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 […]
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Entries invited for 2018 Love Irish Food awards
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 […]
New Dublin-Lisbon daily flights next year
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 […]
Group Think have big plans for Irish strategists
Group Think, the community for strategists and agency planners, is setting up in Dublin. The body was launched in London in 2016 by James Lees, Arthur Perez and Conor Barry in a bid to combat adland’s dwindling training budgets and help strategists widen their skills. Group Think aims to create a community for Irish strategists now and […]
Sharks entries deadline extended to Friday
Due to popular demand, the Kinsale Shark Awards deadline has been extended to midnight this Friday, September 14. Coy Communications’ Mark Denton and Merman comedy director of Motherland Juliet May have joined Uncommon founder Nils Leonard and AMV BBDO creative partner and head of art Rosie Arnold as this year’s speakers. Arnold is also president of this year’s […]
Sure runs real-time ads at Dublin-Tyrone final
Sure GAA real-time stats appear live in this year’s GAA Championship ads across TV, digital out-of-home and social media. With the 2018 GAA season drawing to a close with Dublin taking on Tyrone at Croke Park in the football final this Sunday, Unilever’s Sure and its media agency Mindshare has again delivered live match stats throughout […]
Fyfffes continues to tell Dundalk FC’s story
The story of Dundalk Football Club and its feats in domestic and European competitions continues to be told on film with the release of another video, funded by the club’s main sponsor, Fyffes. Entitled ‘The Next Chapter’, it is the fourth video in the series which has attracted over a million views across social and online […]
Just Eat diners set to have a field day at EP
Electric Picnic festival-goers can indulge in a Just Eat online food delivery and collection and a new selection of menus as EP’s restaurant partner. With Ireland’s top music festival being staged in Stradbally, Co Laois, this weekend, festival-goers can plan what will fuel them over the few days with sweet, savoury and spicy options on […]
Limerick appoints M&C Saatchi for major rebrand
British agency M&C Saatchi has been chosen following a competitive pitch to create a rebrand for Limerick. In a statement, Limerick City & County Council (LCCC) said the rebrand is designed to help tell the positive Limerick story nationally and internationally, increase local and foreign investment and encourage more people to live, work and visit […]
Cornmarket supports breast cancer scheme
Cornmarket financial services is to sponsor the Breast Cancer Ireland (BCI) education and awareness programme for teachers and TY students countrywide. The programme aims to encourage and educate women about good breast health from a young age so that if an abnormality occurs it can be identified early and the treatment outcome will be more […]
Shows go on as BGE renews theatre contract
Bord Gáis Energy (BGE) is to extend the sponsorship of the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre until 2026 following an agreement with Crownway Entertainment. Details of the deal were not disclosed. The venue entertains half a million theatre goers annually with a diverse programme of entertainment, including major West End productions of shows like Wicked. BGE […]
HSE set to move its media to Spark Foundry
The Health Service Executive (HSE) plans to move its media buying and planning account to Core’s Spark Foundry, Marketing.ie has learned. The transfer follows the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) organising a tender where all five of Ireland’s largest media agencies were invited to pitch. The account was previously handled by Carat. The five agency […]
Dublin Airport to get new direct flight to Dallas
American Airlines is to operate a new Dublin-Dallas Fort Worth summer flights service from next June. The daily service will be Ireland’s first direct flight to Dallas, which is the US’s largest hub for connecting traffic. It will improve connectivity from Ireland to Texas and also to a large number of onward destinations in the US […]
