The Witness: In His Own Words and The Tommy, Hector & Laurita Podcast take home multiple awards – Winners unveiled for the first Irish Podcast Awards!

Tonight, the winners of the Irish Podcast Awards were revealed at the very first get together of the Irish podcast industry. Nicola Tallant’s The Witness; In His Own Words was the big winner of the evening taking home three awards, including Podcast of the Year. Tommy, Hector & Laurita had cause for celebration also as they took home two awards. With over 40,000 votes cast, the Listeners Choice Award went home with the Talking Bollox podcast. Winners of the Gold, Silver & Bronze were chosen by a team of over 70 judges while the Listeners Choice was the only publicly voted category. Other winners on the night included The Good Glow, The Mario Rosenstock Podcast and Assume Nothing: Rape Trial. The full list of Gold, Silver & Bronze winners is below.

The event was held in Dublin’s Liberty Hall, with over 350 of the Irish podcasting industry attending. Creators, producers, marketing teams and podcast networks were all in attendance for the first of its kind event ever held in Ireland. Over 400 individual podcasts entered the awards, which were then whittled down to 125 across the 27 categories.

Speaking about the Awards, organiser Matt Deegan said “We are thrilled beyond belief to have launched the Awards with such a bang. We are delighted to celebrate with the vibrant podcasting community in Ireland and now with the first event is up and running, plans for 2023 start on Monday!”

Award

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Moment of the Year

The Witness: In His Own Words

Talking Bollox

The Good Glow

Best Arts & Culture

Talking Derry Girls

The Blindboy Podcast

Words To That Effect

Best Branded Content

Under Construction with Chadwicks

The Story of Irish Whiskey – A Perfect Blend

Mamia & Me

Best Business supported by Subly

The Big Tech Show

How to Pivot

The Entrepreneur Experiment

Best Comedy

The Mario Rosenstock Podcast

The 2 Johnnies Podcast

GoLoud Presents: Talking Bollox

Best Current Affairs

Opinions Matter

The Irish Passport

The David McWilliams Podcast

Best Daily

Wake Up / Wind Down

The Indo Daily

Opinions Matter

Best Documentary

The Witness: In His Own Words

Documentary On One – GunPlot

Tainted Gold: The Michelle Smith Story

Best Entertainment

The Tommy, Hector and Laurita Podcast

The Blindboy podcast

This Paranormal Life

Best Family

Someone Like Me

Maddie + Triggs

Spooky FM

Best Fiction

The Bootsy Boys’ Blackbird

Petrified

Romancing the Dungeon

Best Irish Language

Beo Ar Éigean

Teactaireachtaí

An Spota Dubh

Best Interview

Conversations on the Margins

Death Becomes Him

The Good Glow

Best New Podcast supported by podfollow

Tis Yourself

Promenade

Alright, pet?

Best Radio supported by Radiocentre Ireland

RTÉ Radio 1 Documentary On One

The Almanac of Ireland

The Pat Kenny Show Highlights

Best Sex & Relationships

Assume Nothing: Rape Trial

Dating Games – The Modern Relationships Podcast

Would Like To Meet

Best Factual

Yarn – A Story Podcast

TheCase.Report

The Critter Shed

Best Sport

The GAA Social

The Other 3 Amigos Podcast

Al Foran’s Goalmouth

Best True Crime

The Northern Bank Job

Murder Most Irish

The Witness: In His Own Words

The Climate Award

Book of Leaves

Hot Mess

Ecolution

Best Wellbeing

The Good Glow

Real Health with Karl Henry

The Blindboy Podcast

Best Network or Publisher

GoLoud

The HeadStuff Podcast Network

The Warren

Best Marketing

Red Room Podcast

The Domestic Game Podcast Socials

The Public Sector Marketing Show

Acast Rising Star Award

Mark Walsh

Andrew J. McGovern

Aideen Finnegan

The Spotlight Award

The Tommy, Hector and Laurita Podcast

Documentary On One

The David McWilliams Podcast

The Bullseye Award

The NeighbourFood Podcast

The Ambition Incubator Podcast

Living with Multiple Myeloma

The Creativity Award

Maddie + Triggs

The Northern Bank Job

Conversations on the Margins

Podcast of the Year

The Witness: In His Own Words

Listeners’ Choice

Talking Bollox Podcast

My Therapist Ghosted Me

Real Life Ghost Stories

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