International delegates from the UK, France, Italy, the US, Qatar and of course Ireland attended the 52nd Sharks creative awards festival in Kinsale at the weekend. There was a 20 per cent increase in festival entries this year. An education day on Friday saw talks from award-winning radio writer Paul Burke, Alex Matthews from BBH […]
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Guinness focus on real brewers for first time
Diageo unveils a new Guinness TV commercial filmed in and around the St. James’s Gate brewery today. The ad will air for the first time today across Ireland and the UK. Narrated by Irish actor Cillian Murphy, the ad begins just after dawn as we follow Peter Simpson, a young brewer cycling to work through […]
An Post frames new idea
An Post has launched a nationwide initiative to get small business owners to double company sales. The Put Your Business in the Frame initiative with Admailer.ie aims to help improve how small business owners target new customers. Announced by Cara Group director and Dragons’ Den star Ramona Nicholas, the initiative aims to empower SMEs […]
20 Questions: Emma Walls, Glenisk
EMMA WALLS is marketing director of Glenisk, a dairy producer which she says was doing organic before it became trendy. She joined the company almost seven years ago, having been an account director at Ogilvy for eight years and an independent PR consultant. She has a BA in humanities and media from the University of […]
Winning Streak show returns
Europe’s longest running TV game show Winning Streak returns to RTE One this Saturday with Sinead Kennedy and Marty Whelan. Players can win €1 million on the grand prix prize. Since its launch 24 years ago, the National Lottery has given away over €153m in cash, cars and holidays to players from all over Ireland. […]
Walsh joins Radio Nova
Neil Walsh has been appointed commercial director at Radio Nova. Walsh was in advertising sales with the Irish Daily Star, a media consultant with Independent News & Media (INM) in South Africa and most recently in media with Mindshare. His appointment follows Mary O’Sullivan’s promotion to Nova’s general manager. Nova is a regional station licensed […]
IRS+ to sell for Irish Central
Sales house IRS+ is to handle agency deals for diaspora website Irish Central. The site, which has over 4.6 million monthly page views and 300,000 social media users, was founded five year ago by Irish-American Niall O’Dowd, who addressed advertising agencies at an announcement in Dublin. IRS+ has also added digital out of home (OOH) […]
Search underway for top marketer
The search for Ireland’s top marketing executive is underway with the launch of this year’s Marketer of the Year. Launched by Marketing magazine back in 1993, the competition’s first winner was Cadbury’s marketing director Liam Marnane for rolling out the Time Out snack bar developed at its Coolock factory. Last year’s award went to Peter […]
Grady quits as Irish Independent editor
Irish Independent editor Claire Grady has stepped down from her role and is leaving Independent News & Media (INM) with immediate effect, a statement issued on behalf of INM by its PR agency has confirmed. Group head of news Ian Mallon will fill the role in the interim. A native of Mayo, Grady took over […]
New pop-up station to promote mental health in Ireland
Ireland’s first all digital pop-up radio station will be launched next week by St Patrick’s Mental Health Services. The first of its kind to broadcast in the country, Upbeat On Air has launched the search for Ireland’s most feelgood song as part of its campaign to promote positive mental health and well-being. The campaign will […]
Eircom backs Sunday dramas
Eircom is to sponsor Irish drama on Sunday night on RTÉ One, including the fifth series of Love/Hate starring Tom Vaughan Lawlor, Peter Coonan and Charlie Murphy, the second series of The Fall starring Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan, and the new three-part drama Charlie with Aidan Gillen and Tom Vaughan Lawlor. The 15-episode deal includes […]
Carat raises €15k for Crumlin
Media agency Carat has raised €15,000 for Crumlin Children’s Hospital through its Carathon charity softball tournament which this year was held in Wanderers Rugby Club last Thursday. With over 200 people in attendance, made up of 17 media owner teams, from the Independent to Nova, TV3 to i-Believe, as well as four Carat teams, the […]
Mail gets fruity with agencies
Associated Newspapers Ireland (ANI), publisher of such titles as the Irish Daily Mail and the Evoke website, is running a fun competition for agencies based around the group’s combined two million female audience. Agencies are invited to show “the fruits” of their labour by nominating a client and say why they deserve to win an ad […]
