Ireland’s Awards for Excellence in PR organised jointly by the Public Relations Institute (PRII) and the Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA) were presented online for the first time in their history. PRII chief executive Martina Byrne said that an audience of over 450 viewed proceedings from Ireland and as far away as the US and […]
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DMG Media rolls out i newspaper in Republic
It has been announced that DMG Media is rolling out the i newspaper in the Republic from this weekend. The publisher of the Irish Daily Mail and the Irish Mail on Sunday newspapers as well as the Extra.ie, Evoke and digital platforms, confirmed that i newspaper is joining the press titles to be sold in […]
Griffith College hosts creative show online
Students at Griffith College have overcome the odds this year to put the annual graduate creative show online for public viewing in the coming months. Normally staged in the college’s campus in Dublin 8, the students and lecturers from the design and media faculties have worked hard to display the graduate show online this year […]
Shark Awards 2020 open for entries
The organisers of the Shark Awards in Kinsale have launched this year’s awards season and are calling for entries in advertising, digital, design, short film and music video. Not surprisingly, there are some changes to this year’s festival due to the Covid-19 pandemic and there will be no programme of talks and panels over three […]
CAI ads urge youths to consider accountancy
Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI) has launched a new ad campaign to kick off the application process for the 2020/21 new student intake for the chartered accountancy qualification. The B2C, three-month campaign, ‘Secure Your Success,’ runs across radio, social, digital and press from this week through to when applications close on September 30. The campaign, which […]
Bauer extends online radio across Ireland
Bauer Media in Belfast has expanded its reach by enabling online listening across the island of Ireland. For the first time, consumers south of the border will be able to either tune in live or listen in later to the three stations – Cool FM, Downtown Radio and Downtown Country – through its branded mobile […]
Public House rolls out sub ads for Telegraph
The Public House creative agency has launched a brand campaign for the Belfast Telegraph, which is part of the Independent News & Media stable of press titles. The campaign support the roll out of a subscription service for the 150-year-old news organisation and marks a new extension to the independent agency’s links with the Mediahuis-owned […]
Cadbury returns outdoors to pitch sweet ideas
The return of topflight football in England has seen Premier League sponsors Mondelez celebrate with the launch of a new Cadbury OOH campaign. The ads focus on the brand range and its links with the Premier League, with various product lines alongside a ‘Football’s Back!’ tagline. A confetti background adds to the celebratory message broadcast […]
Indie List launched by McPartlin & Herlihy
A new venture designed to help the freelance community is launching in Ireland. The Indie List has been developed by Úna Herlihy and Peter McPartlin to highlight the wide array of independent talent in Irish marketing, media and creative services. The 100+ freelance list covers commercial creativity, strategy, project management and digital services. Herlihy is […]
AAI shares Fanning’s ‘Be Wise, Advertise’ talk
For a limited time only, the Association of Advertisers in Ireland (AAI) had made some of its exclusive, members-only content available for all to access. First up is John Fanning’s ‘Be Wise, Advertise’ talk from one of the AAI Toolkit breakfast sessions. As AAI chief executive Barry Dooley remarked, perhaps a more pertinent and topical […]
Boys+Girls radio ad airs dangers of drowning
As more people than ever visit Irish beaches due to the fact that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused the closure of supervised swimming pools and has restricted international travel, Boys+Girls has created a radio and digital campaign for Swim Ireland and the Royal Life Saving Society to highlight the loss of young lives during Drowning […]
Monahan named thought leader in brand design
Cube Design creative director Barbara Monahan has earned the highest accolade in the SME industry by achieving the All-Ireland ‘All-Star’ business accreditation as thought leader in brand design. The accreditation is an independently-verified standard for Irish businesses, which its organisers claim is based on rigorous selection criteria. The accreditation is overseen by the All-Ireland Business […]
JWT Folk becomes Folk Wunderman Thompson
Dublin creative agency JWT Folk has announced a name change to Folk Wunderman Thompson following the merger of the two WPP agencies, J Walter Thompson (JWT) and Wunderman, last year. The JWT name has now been retired from the network of 20,000 people across 200 offices globally. The agency will continue to be led by […]
