BBC radio and TV presenter Angela Scanlon joined Eibhin Eviston, mail media manager at An Post, at a recent photocall to announce the closing date for this year’s An Post Smart Marketing Awards 2019. Scanlon will be master of ceremonies at this year’s gala awards ceremony which takes place at the Mansion House in Dublin […]
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Volkswagen kicks off RTÉ’s Euro TV coverage
RTÉ Media Sales has signed up Volkswagen as mobility partner to sponsor coverage of the Uefa Euro 2020 qualifiers on RTÉ2 and RTÉ player. Kicking-off with Ireland’s first two games, away to Gibraltar and at home to Georgia, the deal covers live coverage of all of Ireland’s qualifiers from now until the last game at […]
Sky shows Riviera trailer ahead of May roll out
Following on from the recent Sky 2019 Content Showcase in Dublin, a trailer for the second season of Riviera which starts on Sky Atlantic on May 23 has been released. Behind every great fortune is a great crime and season two of Riviera sees Georgina (Julia Stiles) trying to get away with murder as she fights […]
Norah Casey judges National Lottery good causes
Businesswoman, publisher, broadcaster and former Dragon, Norah Casey will chair the judging panel for the National Lottery Good Causes Awards 2019. The competition, which carries a prize fund of €95,000, honour inspiring work and achievements of hundreds of projects, clubs and individuals across Ireland supported by National Lottery funding. The second edition of Casey’s book […]
Sexton recruited to front for CPL group
Leinster and Ireland number 10 and world rugby player of the year Johnny Sexton has signed up to an initial two-year contract to act as an ambassador for global recruitment group CPL Resources. Sexton, 33, joins CPL leaders in a bid to inspire winning performances through the group’s eight-part talent series from across business and […]
BBDO boss Davies to chair Effies
Effie Worldwide, the global authority on marketing effectiveness has announced that Neal Davies, CEO, BBDO Dublin, will serve as European jury chair of the 2019 Global Effie Awards. As Chair of the European judging panel, Davies will lead the global Effie jury which will determine the top marketing around the world in the past year. […]
Angela Scanlon fronts new An Post campaign
An Post is supporting the roll-out of its rebrand with a new ad campaign. Created by JWT Folk, the ‘For Your World’ TV ad features BBC Television and radio presenter Angela Scanlon taking viewers on a journey through Irish life with An Post products and services. Two other ads for An Post Money and its […]
Guaranteed Irish marks March with new push
Guaranteed Irish, the not-for-profit business membership group championing 600 or so homegrown and international businesses in Ireland, has a new €1.2 marketing campaign aimed at showcasing its members’ success. The campaign coincides with Guaranteed Irish Month, an annual event running throughout March spotlighting businesses in Ireland. A €200,000 multi-channel campaign focuses on Irish business successes […]
Bloom weighs in behind iconic bar with new ads
In the TV ad, two blokes hang out in a garden shed. One is working out, his mate is encouraging him. It is the opening scene for a TV ad in the €500,000 campaign for the relaunch of the Catch chocolate bar. Developed by Dublin agency Bloom, ‘Weights’ is the first 20-second commercial in a […]
Spark Foundry ranked as Recma’s top agency
Spark Foundry, the media agency which is part of Core, has been ranked number one in the latest qualitative report released by Recma, the global independent assessment agency. Recma is the only independent global research company which evaluates 1,400 media agencies in 90 countries worldwide based on 18 criteria grouped into four sets. The four sets […]
BoyleSports runs Cheltenham ads
BoyleSports has been Cheltenham ready this week by building anticipation for the iconic festival with a series of digital out of home (DOOH) introducing countdown triggers. With 28 races across the four-day festival, the bookmaker creates a call to action with triggers counting down each race and content showcasing the name and time of the race. […]
Core hatches Hen Party TV ad for Lily O’Brien’s
Lily O’Brien’s goes live on TV to launch its new ‘Share Wisely’ brand campaign. The ‘Share Wisely’ campaign explores the dilemma between sharing and keeping, when it comes to something as good as chocolate. The creative platform playfully showcases the fact that there are some things we’re happy to share and others we should keep […]
Sky to show every live Premier League game
Sky and Premier Sports have agreed an exclusive channel distribution partnership in Ireland which will see Premier Sports’ full suite of sporting fixtures available to Sky customers from this summer. The move follows a previous announcement from Sky in October last year which confirmed Sky as the exclusive distribution partner for BT Sport in Ireland. […]
