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Newstalk appoints Tim Collins as CEO

Communicorp is to appoint Tim Collins as CEO of Newstalk subject to the normal regulatory approval. Collins is currently the CEO of Ocean FM and a consultant to Northern Media Group. He is also a long standing director of the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland (IBI). He has worked in media since 2004 and led the bid for Ocean FM’s […]

What makes advertising seem better than any other industry? The ideas. The sometimes mad, always creative ideas. They’re what get us excited every day and what we strive to deliver continually. And even the naysayers who publicly object to advertising tend to enjoy the spectacular, crazy, funny and at times artistic ideas that can sprout […]

A new series celebrating the role of the local newspaper industry in Irish life starts on RTÉ One this Thursday. The Local Eye is a six-part series following the fortunes of three regional newspapers – The Clare Champion, The Mayo News and The Munster Express – as they carve out a new space for themselves in a […]

Musgrave have secured an exclusive contract to sell the Graham Norton Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc produced by New Zealand winery Invivo through SuperValu and Centra stores nationwide. The wine is being marketed in tandem with talk show host and Cork native Graham Norton. It has already won a number of accolades at global wine shows. Projected […]

Young rugby players across Leinster have a chance to learn from their heroes and their clubs could win some new coaching equipment. Windsor Motors is offering all clubs in Leinster the chance to win a training session hosted by three Leinster Rugby players and €500 worth of equipment. Clubs can enter online at www.windsor.ie/Leinster-Rugby To enter, […]

Digital agency Eightytwenty has added four new hires following a series of new client wins. Stuart Wakeman joins as digital strategist from OgilvyOne London where he had a similar role working on BlackRock, American Express and British Gas. Rachael Greene joins as senior account manager from Epsilon where she worked on the Google account. Michael Corcoran […]

Irishman John Saunders is to succeed Dave Senay as FleishmanHillard’s president and chief executive officer, it was announced today by Dale Adams, chairman and CEO of the DAS group of companies, a division of FleishmanHillard’s parent company, Omnicom Group. Saunders, 57, and a native of Dublin, takes on the new job with immediate effect. Saunders was […]

Marketing.ie and RTE 2fm is offering you the opportunity to win two tickets to see Kevin Hart perform live at the 3 Arena in Dublin on Friday, January 22nd 2016. For your chance to win, just correctly answer the following question: What’s the title of Kevin Hart’s biggest ever comedy tour? Answers should be emailed […]

A liquidator is to be appointed to online image library PicStash – formerly known as PR Slides. Launched in 2013 by model Emma Jane Power, PR Slides was backed by Simply Zesty and Lovin’ Dublin founder Niall Harbison, who became the became the agency’s joint chief executive. Last year the company received €500,000 in venture […]

Former Rose of Tralee Maria Walsh has made no secret of the fact she’d like to either pursue a career in TV or become a wedding planner for gay couples has her chance to blossom on screen with a stint on TV3’s The Seven O’Clock Show. Walsh, who made headlines by being the first Rose […]

To mark Recycle Week, Repak commissioned an art installation made out of recycled plastic collected from the general public on the streets of Dublin and recycled plastic from around the country. The ‘Fantastic Plastic’ sculpture was created by Eoghain Phelan. It is made from plastic drinking and toiletry bottles, airport security trays and old election […]

Digital ad spend was up a quarter in the first half of the year to a record high of €162 million. Mobile ad spend is now 40 per cent of total digital spend with growth year-on-year of 72 per cent. Native ads were broken out for the first time with a spend of €16m in the period […]

Client services executive Caroline Keogh has been made senior account director at creative agency Boys & Girls. She will work on the Irish Distillers and Three mobile accounts. With a BSc in marketing, communications and advertising from DIT, Aungier St, she has 10 years agency experience and worked with PML and DMA, before joining Modern […]