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Irish Independent Park to host U20s in 6 Nations

Irish Independent Park is to host two U20s 6 Nations home matches in the coming championship. It will be the first time 6 Nations rugby will be played at the Cork ground as the Ireland U20s’ two 2019 6 Nations home fixtures have been confirmed. Noel McNamara’s side will first host England in Irish Independent Park […]

UCD marketing communications and branding lecturer John Fanning is one of three new judges who will help select the winner of the Ultimate Marketer award, a special industry prize to mark the 25th anniversary of the Marketer of the Year. Fanning is joined by marketers Michelle Spillane […]

Aer Lingus has announced its September sale and has embarked on an OOH advertising burst to promote the seat bonanza using multiple data triggers. As part of the campaign, the airline carrier has launched contextual 48 sheets and dynamic digital screens, promoting the airline’s range of winter breaks and earn front of mind awareness. The ads […]

From November, Netflix is coming to Sky Q and with it a new Sky subscription pack. Sky claims that Ultimate On Demand (UOD) will be the UK and Ireland’s biggest on demand TV service, bringing together for the first time Sky box sets, which boasts 400 top British and American series and the full Netflix global […]

Applications for this year’s diploma course in PR studies organised by the Public Relations Institute of Ireland (PRII) close this Friday, September 21st. PRII chief executive Martina Byrne (pictured) said that late registrations will only be accepted on a case-by-case basis. The course is widely regarded as the foremost qualifications in PR in Ireland. Delivered […]

Communicorp Media has launched AudioXi, which it claims is Ireland’s largest digital audio exchange and could be set to transform audio advertising. It allows audio content creators and aggregators to consolidate in one place providing audience scale that radically changes the way in which Irish brands and agencies buy digital audio. AudioXi is headed up by Rob Timony, who […]

Some of Cork’s landmark buildings, including City Hall, County Hall, Port of Cork, UCC, CIT’s City Centre Hub on Grand Parade, The Capitol and One Albert Quay, are turning red this week to mark the launch of a new brand to promote Cork. The ‘We are Cork’ brand will market the city and county as […]

Every year, since 1993, there’s only been one winner. But now Marketing.ie is looking for Ireland’s top marketer over the last 25 years. To help celebrate the silver jubilee of Marketer of the Year™ readers are invited to name the person who they believe – through the use of strategy, innovation, and impactful communications – has achieved […]

Despite there being more sophisticated ways to interact with brands, for most shoppers, SMS remains the preferred mobile channel for entering in-store competitions, the latest Return2Sender survey on mobile marketing trends indicates. The B&A study shows that while shoppers aged 25-35 are heavy social media users, they still use SMS most often. Return2Sender’s Donald Douglas […]

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 […]

Pat Kenny has agreed a new two-year contract with Communicorp’s Newstalk talk radio station. The broadcaster will continue to host his three-hour Pat Kenny Show weekdays from 9am. In the latest Ipsos mrbi JNLR figures, published in July, Kenny’s show recorded an increase of 4,000 listeners, giving it an all-time high listenership of 152,000. However, Ivan […]

Love Irish Food have launched its annual brand development award. To date, and including this year’s award investment of €75,000 in ad space across Exterion Media’s retail portfolio, Love Irish Food has given €1 million in media and creative content to support Irish brands. Last year’s award winner was East Coast Bakehouse’s Alison Cowzer. The […]

Portuguese airline TAP is to launch a new double daily service between Dublin and Lisbon from next April. The new route will bring additional choice for passengers travelling between Dublin and Lisbon and will also offer convenient onward connectivity to South America and other locations via TAP’s global network. Lisbon, pictured above, is one of Europe’s […]