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Tallant and Tiernan among Irish Podcast Awards winners

Tommy Tiernan
Tommy Tiernan

The winners of the Irish Podcast Awards were revealed on Friday 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.

Beo Ar Éigean won the Best Irish Language award, while RTÉ Radio One's Documentary on One series took silver for GunPlot.

With over 40,000 votes cast, the Listeners Choice Award went home with the Talking Bollox podcast.

Winners of the Gold, Silver and Bronze were chosen by a team of over 70 judges while the Listeners Choice was the only publicly-voted category.

Mario Rosenstock

Other winners on the night included The Good Glow, The Mario Rosenstock Podcast and Assume Nothing: Rape Trial.

The event was held at Dublin’s Liberty Hall, with over 350 of the Irish podcasting industry in attendance.

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!"

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