The Slugger O'Toole Awards event was held in the Belfast W5 centre on 7 October 2008. This is the first glittering and glamorous Slugger Awards and almost all of the politicos, digicenti, bloggerati of any note and general hangers on are gathered for what would have been a Red Carpet Reception. But Red, like Blue like Green Orange and even Yellow have political connotations, so the carpet was ignored and we all just had a night on the tiles. Slugger O'Toole has been following Northern Ireland politics for about six years. It is the oldest political blog in and about Northern Ireland. If it is not the most read, it is certainly among the top titles. And it is read widely. Slugger O'Toole is a place where the Blogosphere and Main Stream Media meet. The web site is read by Journalists, Political Professionals and bloggers alike. Founder Mick Fealty is no journalist in the traditional sense, but is probably more of a journalist that many news reporters. If it is a journalists role not just to report events, but to seek context and wide comment on events Mick fits that role. There were awards for External Representives (MPs, MEPs and others), Journalism, Local Council of the Year, Local Councillor of the Year, Local Newspaper of the Year, MLA of the Year, Participation and Involvement, Political Blogger, Stormont Committee Chair of the Year, Up-and-coming Politician of the Year and Jobsworth of the Year. Less