Love it. I really miss the heady days in the Irish blogosphere when all it took was a post about "Sex and the City" to get people worked up. And if I learned anything back then, it was that posts about gender get people worked up.

Cue James Corbett. After Damien Mulley suggested that a list of expert list of Irish bloggers be kept, Eirepreneur drew up a list of bloggers he considered "experts" in their field. What's the beef? Well, there were no women included!

Cue Annette Clancy. The blogging award-winner suggested that men were the gatekeepers of the Irish blogosphere. Mulley didn't agree. Goldbach podcasts and blogs about it. Another Irish blog award-winner Gleeson sides with Clancy.

Bottom line? Ditch these lists of "experts". If journos really want to find experts from the Irish blogosphere, let them do the groundwork and decide for themselves who they want to interview. Lists are elitist and not like blogrolls as James Corbett maintains. I'll show you mine if you'll show me yours. My Panini sticker collection has Blogorrah, your's has Twenty Major - let's swap. Rubbish.

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