The Times, Ireland Edition, will unveil a new design this weekend. The new look is the result of feedback from readers across the country and follows the launch of the print edition last June. As well as a new layout throughout the edition, there are a number of new appointments and extra Irish content, including opinion, […]
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Bord Bia top Irish company for CSR reputation
Bord Bia has been named as the company or organisation with the best corporate social responsibility (CSR) reputation in Ireland, the latest Ireland CSR RepTrak study, announced by JWT Group’s The Reputations Agency (TRA) shows. Kerry Group (second), Google (third), An Post (fourth) and Lidl (fifth) occupied this year’s other top five positions. It is […]
MediaCom lists top Irish women in TMT
Women occupy key leadership roles in some of Ireland’s tech, media and telecos (TMT). Some lead major corporations , while others are the main driving force behind revenue and innovation. A number of them have a major influence on what the Irish public reads, sees or hears, while at least one is responsible for protecting […]
Fiver Friday to return to Joe Duffy’s Liveline
Liveline’s Fiver Friday returns to the national airwaves on March 16. Following the adverse weather conditions from the ‘Beast from the East’ last week and the nationwide red alert to remain indoors, many thousands of local businesses have suffered loss to their earnings. Liveline is encouraging people to spend locally and to support their community. In July 2011, Joe […]
Rothco marks IWD with pay inequality notice
In recognition of International Women’s Day, creative agency Rothco have launched a campaign to help highlight pay inequality and the silence which is fuelling it. ‘The Page Gap’ centres on a collection of bespoke Smythson diaries which are being sent to women of influence in Ireland, the UK and beyond on International Women’s Day (Thursday, […]
JWT Folk comes together from recent mergers
JWT Folk, the new agency formed following the merger of DDFH&B and Target McConnells, has officially launched. The new entity comes about following a number of major account losses at DDFH&B, including Eir, the National Lottery and SuperValu-Centra. JWT Folk will be led by former Target McConnells MD Abi Moran (above) as agency CEO. Laura […]
Crawford takes on group CEO job at Lovin Media
Former Spin 1038 and Spin South West chief executive has been appointed group CEO at Lovin Media, the company founded by Niall Harbison. With a focus on food, travel, lifestyle and news, Lovin Media claims to have 10 million monthly readers across six markets on three continents, including Lovin Dublin, Lovin Malta and Lovin Dubai. […]
Convention Centre again wins major gold award
The Convention Centre Dublin (CCD) has won an M&IT award for the eighth year running, picking up gold for best overseas conference centre at the 2017 UK Meetings & Incentive Travel (M&IT) awards in London. It is the sixth time the venue has won gold, having featured highly in the category in the eight years […]
TBWA homes in on taste for Jameson’s US ads
The latest campaign for Jameson Irish Whiskey has been unveiled by Pernod Ricard’s Irish Distillers. Called ‘Taste, That’s Why’, the work created by TBWA\Dublin runs across TV, out of home, digital, display and social media in the US from this month, ahead of a wider roll-out later this year. The TV ad was directed by Dutch filmmaker […]
Sky to launch Netflix bundle subscription
Sky and Netflix is launching a new partnership to bundle the full Netflix service into a brand new Sky TV subscription pack. The move will give millions of Sky customers seamless access to Netflix through the Sky Q platform. Sky will make available the Netflix service to new and existing customers by creating a new and […]
Spin1038 goes on outdoor love hunt in Dublin
Spin1038 has revealed the four singletons that will appear on billboards around Dublin in search of love. Graham and Nathan, Spin 1038’s Fully Charged breakfast presenters, sifted through hundreds of entries and after a tough elimination process have decided on the four lucky singles that can be seen on various billboard sites around the capital. […]
Nova postpones radiothon due to cold snap
Radio Nova has postponed its annual two-day charity radiothon as Dublin and surrounding counties suffered significant snowfalls. The station made the decision to postpone the ‘Help Our Homeless’ event in aid of Focus Ireland after a ‘status red’ national weather warning was issued by Met Eireann for Dublin, Kildare, Louth, Wicklow and Meath. Nova’s programme director Colm Hayes said […]
Cannes Young Lions entries open until March 5
Anyone interested in entering for this year’s Cannes Young Lions competition has until Monday, March 5, the Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland (IAPI) has announced. IAPI CEO tania Banotti said this year’s benefactors around which the creative entries will centre are Concern Worldwide, Epilepsy Ireland, Suas and CheckTheRegister.ie. Suas will benefit from a creative print […]
