JOE Men of the Year Awards: The Shortlist

You've voted in your thousands, and prior to announcing the winners, we can reveal who of those nominated have made it to our Men of the Year shortlist.

2010 seems so long ago, but back then we announced that we wanted to celebrate the best of the best of Irish men.

Since then, you've made it clear who you think are the people who made a difference, made the effort, made us laugh or made a complete mess of things in 2010.

So now that voting is closed, here, in alphabetical order, are the nominees who you voted into the top three slots in each category:

GAA Player of the Year:

Bernard Brogan
Lar Corbett
Tommy Walsh

Rugby Player of the Year:

Tommy Bowe
Jamie Heaslip
Donncha O'Callaghan

Footballer of the Year:

Seamus Coleman
Kevin Doyle
Robbie Keane

Funniest Man of the Year:

Andrew Maxwell
Mario Rosenstock
The Viper (The Hardy Bucks)

Political Mind of the Year:

Simon Coveney
Eamon Gilmore
Brian Lenihan

Rising Star:

The Hardy Bucks
Rubberbandits
Villagers

Style Icon:

Craig Doyle
Paul Galvin
Dermot O'Leary

Woman of the Year:

The Irish U17 Women's Football Team
Imelda May
Katie Taylor

Business Mind of the Year:

Denis O'Brien (Digicel)
Eddie O'Connor (Mainstream Renewable Power)
Eamonn Fallon (Daft Media)

The winners of the JOE.ie Men of the Year Awards 2010 will be announced here on 24 January, when we'll also reveal who won the much-coveted Gobshite of the Year Award.