with RTE shows, for 1000s of pages of content on their website, for their extensive podcasting including putting their Radio documentary archive online and for their work with the blogging and twitter community on such shows as Morning Ireland and Prime Time. The award was presented to them by Realex Payments CEO Colm Lyon. RTE also won for Most Useful Website in Ireland and Best Sports Site.

Colm Lyon, CEO of Realex Payments said "We were truly delighted to be sponsors of the Web Awards for 2009. It gave us the chance to say thanks to the hundreds of web people who use our service and develop web sites that integrate with us. The Irish web community is a wonderful network of people who use the Internet in many diverse ways - as shown by the quantity and quality of the nominations. It is also a community that is clearly in love with these awards!"

Speaking at the event Colm Lyon (CEO Realex Payments) said he wanted to thank all the web developers and clients who had helped make Realex Payments what it is today. He also paid tribute to Damien Mulley (the organiser of the Web Awards) for his passion and commitment to the Irish Web community which resulted in hundreds of people being networked together in a positively enthusiastic and most enjoyable way.

The Full list of winners for the 2009 Realex Payments Web Awards are:

Best Online Publication – sponsored by Maximise

Winner:  The Irish Times

Best Radio Website – sponsored by IGOPeople

Winner:  Phantom

Best Podcaster – sponsored by 3 Ireland

Winner:  The Persuaders

Best Videocaster – Sponsored by Irish Mortgage Brokers

Winner:  Look and Taste

Best Sports Site – sponsored by ArgusCarHire.com

Winner:  RTE Sport

Best Music Site – sponsored by Poll Daddy

Winner:  Nialler9

Best Entertainment Website – sponsored by Radical

Winner:  Entertainment.ie

Best Arts Website – Sponsored by Brennan Sabatini

Winner:  Dance Ireland

Best Technology Site – Sponsored by BH Consulting

Winner:  Silicon Republic

Best New Web Application/Service – Sponsored by Red Cardinal

Winner:  Kildare Street

Most Innovative Website – Sponsored by iQ content

Winner:  Decisions for Heroes

Best Discussion forum – sponsored by KRO IT Solutions

Winner:  Boards

Best Government and Council Website

Winner:  IDA Ireland

Best Education and Third Level Website – sponsored by National Digital

Research Centre

Winner:  Talk Irish

Best eCommerce / Services Website – sponsored by Cybercom

Winner:  Curious Wines

Most Beautiful Website in Ireland – Sponsored by Beaut.ie

Winner:  Organic Supermarket

Most Useful Website in Ireland – Sponsored by DoneDeal.ie

Winner:  RTE

Best Social Media Campaign –

Winner:  Count Me Out

Best Practice – Sponsored by Spinnakerpro.com

Winner:  Cars Ireland

An Suíomh Gaeilge is Fear – sponsored by Edgecast Media

Winner:  NOSMag

 Most Accessible Website – Sponsored by Insure.ie

Winner:  Rose Project

Best Website in Ireland – Sponsored by Realex Payments

Winner:  RTE.ie

About the Irish Web Awards:

The Irish Web Awards were created to be an open and transparent way of celebrating the best of the Irish Web each year. This year over 500 websites were nominated by 700 people. 86 judges judged these websites and 350 people turned up on the night of the 11th to celebrate. The Web Awards are free to enter and every nominated site gets judged by a team of judges. The event is hosted by 2FM's Rick O'Shea each year and the event strives to be informal and with a high fun quotient. Giant iPhones, bananas, sweets, cupcakes, glow in the dark glasses and the worst powerpoint presentations ever are some of the elements to the Web Awards shindig. The Web Awards are organised by Damien Mulley of Mulley Communications.