Awards … Awards … Awards
There seem to be a plethora of award winners and nominations going about this week. with the locals being represented quite well in them all. We are currently waiting for the results of the person of the year award so I will post that as soon as I find out. The ceremony is currently being held at the Clarion Hotel in the city centre.
Mid-West Arts, Media and Culture Awards (MAMCS)
Thje sooner IKEA open a new store in Limerick, the better. The good people at the Leader need a new trophy cabinet, after they cleaned up at the MAMCS awards this week.
As well as winning the Best Newspaper award, the Leader picked up a number of other awards, including, David Hurley’s piece Brutal End won best news piece, Best sports piece for John Hogan’s “From the Tango to the Walls of Limerick, Best News photograph for Owen South’s picture of the fire at the Ballysimon Road, the best photograph in the Feature category also went to Owen South for his photograph of Desmond O’Grady, and Best Photograph in the General category for a portrait of Frank McCourt taken by Adrian Butler.
The Limerick Independent picked up awards for best entertainment piece for Alan Jaques “We Should Be Dead”, and best Photograph in Sports for a photo of Andy Lee taken by Keith Wiseman.
The Limerick post picked up the Best Free Newspaper award. Business Limerick won best Business magazine while Limerick Now won best lifestyle magazine.
Best overall arts performance went to the anniversary reading of Pigtown by the Island Theatre company. Best actor was won by Myles Breen for his role in “Problem Child”, while best Actress was won by Mary Murray for her role in “Pride of Parnell Street.”
You can watch Myles Breen in Problem Child by clicking here.
Best music act was won by Giveamanakick. Best venue went to the Beltable Arts Centre, while best Museum or Gallery went to the Limerick Printmakers. Best visual arts event went to Walter Verling’s 60 Year retrospective which was hald at the Limerick City Gallery of Art, while Best Visual Art Exhibition went to the Hunt Museum for it’s exhibition, “Past Gazing, Future Glazing” While best
Ed Myers won best radio talk programme for Limerick Today on Live 95FM.
Meteor Ireland Music Awards
The region is represented here by Spin Southwest’s Zoo Crew. Voting for the Meteors opened yesterday and you can vote for the Zoo Crew by clicking here. The awards ceremony will be held on St. Patrick’s Day.
Irish Blog Awards
You can see the entire list of nominations here, but today sees the release of the nominations for the Best Blog Post. Among the nominees from Limerick are Bock The Robber, Cheebah, Fustar, Captain Purplehead as well as the Hangar Queen. The full list of Best Blog Post nominees can be seen by clicking here. The Irish Blog Awards will be held at the Cork International Airport Hotel on February 21st.
UPDATE: Limerick Person of the Year
Chairman of the Thomond Park Redevelopment Project, Pat Whelan, has been voted Limerick Person of the Year.