There were a few people about. I attended the inaugural Slugger Awards “Promoting a conversational politics in Northern Ireland.” The awards were presented in the atrium of W5 in the Odyssey in Belfast. Slugger O’Toole has been following Northern Ireland politics since June 2002. It is the oldest political blog in and about Northern Ireland and is read by Journalists, Political Professionals and bloggers with 23,000 unique visitors every month. Founded by Mick Fealty, it now has a team of regular bloggers contributing to the site. Slugger O’Toole is a place where the Blogosphere and Main Stream Media merge. Mick Fealty giving us a little history of the blog and how the Awards came about. The ten Awards were: · Up-and-coming Politician of the Year - Daithi McKay (Sinn Fein) - · Local Newspaper of the Year - Impartial Reporter...
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