Kathy Foley

Just a quickie to say thanks for all the comments so far. I will get to them individually later, but the deadlines are stacked here like planes at Heathrow. And to clarify the clarification (this may never end!), I stand by what I said originally, but very happy to tease out a more nuanced understanding of blogging in Ireland.

Also just want to draw attention a comment made by Alan below there:

“A little more investigation of the Irish Blog Awards winners would lead to Arseblog which measures daily visits in the tens of thousands, far more than nearly all the most high profile UK political blogs. It has spawned dozens of other Arsenal related blogs and is widely recognised as one of the stand-out sports blogs in the world. Last year it beat Gawker’s Deadspin site to win the best sports blog in the bloggies (http://2007.bloggies.com). A must-read and highly influential Irish blog.”

Have to hold my hands up on that one. Was aware of Arseblog, but it didn’t come to mind when I was writing the original piece, probably because although it’s an Irish blog, it’s not one about Ireland or Irish life.

Sadly, have no interest in football and less in the ins and outs of what’s happening at Arsenal. Mind you, always took an interest in Thierry Henry, but that’s to do with his va-va-voom and not what he can do with a football. Anyway, deserved props to Arseblog.