Core has strengthened its ranking as Ireland’s biggest media agency group figures released by international research company COMvergence indicate. The billings and market share report shows that WPP Media’s Mindshare retained its position as the country’s top media agency network. Core recorded billings of €302 million in 2025, with a 29 per cent market share. […]
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Publicis scoops Cannes grand prix for Heineken
Publicis Dublin was awarded a highly-prized grand prix at the Cannes Lions international creative festival in the south of France for its ‘The Pub That Refused to Die’ work for Heineken Ireland. The campaign helped pub-goers in Kilteely, Co Limerick, save their local bar from closure. Thinkhouse and Dentsu collaborated in the work. The campaign […]
Cannes Lions hears Ritson talk up radio
The audio industry bodies of Australia, the UK, the US and Ireland have added their voices to a single global argument – and taken the evidence to Cannes Lions. For the first time, Commercial Radio & Audio (CRA), Radiocentre UK, Radiocentre Ireland and the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB US) joined forces to make the case […]
Dublin Horse Show ads off to a gallop
The Dublin Horse Show 2026 with new sponsor Gallagher has been launched with a suite of work showcasing the heritage and history of the storied event through a contemporary lens. The RDS awarded the marketing, media and activation to The Brill Building and Ad Vantage Media, led by Roisin Keown and Jill Robinson, until 2028. […]
Tenth Man wins Virgin Media
Virgin Media Ireland has appointed The Tenth Man as its creative agency following a pitch with Thinkhouse. The incumbent, Publicis Dublin, did not present. The new partnership will see The Tenth Man, led by former Paddy Power marketing boss Ken Robertson, handle creative work across Virgin Media’s broadband, mobile, TV and entertainment portfolio. The first […]
Phone used mostly to keep in touch
The top three uses of mobile phones are staying in contact with family and friends (66 per cent of people aged 40 and over), social media (54 per cent), and banking, budgeting, and managing finances (one in three), to new research by Vodafone Ireland shows. The survey was commissioned among 500 mobile phone users aged […]
PRCA to honour FH’s Rhona Blake
Rhona Blake, managing director of FleishmanHillard Ireland and one of the most respected and influential figures in Irish PR and communications circles, is to be inducted into the Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA) Hall of Fame 2026, in recognition of her “outstanding contribution” to the PR profession in Ireland. In a statement, the PRCA said […]
Delaney’s book mirrors England since Brexit
Dublin photographer Barry Delaney has a new limited edition book out called This England, which looks at the UK ten years on from Brexit. In February 2020, before the Covid pandemic spread worldwide, Delaney took a midweek break in Birmingham. He noticed how different the country had become since Britons had voted to leave the […]
Aer Lingus 90th anniversary ads take off
Aer Lingus has unveiled a new brand campaign to mark its 90th anniversary, which celebrates its longstanding commitment to connecting Ireland with the world. It’s centred around a simple truth: as remarkable as those journeys are, there is one place the airline has always brought people, and always will continue to do so – home. […]
Phoenix closes after more than 40 years
Current affairs and satirical magazine Phoenix has gone into voluntary liquidation after more than 40 years on Irish newsstands. The fortnightly, which was established by John Mulcahy in 1983, was regarded as ‘a must-read’ for anyone with an interest in getting the inside stories, and proved a thorn in the side of Ireland’s political, media […]
Twomey re-elected as EASA chair
Orla Twomey, chief executive of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the independent advertising self-regulatory body responsible for promoting, regulating and enforcing the highest standards in marketing communications, has been re-elected to chair the European Advertising Standards Alliance (EASA) for a second term at EASA’s biannual meetings in Milan. Guidance Based in Brussels, EASA is a […]
123.ie launches No Drama Llama
123.ie has a new brand platform to mark 24 years of insuring its customers. ‘No Drama Llama’ connects to a moment customers know well: the small thing that goes wrong and turns an ordinary day upside down, the leak, the bump in the car park and the calm that comes from knowing the rest of […]
Paddy Power flips ad for Ivory Coast
A new tactical advertising campaign by Paddy Power encourages Ireland fans to support Ivory Coast; all because the team’s flag mirrors the Irish tricolour. The Republic of Ireland may have missed out on qualifying for the 23rd World Cup finals, but Irish fans can still have skin in the game, thanks to a novel out […]
