Irish Times journalist Fiona McCann won an award for her blog Pursued by a Bear at the Irish Blog Awards last night.
Ms McCann was shortlisted for best arts and culture blog, along with Scamp.ie, The Asylum, Devious Theatre and Chris Judge.
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Irish Timesblogs were nominated for awards in last night's ceremony, including Ms McCann's. Conor Pope was nominated in the best blog from a journalist category, which was won by Markham Nolan for expad.ie. Jim Carroll lost out to nialler9.com, while best newcomer, in which Brian Mukandi was nominated, went to Trust Tommy.
The Irish Blog Awards 2009 were held at the Cork International Airport Hotel.