Unilever will send a person into space as a promo for its new Lynx Apollo range. The outdoor ads mark a media first in Ireland with streetskins branded shop rollers running in Dublin along with other traditional formats. The ads direct consumers to the Lynx website where they can enter a competition.The 200 entrants with […]
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McDonald’s lovin’ Adshel kiosks
McDonald’s was the first brand to advertise on Clear Channel’s recently relaunched Adshel Connect phone kiosk. The campaign targets commuters on their way to and from work. The panels have a presence in Dublin city centre and town centres nationally, with 575 kiosks available across Ireland in all. The campaign was planned by Mediaworks and […]
CBS trials back-lit bus ads
CBS Outdoor Northern Ireland has launched Ireland’s first fully back-lit Led bus t-side trial. The contractor partnered with Coca-Cola for the trial, delivering its Olympic message to over 650,000 people in greater Belfast. The trial will run alongside Coca-Cola’s Olympic campaign on standard t-sides during the Games. CBS Outdoor general manager Martin Heatley said the […]
Buckley joins INM board
Clear Channel Ireland (CCI) managing director Terry Buckley has been appointed as a non-executive director of Independent News & Media (INM). The INM board now has six members. Buckley, who took charge at CCI in 1997, is on the council of patrons of Special Olympics Ireland, which is chaired by Denis O’Brien, INM’s biggest shareholder. […]
CBS retains Croke Park contract
CBS Outdoor has been appointed by the GAA and Croke Park as their preferred business partner following the recent tender process for three individual contracts. The poster company has retained the contract to manage and operate Croke Park’s advertising and entertainment channels. CBS will also manage the GAA’s county signage and branding services for GAA […]
Adfaces launches in Ireland
The Adfaces online outdoor advertising platform will be formally launched in Dublin tomorrow. Targeted at small and medium enterprises (SMEs), Adfaces allows marketers to buy outdoor and out-of-home panels through the internet for as low as €3.60 a day. Adfaces CEO Nick Dimer said the service was launching in Ireland with over 1,600 panels. The company […]
Bravo names Fame shortlist
Outdoor contractor Bravo has released a final shortlist of 15 companies for its ‘Make Me Famous’ competition. The idea of the contest is to give Irish SMEs the chance to win a campaign to the value of €150,000 on transport posters. Irish brands ‘primed for take off’ but lacking advertising funds were invited to pitch. […]
Bravo backs Focus Ireland
Outdoor advertising contractor Bravo has named Focus Ireland as its nominated charity of the year. Focus Ireland’s vision is that “everyone has a right to a place they can call home” and the charity works to make this vision a reality for people through its support services, prevention work and housing. Bravo will be helping […]
ASA to restrict sexualised posters
Outdoor ads with overtly sexually provocative images are to be restricted under new rules announced by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in response to the British government’s Bailey Review published in June. An industry panel was set up by the Advertising Association to study the report. The group has representatives from Unilever, McDonald’s, 02, Microsoft, […]
Guinness posts new hurling ad
Diageo launched a new outdoor campaign today in support of its sponsorship of the GAA Hurling All-Ireland senior championship. Entitled ‘The Power to Lift Us All’, the campaign aims to try and bring to life the way hurling and its players can inspire and entrall a nation. The campaign was created by Irish International and […]
CBS pods take to Dundrum
CBS Outdoor has launched new digital signage in Dundrum Town Centre. The digital pod poster is unique to the south county Dublin shopping centre. A proprietary aluminium chassis houses the specialised media hardware which is cloaked within a special glass reinforced plastic shell. It is said to be the first time this type of pod […]
Bravo retains CIE contract
Bravo has been reappointed by CIE to handle its advertising contract valued at €40 million over the next three years. Bravo will again be responsible for all CIE bus, rail and roadside sites, excluding the Adshel bus shelters which are handled by Clear Channel. All the major outdoor companies pitched for the contract, including CBS […]
Outdoor doyenne Niamh Cleary dies
Niamh Cleary, former managing director of Ireland’s largest outdoor contractor, JCDecaux, has died after a long battle with cancer. She was a highly regarded and feisty figure who helped pioneer many advances in the poster industry, not least the development of the Joint National Outdoor Research (JNOR) industry data, which took many years to arrive […]
