| The Spider Awards | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | "Driving digital excellence"[1] |
| Country | Ireland (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) |
| First awarded | 1996[2] |
| Website | thespiders |
The Spider Awards (previously known as the Golden Spider Awards and for sponsorship reasons as the Eircom Spiders and later the Eir Spiders) is an annual awards ceremony for Irish contributions to online and digital media across a number of categories.[3][4]
Established in 1996,[5] the awards are hosted by Business & Finance and historically sponsored by telecommunications company Eir (formerly known as Eircom).[6]
A parallel set of awards for young people aged 19 and under, known as the "Junior Spiders", was established in 2009.[5][7]
Since 2018 the awards have reputedly come "under the umbrella" of the Dublin Tech Summit conference.[8]
- ^ "Awards - About". thespiders.ie. Haymarket Capital. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ "Tenderscout scoops top prize in Eir Spider awards". Irish Times. 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Miss Bliss to host eir Spider Awards". independent.ie. Irish Independent. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ "Entries for Golden Spider awards increase by 20%". Irish Times. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Congratulations to the 2015 Spider Awards Winners". belltimemagazine.ie. Bell Time Magazine. 29 October 2015. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ "eircom Spider Awards open for business". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ "Eircom launches Junior Spider Awards for young online innovators". siliconrepublic.com. Silicon Republic. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ "The Spiders is Now Under the DTS Umbrella". irishtechnews.ie. Infused Media Group. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.