Blog awards to feature e-canvassing politicians

POLITICIANS are busier than ever these days briskly embracing the electorate on doorsteps and pressing punters for votes across Ireland.

But some evidently have more time on their hands than others. And so we come to the Oscar-style awards of online diaries — The Irish Blog Awards.

The online scribblings and musings of bloggers will receive accolades next month in a ceremony at a Dublin hotel.