ISME’s annual business lunch will feature Oonagh O’Hagan, owner and managing director of the Meaghers Pharmacy Group as guest speaker, and Paul Howard, author of the Ross O’Carroll-Kelly series, as its after-lunch entertainment. The lunch will take place on Friday, November 29 at the Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel in Killiney, Co. Dublin. The event will be attended by 300 […]
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Some spaces still available for radio seminar
Limited spaces remain for Radiocentre Ireland’s Sounding Out 2024 event next week. The seminar will feature Robert Heath, author of The Hidden Power of Advertising. Strategist and co-founder of Craig+Bridget Craig Mawdsley will talk about attention and whether it really matters for brands. There will also be a focus on effectiveness where Bridget Angear (Craig + Bridget) […]
Ipsos B&A to host global trends webinar
Research agency Ipsos B&A will host a webinar on global trends and how they are how they are manifesting in Ireland. The presentation, entitled ‘In Search of a New Consensus: From Tension to Intention’, will feature insights by two of the agency’s expert researchers, Davina O’Donoghue and Kieran O’Leary. Before returning to Dublin, O’Donoghue spent […]
TABS lunch on September 12
The third annual charity lunch organised by The Advertising Benevolent Society (TABS) will be held in the Intercontinental Hotel, Ballsbridge in September. This year, the society celebrates its 70th anniversary. During its three score and ten years, TABS has supported hundreds of people in adland and their families who have experienced trying times. Along with […]
Fuel adds three new senior directors
Events agency Fuel has appointed three new senior directors. With teams across the US, UK and its headquarters located on Dublin’s Camden Street, Keith McCormack joins as executive director, Jonny Boyle as director of brand experience and Gráinne Earley has been promoted from global experience director to the new company role of director of employee […]
Heineken takes its House to EP
Dutch brewer Heineken returns to Electric Picnic this weekend by bringing its global House stage to the festival for the first time. Around 75,000 music fans are expected to show up at Stradbally this weekend. A special Irish build never seen anywhere else before puts attendees at the centre of the action, with elevated areas, an […]
Effie awards bid made by Ascential
British events and advisory company Ascential plc has agreed a deal to buy the commercial assets of Effie, the global benchmark in marketing effectiveness, the licence rights of which the Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland (IAPI) has nationally. Subject to regulatory approval, Effie will join Ascential’s Lions division, which also champions advertising campaigns that […]
Guerlain’s Djordjevic to address Digital Summit
The head of indirect e-business at global luxury retailer Guerlain Sophie Djordjevic will deliver a keynote address at the Digital Summit in Croke Park in Dublin in September. The title of Djordjevic’s talk is ‘Livestreaming: the Future of E-Commerce’. Joining her on stage will be Alan Aumont, digital and ecommerce manager at Chanel. The event […]
New judges for Marketer of the Year
Three marketers have joined the judging panel to assess this year’s submissions for Marketer of the Year (MotY). Geoff Codd, residential business and marketing director, Energia; Jess Kelly, retail marketing manager, Tirlán (previously Glanbia) and Colm Sherwin, chief digital and investment manager, Core, are now part of the panel in place of Paul Dervan, Miro; […]
TABS hosts lunch in September
The third annual charity lunch organised by The Advertising Benevolent Society (TABS) will be held in the Intercontinental Hotel, Ballsbridge in September. This year, the society celebrates its 70th anniversary. During its three score and ten years, TABS has supported hundreds of people in adland and their families who have experienced trying times. Along with […]
IAPI & Marketing Society co-host Cannes show
The Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland (IAPI) and the Marketing Society are teaming up for a post-Cannes debrief. Held annually the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is home to the world’s most prestigious advertising awards, celebrating creativity, effectiveness and innovation in the global advertising, marketing and communication industries. The event brings back the […]
Verve secures B Corp cert
Events and branding agency Verve has been officially certified as a B Corporation. The B Corp accreditation means that Verve is now counted among businesses leading a global movement for a more inclusive, equitable and sustainable economy. Founder and chief executive Ronan Traynor said the certification underscores Verve’s commitment to meet the high standards of […]
Bord Bia all set for colourful Bloom
An estimated 100,000 visitors are expected to attend the 18th-annual Bloom garden and food festival in the Phoenix Park over the June holiday weekend. The show gardens are most people’s favourite part of the festival, along with meeting food producers and growers, learning from the experts and enjoying a day out with family or friends. […]