Daft.ie Wins "Best International eBusiness Website" at UN Summit in Tunisia and two awards at the Irish Internet Awards in Dublin

18th November 2005, Daft.ie, Ireland's biggest Property Website, was recognised as one of the 5 best e-Business Websites in the world at the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), currently taking place in Tunisia. A panel of 35 international experts evaluated websites from 168 countries to find the best 40 from around the world in e-learning, e-culture, e-science, e-government, e-health, e-business, e-entertainment and a special category: e-inclusion. More than 10,000 delegates from 170 nations attended the summit, which also featured the launch of the world's first sub-$100 Laptop, destined for emerging economies.

The founders of Daft.ie, Brian and Eamonn Fallon were also presented with two awards at the Irish Internet Association & CheetahMail Net Visionary Awards at a ceremony in Clontarf Castle last night. The awards were presented in the categories of Innovation and Internet Entrepreneur, which recognise the company's success in building a successful business enabled by e-commerce, demonstrating clear strategic vision and impressive tactical abilities.

Commenting on the accolades Brian Fallon, Co-Founder, Daft.ie said "It is a tremendous honour to be recognised as one of the 5 best e-Business Websites in the world. It is a great opportunity for a small Irish company like Daft to gain profile and recognition on a world stage. We expect thousands of buyers from Bangkok to Bahrain, to be logging onto Daft.ie to see our overseas property section."

"We are also delighted to have received two awards from the Irish internet association last night. These awards are particularly rewarding as they are nominated by our peers in the industry and further demonstrate the effectiveness and popularity of our site."

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Notes to the Editor:
Daft.ie, Ireland's biggest property site has been providing low-cost online advertising to the Irish property market since 1997 with a primary focus on first-time-buyer properties, investment properties both home & abroad and residential property to let.

Established by two brothers Eamonn and Brian Fallon, Daft.ie has become the country's biggest property portal with over 30,000 properties available for sale or let at any one time. The site currently delivers 24 million pages of properties a month to over one million visitors. Eamonn and Brian were also finalists in the 2004 Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.