The chief executive of the Association of Advertisers in Ireland (AAI) Barry Dooley will return as chair of Marketer of the Year. Dooley has been in charge of running the AAI since 2013. He has extensive advertising experience working in agencies such as Irish International (now TBWA\Dublin), Wilson Hartnell (now Ogilvy) and Saatchi & Saatchi. […]
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FleishmanHillard to close Dublin office
FleishmanHillard Ireland is to close its Dublin office, the trade magazine PR Week has reported. In recent years, the Omnicom-owned PR agency has worked for the National Lottery, Musgrave’s SuperValu, Allianz Partners, Brown Thomas Arnotts, Sky Ireland, Danone, Philips, Procter & Gamble, Lloyds Pharmacy, Mondelez and Woodie’s. The business was first established as an independent […]
Ken Nolan to head up WPP Media
Ken Nolan has been appointed as the interim chief executive of WPP Media in Ireland following an announcement that Bill Kinlay was stepping down from the role after 27 years at the helm. Nolan will assume the position from the start of September, with Kinlay leaving the group at the same time due to health […]
RTÉ wins World Cup 2030 rights
RTÉ has secured the exclusive Irish free-to-air rights to the 2030 Fifa World Cup, which will be hosted across Spain, Portugal and Morocco with three centenary games to be held in South America. Football fans across Ireland tuned into RTÉ’s coverage of the FIFA World Cup as Spain edged out Argentina to be crowned 2026 […]
Karen Preston to leave Mediahuis
Mediahuis Ireland has announced that its chief commercial officer and executive leadership team member Karen Preston will step down from her role and leave the business in October. She has played a key role in the transformation of the Belgian publisher’s commercial revenue model, helping to build a more diversified, digitally led and multi-platform business. […]
Ignition boss warns against AI zeal
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape the digital marketing industry, one Irish agency is warning businesses against handing over the keys too quickly. Ignition Digital was founded to address growing client frustration around declining service quality, fragmented account management structures, and the rise in outsourcing of critical marketing work. One example involved a Canadian […]
Droga5 answers Samaritans call
Suicide remains the leading cause of death among young people aged 15–34 in Ireland. Yet many people are still unaware that Samaritans, Ireland’s only 24-hour, seven days a week service, is always there to answer. To help change that, Droga5 Dublin, part of Accenture Song, has launched ‘Donate Your Voicemail’, a new campaign for Samaritans […]
Dervan offers marketers free AI course
Paul Dervan, who was voted Marketer of the Year in 2022 for his work as chief marketing officer of the National Lottery, is offering a number of free places on a new AI course he is about to run. As CMO at Premier Lotteries Ireland, Dervan took charge of the lottery’s marketing activity, including brand […]
Tayto again tops Red C brand poll
Tayto – the cheese and onion snack long synonymous with Ireland – has again topped this year’s Red C Brand Reaction Index (BRI) tracking emotional connection with 196 brands across a host of categories. Tayto has been a shared cultural ritual for generations – part of everyday life, from crisp sandwiches in lunchboxes to picnic […]
Radio revenue almost €80m
Irish radio broadcasters generated €79.6 million in advertising revenue during the first six months of 2026, reflecting a 0.2 per cent increase on the same period last year, Radiocentre Ireland has reported. Digital audio continued to be the strongest-performing segment of the market, increasing by 23.1 per cent year-on-year to €4.4m. The figures relate solely […]
MKF ads warn about skin cancer risks
The Marie Keating Foundation (MKF) and its creative agency Boys+Girls have rolled out a new radio and out of home campaign highlighting the danger of skin cancer this summer. As Ireland has one of the highest skin cancer rates in the world, Irish people are more likely to get skin cancer at home than they […]
RTÉ records €22.5m after tax surplus
RTÉ recorded a surplus after tax of €22.5 million last year, which was up from €5.5m in 2024. RTÉ said it had saved money by postponing some projects until this year. More than 300 people applied for a voluntary redundancy scheme at Montrose last year but only 67 were made redundant with the broadcaster eventually […]
Honda sponsors Today with David McCullagh
RTÉ Commercial has signed a deal with Honda to sponsor the Today with David McCullagh show on RTÉ Radio 1 weekdays from 9am to 11am. Broadcasting directly after Morning Ireland, the programme features analysis and debate around the top national and international stories of the day, spanning news, politics, sport and entertainment. Stings It also features […]
