The Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland (IAPI) has announced the seven Cannes Young Lions (CYL) teams that have been selected, following a two-round judging process to represent Ireland at what is referred to as the Oscars of advertising: Cannes Lions. CYL is a global creative competition that allows young industry talent to compete against […]
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Bloom creates pizza worship for Just Eat
Bloom created a PR stunt for Just Eat by surprising the winner of the food home delivery brand’s game changer award, Dough Box co-owner Donal Byrne, with an all-singing Gospel group belting out a version of ‘Oh, Happy Day’ outside his pizza shop in Bray. The idea of the stunt was to build awareness of […]
Boys+Girls paints pictures for Colourtrend
A new ad campaign has been launched for Irish paint brand Colourtrend titled ‘A World of Quality in Every Colour’. Created by Boys+Girls, it is the first major campaign since 2016, when the late Eoghan Nolan’s Brand Artillery devised a series for General Paints voiced by actress Fiona Shaw. The TV campaign debuts this month […]
Purpose Disruptors to host change debate
A network of advertising and marketing executives addressing climate change issues will host a discussion about the changes happening across the industry and how sustainable practices are being introduced by both agencies and clients. The Purpose Disruptors’ online session is titled ‘How Change Happens – Stories of Positive Change in Irish Adland’. Purpose Disruptors seek […]
BBDO draws attention to VW’s zero carbon
BBDO Dublin has created a new out of home (OOH) campaign for Volkswagen to promote its all-electric ID.3 and ID.4 models. The billboard located on Dublin’s Macken Street takes the humble pencil to make a statement by creating a hand drawn billboard to highlight the brand’s ‘Way to Zero’ mantra as the motor industry pivots […]
Neary’s Bad Goose to help challenger brands
Former AFA and Doherty Advertising director Frank Neary has launched Bad Goose. The new creative agency will focus on consumer work, while Mindmap, which Neary founded, will priortise its pharma and medical clients. Neary said Bad Goose will aim for challenger brands, an area of the advertising business in which he has considerable experience. Among […]
Brill Building scoops IMC grand prix
The Brill Building, the creative agency founded by Roisin Keown, won the grand prix at the IMC European integrated awards for their ‘Shop That Nearly Wasn’t’ campaign for Breakthrough Cancer Research (BCR). The agency qualified for the top prize after it won gold in the cause/charity category and silver in the shopper and experiential/sponsorship category. […]
Huskies feeds Little Flower’s food message
To raise awareness of Ireland’s food poverty rates, charity Little Flower Penny Dinners hired In the Company of Huskies to show that hunger is an issue that never went away. With Famine Food Bank, Huskies installed a non-functional food bank beside the famous Famine Memorial, where people could donate a plate of food to Little […]
PP ads dominate at Dublin Airport
Irish racegoers heading to the Cheltenham race meeting this week will find it impossible to avoid the Paddy Power ads dominating Dublin Airport. Actor Colm Meaney, retired jump jockey Ruby Walsh and former footballer-turned-pundit Peter Crouch feature in the ads highlighting the four-day festival with Digital Skyscreen and Blue Lifts formats in T1 and T2. […]
IAPI rolls out third female support programme
The Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland (IAPI) has launched the third annual Female Futures Fund (FFF) aimed at accelerating women into senior roles and ensuring that adland’s best female talent is retained and promoted by helping them realise their full potential. FFF is part of IAPI’s aim to help close the leadership gender gap […]
Core predicts ad spend to rise by almost 11%
Core forecasts that total media spend in Ireland will grow by 10.85 per cent in 2022 to €1,233.6 million. Despite having various levels of Covid-19 restrictions in place for long periods of 2021, which hindered all areas of advertising investments and mediums, 2022 started off healthily with the overall market having grown by 20.5 per cent to […]
Publicis all heart for new VHI centres
A new VHI campaign by Publicis points to how its new centres take a 360-degree view of people’s health with the insurer’s own doctors, consultants and medical teams on call. The multi-channel campaign formats showcase just some of the many services on offer, including urgent care, paediatrics and diagnostics in an animated, heart-shaped health centre. […]
Fogarty’s Admatic may include overseas titles
Irish online advertising platform Admatic may in time be expanded to include international media titles, including those in the UK and US. Admatic.ie was launched by former agency owner Stuart Fogarty to provide advertisers with direct media buying. The service also extends to the creation of advertising campaigns, copy clearance and copy dispatch. The platform […]
