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Two weeks for marketer entries

Marketers and their agencies are reminded they now have two weeks to finalise submissions for this year’s Marketer of the Year award. Launched in 1993, the award salutes Ireland’s top marketers who through passion and commitment have developed winning brand strategies. The person is someone who through the use of strategy, innovation, communications and impact […]

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Maxol washes help sick kids

Maxol is running its Wash for Wishes carwash fundraiser for Make-A-Wish Ireland all this week. Starting today and running until Sunday, motorists can avail of carwash facilities at participating Maxol service stations, with €2 from every carwash going to Make-a-Wish. All the funds raised will help the charity reach this year’s target of granting 210 […]

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Entries call for Marketer of the Year

Rewarding marketing excellence in Ireland is what Marketer of the Year is all about and entries for this year are now sought. The award salutes the best in Irish marketing for work done in the last two years. The winner is a person whose use of strategy, innovation, communications and impact on the target audience […]

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Kinsella joins Marketer of the Year

AIB group marketing director Tom Kinsella is to help judge this year’s Marketer of the Year entries. Kinsella moved to AIB from Diageo last year. He was global marketing director for Baileys for over four years and held various other senior brand and advertising roles with the British drinks giant. He joins the judging panel, […]

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Ryanair takes aircraft ads

Ryanair is offering businesses the chance to advertise their brand on its fleet of 303 Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Companies can have their brand featured on four different locations on the Ryanair aircraft, including on the inner and outer winglets, front fuselage and rear fuselage, for a year. The low cost airline, run by Michael O’Leary […]

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Food champions search underway

Fáilte Ireland has launched a campaign to find 12 food champions to help build Ireland’s reputation as a a food tourism destination. Members of the public are asked to nominate people with a resounding passion and faith in Irish produce, individuals who could influence food tourism on a regional basis. The 12 contenders must be […]

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02 Media and Kerry Foods score AIM doubles

02 Media and Kerry Foods each won two categories at the annual Marketing Institute of Ireland (MII) All Ireland Marketing (AIM) awards presented at a gala night dinner last night.  O2 Media took the new product/new market and the digital marketing categories, with managing director Fintan Lonergan (pictured) accepting both prizes. Best ad campaign, sponsored […]

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Dooley to head up AAI

Barry Dooley is to replace Ed McDonald as chief executive of the Association of Advertisers in Ireland (AAI). Dooley is an experienced and much-respected ad man who spent 20 years at Irish international and was a director and agency representative on the IAPI board. His clients included Kerrygold, Flahavan’s, Avonmore, 7Up and Club Orange. He […]

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Laya supports cardiac tests

As part of a nationwide free cardiac screening initiative, Laya Healthcare will provide €100,000 worth of cardiac tests to members of sports and social clubs around Ireland this summer. The company’s Big Screen cardiac campaign is being rolled out to mark the Cork-based company’s first year in business. It will provide potentially life-saving screenings for […]

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Diageo's Operation Vessel underway

Diageo Ireland is taking delivery of ten new giant vessels capable of brewing 40 million pints of stout and beer each week for home and export markets. The first of 27 vessels in all, each 85ft in length and weighing up to 28 tonnes, arrived in Dun Laoghaire harbour on Sunday evening after being shipped […]

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Ni Dháthlaoi gets new Liberty job

Annette Ni Dháthlaoi has been appointed to the new position of head of marketing at US-owned Liberty Insurance. Ni Dháthlaoi (pictured centre) has considerable marketing experience. Her most recent position was as head of insight at Kerry Foods, where she was responsible for identifying sources of future commercial growth by gaining consumer insight for the […]

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Marketer of the Year deadline looms

A reminder goes out to contenders for this year’s Marketer of the Year that submissions must be made by close of business this Wednesday. Some of the best known names in Irish marketing have won the award since 1993. In 1997, the joint winners were Avoca’s Simon and Amanda Pratt. In 2010, it was the turn of […]

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Search resumes for top marketers

The search for Ireland’s top marketing talent continues with the launch of the Marketer of the Year 2012 this week. Some of the best known names in Irish marketing have won the award since 1993. Last year, Valeo Foods’ marketing boss Loretta Dignam (pictured) won for Jacob’s Biscuits. Marketer of the Year salutes marketing excellence […]

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