ArchiveMarch, 2020

O’Brien replaces Cotter as BBDO Dublin’s ECD

BBDO Dublin has appointed Shane O’Brien as executive creative director in place of Dylan Cotter who left the agency to head up Deloitte’s new Acne agency in Ireland. O’Brien joined BBDO in December in a full-time capacity having previously freelanced. He was previously at Guns or Knives and Rothco where he won a Cannes Lion […]

The Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (ASAI) has appointed Javelin director Kyla O’Kelly to its board. She will now work with the ASAI in managing the body’s business and in drawing up and implementing the code of standards for promoting the highest standards in advertising and marketing communications in Ireland. O’Kelly’s role at Javelin includes […]

The Association of Advertisers in Ireland (AAI) has postponed its March Toolkit breakfast seminar due to concerns about the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. Windmill Lane creative director John Kennedy had been lined up to speak on the theme ‘Kill Your Darlings – And Other Lessons From 40 Years Of Storytelling’ in the latest Nuts […]

As part of Vodafone Ireland Foundation’s campaign, in partnership with Women’s Aid, JWT Folk created a series of seemingly normal print ads to highlight the signs of domestic abuse that can be hidden in plain sight in Irish society. The aim was to alert people to the worrying statistic that one in five Irish women […]

Lisney has signed up as the title sponsor of Railway Union Hockey Club (RUHC) for the 2020 and 2021 seasons. Founded in 1904 in Sandymount, Dublin 4, RUHC fields five women’s teams, five men’s teams, two veteran teams and a thriving junior section, it caters for all ages and all levels of ability from social […]

Youth radio stations Spin 1038 and Spin South West plans to air shared programming between Spin South West and Spin 1038 in Dublin. While the breakfast and drive time shows on both stations will be retained, mid-morning and evening shows will be shared across both stations. Local news, sport weather and travel will be retained […]

Independent News & Media (INM) has signed up 6,953 paying subscribers following its decision to introduce an editorial paywall for the Irish Independent, its publisher has confirmed. Speaking at the Marketing Institute’s DMX annual conference in the Aviva Stadium, Mediahuis’s Peter Vandermeersch said the move to a paywall was “going well”. Vandermeersch said trust more […]

The Diageo-owned Guinness Storehouse has officially opened the new Gravity Bar. Developed over three years, with over 175,000 man hours and an almost €20 million investment, the bar has more than doubled in size, offering visitors wider panoramic views which now include the Phoenix Park and new vistas over the Dublin Mountains. The bar’s footprint […]

Chris Collins has been promoted to commercial manager at JCDecaux Ireland. He joined the company three years ago as agency sales manager from Clear Channel, where he was an account manager. Prior to that, he spent five years as a director of the ILTB training company and was manager of the Westwood health and fitness […]

Core Sponsorship has announced the further expansion of its practice with the appointment of two new sponsorship directors and a senior media sponsorship manager. Karen Doyle (right) joins as media sponsorship director from IRS + where she was in sales and marketing. She will negotiate and implement client media sponsorship strategies. Sean Rea has been […]

98FM has a new breakfast duo with Rebecca Shekleton and Brendan O’Loughlin taking to the airwaves from March 16. 98FM’s Big Breakfast (7am-10am) promises to be an instant shot of “get up and go” weekday mornings, as the pair keep Dublin listeners entertained with music and giveaways, along with the latest news and traffic updates. […]

Boys+Girls has unveiled its first work for Kellogg’s following a competitive pitch last year which saw it winning the EMEA account for the new WK Kellogg no added sugar cereal from the company’s longtime incumbent, Leo Burnett. The campaign is titled ‘Good All Round’ and launches the new WK Kellogg cereals with ‘Eat Good, Do […]

This year Ireland will join thousands of women globally as Dublin hosts its first ever Vital Voices global mentoring walk this Saturday on the eve of International Women’s Day. President Michael D Higgins will receive a delegation of Vital Voice’s European board and some of the mentees and mentors in advance of the historic walk. […]