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Colette Fitzpatrick to anchor 8pm news on TV3

TV3 is to launch a main evening news starting next Monday. The 30-minute programme will be hosted by Colette Fitzpatrick. TV3 said that with commuting times becoming longer, and more audiences in the early peak viewing time, the station has chosen the 8pm slot to provide an alternative news time which is the norm throughout continental […]

Following an international search, former Communicorp producer Lynda McQuaid has been appointed by TV3 as director of content following the decision by Jeff Ford to return to the UK. A native of Dundalk, McQuaid is regarded as one of Ireland’s foremost TV producers and directors having produced major hit shows such as The Apprentice, MasterChef, The […]

Eircom Business Solutions has again joined up with the European Tour to become an official sponsor of the 2015 Irish Open. The value of the sponsorship was not disclosed. The event will be held in the Royal County Down Golf Club from May 28-31 and will bring international golfers stars to Ireland, including tournament host […]

For the first time, a media agency has achieved all three feats in the yearly National Newspapers of Ireland (NNI) press advertising spend analysis. As well as topping the league table of agency spenders on press, MediaVest, run by Michael Clancy, recorded the highest increase in spend and the highest percentage increase in spend last […]

Actor Liam Neeson is wishing the world a Happy St Patrick’s Day in a new Tourism Ireland campaign. The marketing body has a new 60-second film with the Northerner encouraging holidaymakers from around the world to come and visit the island of Ireland. The film includes footage shot around Ireland, interwoven with some wonderful images from […]

IAPI is organising its third annual Rant Night giving people in adland a chance to take to the stage and talk candidly on issues. Eight people are allowed speak for a maximum of five minutes. They don’t take questions afterwards, they just say their piece and get the cat among the pigeons. They may take […]

Glanbia is running its biggest ever above and below the line campaign for Avonmore Super Milk. In ‘Playground of Life’, the message is that vitamin D helps the normal absorption of calcium supporting long-term bone health. The ads encourage consumers to make the switch to the milk brand as it contains all the daily vitamin […]

Model, turned singer and TV star Nadia Forde will be back on 3e in April for the follow-up series to Nadia Goes to Hollywood. Nadia: Chasing The Dream will document Forde’s journey as she hits the road and goes on tour as a solo artist. Forde dipped her toe further into the celebrity pool appearing […]

Graduates from across Ireland are being given the opportunity to secure a business school scholarship beginning this September. The UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School Aspire scholarship programme 2015 offers up to three MBA and nine MSc scholarships to graduates who may have thought a business masters was beyond their means. Aspire began in 2010 […]

PHD account director Gemma Teeling has been named as the winner of the second annual Doyenne award. The industry honour is presented by the Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland (IAPI) to mark the leadership potential of women working in advertising in Ireland and aims to address the under-representation of women at senior level in […]

TV3 is to launch its high definition (HD) service on Sky and UPC in August in preparation for the Rugby World Cup (RWC) in September. Group broadcasting director Niall Cogley (above) said TV3 will show all 48 games live and exclusive. Keith Wood, Matt Williams, Peter Stringer, Shane Jennings, Hugo MacNeill and former England flanker […]

The Tayto ‘More than just a crisp’ campaign continues with the opening of Mr Tayto’s first ever pop-up shop. The shop will feature everything Tayto-related, including the Tayto Crisp sandwich. The shop will be located on Wicklow Street in Dublin city centre and will open from next Thursday until Sunday, March 15. Tayto sandwiches will be […]

Gaelite Signs has produced Ireland’s largest ever free-standing sign. Situated in Dublin’s docklands at the Point Village Shopping Centre, the 15 metre totem sign weighs a tonne per meter. Gaelite was asked by architects Scott Tallon Walker (STW) to produce a sign that would catch consumers’ attention. The company designed a 50-ft tall sign, making […]