Get out and Vote for Ireland’s Master Doodler!


Forget X Factor, forget The All Ireland Talent Show, the BIG Vote to find Ireland’s master doodler begins today, Monday 18^th January, as public voting opens.


Entries for the second annual Doodle 4 Google competition flooded in from primary and secondary schools around the country.  Through their doodles, students highlighted themes such as global warming, the environment and technology as they depicted the theme ‘My Future’.  80 regional finalists were chosen by a panel of expert judges and will now battle it out for the public vote and the crown of Ireland’s champion doodler.


From Monday 18^th January members of the public can vote for their favourite doodle in each of the competitions’ four age categories on www.google.ie/doodle4google.  Voting will close at midnight on February 1^st.  The four doodles, one representing each age category, that receive the most public votes will go forward to the final and Google’s master doodler and Chief Webmaster Michael Lopez will select an overall  winner.  The winning doodle will appear on Google’s homepage in Ireland on 3^rd March where it will be seen by millions of people.

All four finalists and their teachers will receive a laptop each.  The overall winner will have their doodle shown on the Google homepage and the winner’s school will receive a €10,000 technology grant from Google.

Alice Mansergh,  Head of EMEA Customer Marketing, Google Ireland said, “We are thrilled with the number of entries we received and are very impressed by the standard of entries in this year’s competition.  Selecting the 80 finalists was no easy task considering the creativity and talent displayed by Irish students.  It is very interesting to see the theme of global warming coming through in a lot of the doodles.  It shows very clearly that our young people are aware of the effect it is having on our environment and are concerned about its impact on their future.”

She continues, “I want to congratulate all finalists on reaching this stage of the competition.  It’s a fantastic achievement and our international reputation as a nation of artists is in safe hands.  Now it’s over to the voting public to decide who should be on the Google home page.  So get online, see the fantastic doodles that have been created by students from all over the country and vote for your favourites.”

For more information and to vote for the winning doodles go to, http://www.google.ie/doodle4google/

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