Brand owners should jump on the bandwagon of tackling the climate change crisis because only by getting involved and making a concerted effort can we hope to solve the problem together, AIB’s managing director of homes Tom Kinsella told a World War Z breakfast event organised by youth marketing agency Thinkhouse’s Youth Lab. People can […]
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Horslips re-issue top albums for Vinyl Festival

Two of Horslips’ top albums, ‘The Táin’ and ‘Book of Invasions’, are being re-issued on vinyl as part of their gigs at the Dún Laoghaire Vinyl Festival this weekend. The release is limited to 1,000 copies of each album and will be sold at the two shows in the Pavilion Theatre, 43 years on from […]
Sehdev for UCD talk about why shameless sells

UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business is to host New York Times bestselling author Jeetendr Sehdev as he discusses his new book, The Kim Kardashian Principle: Why Shameless Sells (and How to Do It Right). The event in Belfield at 6.15pm next Monday coincides with Kardashian’s 39th birthday and is open to students and the […]
McCabe joins Cogs & Marvel to steer strategy

Events agency Cogs & Marvel has appointed Aisling McCabe as strategy director to the team at its Dublin-based office for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). McCabe has experience working with international clients and brands and the plan is for her to lend her strategic nous to strengthen the business and expand the agency’s […]
Alan Sugar for Pendulum Summit

British businessman and presenter of BBC’s The Apprentice Alan Sugar will be among the headline speakers at the Pendulum Summit in January. Having left school in Hackney at the age of 16, Sugar started selling electric goods out of a van he bought for £50. In 1968, he founded Amstrad and he is now said […]
United States boss McCorkindale to address PRII

The president and chief executive of the Institute for Public Relations (IPR) in the US, Dr Tina McCorkindale, will speak at the Public Relations Institute of Ireland (PRII) ’20:20 Vision’ annual conference next month. Her talk will be about the various issues around technology, especially artificial intelligence (AI) in PR, over the coming decade. McCorkindale […]
Verve retains ISO sustainability cert

Events agency Verve has retained its ISO 20121 sustainability certification for the fifth year running. The certification was originally introduced to ensure that agencies working on the 2012 London Olympic Games were part of a positive environmental, economic and social legacy. The agency run by Ronan Traynor is the only Irish event agency to win […]
Jan Gooding to speak at Marketing Society

Diversity activist and former Aviva global marketing director Jan Gooding will address Marketing Society members on the value of developing inclusive brands at a breakfast in September. Gooding chairs PamCo, the body which oversees audience measurement for the published media industry. She also chairs the British LGBT equality charity Stonewall. Gooding’s worked with BT, British […]
AAI to host Max Brady talk on stereotyping in ads

Pull the Trigger executive producer Max Brady is the guest speaker for this month’s Association of Advertisers in Ireland (AAI) Toolkit breakfast when she will pull no punches on addressing the issue of whether or not Irish marketers are guilty of stereotyping in ads. What other countries are doing to tackle gender stereotyping will also […]
INM to host tech security seminar in RDS

Independent News & Media will hold a seminar on IT security by discussing issues relating to risk awareness, privacy and the recently introduced GDPR at the third annual Dublin Information Sec 2018 in the RDS Concert Hall on Monday, October 15. The keynote speaker is Mikko Hypponen, an international expert on computer security and online […]
KitchenAid signs up as Vitality Expo sponsor

Kitchen appliance brand KitchenAid is to sponsor the cookery stage at Vitality Expo health and wellbeing event in the RDS on September 8/9. Presented by Health Stores Ireland and INM Events, the expo will feature talks on health, wellbeing, nutrition and skincare, along with 160 exhibitors showcasing relevant products and innovations. The cookery stage programme includes […]
MII announces speakers for DMX Dublin 2018

The Marketing Institute has announced speakers from Lego, Wieden+Kennedy, Brainlabs and Foresight Factory as part of the DMX Dublin 2018 line-up. DMX Dublin 2018 will involve over 30 overseas and local speakers, sharing insights and best practice with over 900 marketers in a full day of sharing, learning and networking at the Aviva Stadium on […]
BJAI Challenge raises €50k for Dublin Simon

The Business Journalists Association of Ireland (BJAI) raised over €50,000 for the Dublin Simon Community (DSC) at their annual corporate challenge quiz. It is the 17th year that the quiz has taken place and the event has raised over €550,000 for DSC to date. William Fry were the overall winners of the challenge, with WHPR second and […]