Independent News & Media (INM), has announced the appointment of Fionnán Sheahan (above) as editor of the Irish Independent and Cormac Bourke as editor of the Sunday Independent. Sheahan has been group political editor while Bourke was executive editor of the Irish Independent. Both new editors take up their new roles with immediate effect. Sheahan is […]
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TV3’s Red Rock tops 400,000 viewers
TV3 reports that its new soap Red Rock reached 410,800 viewers on opening night. An average of 323,000 viewers watched the drama set in a coastal Garda station, with a 18.3 per cent audience share. Another 18,300 viewed the show on TV3 +1 channel. The peak minute, at 20:37, delivered an audience figure of 371,100. The series is […]
Journalists don’t trust social media
Irish journalists still rely on traditional methods to verify stories and tend to distrust social media, the first nationwide survey of news reporting in the digital age indicates. The survey by the Insight Centre for Data Analytics at NUI Galway shows that while most journalists in Ireland use social media for sourcing news leads, content […]
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Georgieann Harrington, Kantar Worldpanel Georgieann Harrington is consumer insight director at Kantar Worldpanel Ireland where she manages an FMCG portfolio. She was category manager at Jacobs Fruitfield and a category manager analyst at Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard. She has a BA in media and communications from the University of the West Indies and […]
Out of home up by six per cent in 2014
The end of year Posterwatch report by PML Group indicates that the out of home (OOH) sector grew by six per cent in 2014, representing the best performance for the medium since 2007. The report lists finance as the medium’s top performing category for the year. It increased its display value by 34 per cent, […]
Metro Herald to be wound up
Dublin commuter freesheet Metro Herald will cease publication from this Friday. The board of Fortunegreen, which is equally owned by Independent News & Media (INM), DMG Ireland Holdings, which publishes the Irish Daily Mail, and The Irish Times, said the publication’s business model had become “unsustainable in a difficult advertising model”. The move results in the […]
Katie Taylor agrees Bank of Ireland deal
As part of its efforts to restore public trust in Ireland’s banking sector, Bank of Ireland has announced it has signed a new three-year sponsorship contract with Irish, European, World and Olympic boxing champion Katie Taylor for an undisclosed sum. Recently home from winning her fifth consecutive World Championship in South Korea, the Bray boxer […]
Dublin rated as 27th most reputable city
Dublin has been ranked the 27th most reputable city in the world in a poll where Vienna has emerged as the city with the best reputation. The City RepTrak 2014, announced by The Reputations Agency and Reputation Institute (RI), ranks the world’s 100 most reputable cities based on trust, esteem, admiration and respect. It also […]
Publicis D’s Renault Carculator wins grand prix
Publicis D has won the grand prix for the APMC best integrated marketing campaign for Renault Carculator. The Renault campaign was the unanimous choice of the judges analysing Europe’s top promotional campaigns. The campaign also won two golds and one silver for Publicis D, now run by Edel McCabe. Other winners on the night were […]
Havas replaces Staunton with Coggins
Padraig Staunton has been replaced as managing director of Havas Dublin Worldwide by the man who spearheaded the One Young World Summit in Dublin, Bob Coggins. Staunton (pictured) is leaving the agency to pursue other interests. He took over from Brian Hayes as boss at the Leeson Street agency for many years known as Young […]
TV3 signs up Costcutter for new soap
As competition in the TV market intensifies ahead of the launch of UTV Ireland from January, TV3 is busy trying to secure product placement deals on its new Red Rock soap. Costcutter has signed up as the soap’s branded supermarket in an undisclosed deal for 2015. Owned by the Cork-based Barry Group, Costcutter has 120 […]
Bord Bia shortlisted for four research awards
Ireland’s food and drinks promotions body Bord Bia has been shortlisted for four of its campaigns in the annual Marketing Society research excellence awards. Bord Bia’s Irish IMF Exporters Billion Dollar Baby campaign is in the running in the two categories of brand development and strategy and qualitative research. Glanbia’s ‘Local Tuning’ Avonmore in China […]
Economic improvements paying off survey says
Rising levels of consumer confidence are driving consumer spending and creating employment growth in the economy, the latest Consumer Market Monitor (CMM) by UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School and the Marketing Institute shows. Data from the Q3 2014 monitor indicates that the consumer economy in Ireland is showing evidence of a broad-based recovery. Consumer […]
