2008 Meteor Music Awards ceremony was held in the RDS , Dublin on Friday , 15 February 2008 . Nineteen awards were presented . It was the eighth edition of Ireland 's national music awards . The event was later broadcast on RTÉ Two on Saturday , 16 February at 21:00 . The comedian Dara Ó Briain hosted the awards for the first time since 2004 Duke Special and Cathy Davey won the Best Irish Male and Best Irish Female Awards respectively , whilst veteran rockers Aslan won the Best Irish Band Award and Paddy Casey 's '' Addicted to Company '' won Best Irish Album . For the eighth consecutive year Westlife won the Best Irish Pop Act accolade . Ham Sandwich were presented with the Hope for 2008 Meteor Award by RTÉ 2fm DJ Rick O'Shea . The Blizzards won Best Irish Live Performance for their Main Stage appearance at Oxegen 2007 , whilst Muse picked up the award for Best International Live Performance , which also occurred at Oxegen the previous year . The award for the Most Downloaded Song was given to Mundy and Sharon Shannon 's chart hit " Galway Girl " . The Saw Doctors were presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award and were also amongst the performers at the event
Oxegen 2007
Oxegen 2007
2008 Meteor Awards