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O’Hara now client director at Starcom

Media planning and buying agency Starcom has announced the appointment of Colum O’Hara as client director. Up to now, O’Hara was client manager at Starcom for two and half years. Before joining Starcom in 2102, he was a media planner and buyer for three years with AV Browne, working on Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB) and […]

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Javelin big winner at Smart awards

Javelin Group took centre stage at the An Post Smart Marketing Awards 2015 taking home nine prizes, including the coveted Agency of the Year. The Smithfield-based agency was honoured for campaigns it devised for Arnotts, BT Communications, Toyota, Lexus, Irish Ferries and Focus Ireland. Javelin’s Joe Dobbin, Kyla O’Kelly (above) and Ken Ivory were on […]

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Walsh PR undergoes a rebrand

Dublin PR agency Walsh Public Relations has launched a new identity aimed at reflecting the digital and social media landscape in which it now operates. Founded by Jim Walsh in 1984, the agency has worked for a wide range of companies and organisations. Current clients include Flahavan’s, Dr Oetker, Glanbia Consumer Foods, Monaghan Mushrooms, Tegral, […]

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Health products body invites agencies to pitch

The Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), the body which regulates the sale of medicines for humans and animals along with medical devices and clinical trials, is asking media and creative agencies to pitch for its marketing media services. Previously known as the Irish Medicines Board, the HPRA seeks expressions of interest for strategic and creative […]

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Murphy takes reins at Marketing Institute

Vodafone brand operations manager Paula Murphy is the new chairperson of the Marketing Institute of Ireland (MII) in place of Páraic O’Toole, chief executive of Automsoft, who remains as non-executive director. Before joining Vodafone, Murphy was group marketing director at Independent Newspapers. She was commercial manager with Superquinn and marketing manager with Kerry Foods. She joined […]

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Aer Lingus signs up as Irish rugby’s airline

Aer Lingus has been announced as the official airline of the Ireland rugby team as part of a three year deal with the IRFU. No fee was disclosed. The partnership sees the airline link up with the national team, which is now third in the World Rugby rankings after back-to-back RBS 6 Nations Championship wins […]

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TXFM recognised for its support of Irish music

Communicorp’s rock music station TXFM has won the IMRO independent radio award for its commitment to supporting Irish music creators. The award was presented by Sean Donnegan, director of broadcasting and online at IMRO to Paul Lynch, financial controller of TXFM at the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland (IBI) annual conference. TXFM broadcasts rock and indie […]

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Majekodunmi leaves DDFH&B for job in Ethiopia

DDFH&B strategic planner Jess Majekodunmi is leaving the agency next month to take up a position as insight manager with the Nike Foundation’s The Girl Effect. A former marketing manager with the Plan Ireland overseas charity, she was awarded the gold medal for securing first place in DIT’s post graduate diploma course in advertising and […]

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Samsung bus shelters double as mobile chargers

It’s a ‘first world problem’ we’re all familiar with in recent times, being out and about with a dwindling phone battery and nowhere to recharge it. For the next few weeks Samsung are providing a solution by turning bus shelters into phone chargers. The Japanese electronics giant along with Starcom, Source OOH, Delite and Clear […]

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Expert Hardware agrees key deal with Fair City

RTÉ and Expert Hardware have announced a three-year sponsorship deal which sees the unveiling of the Carrigstown Expert Hardware store on the set of Fair City on RTE One. Fair City is rated the top soap on Irish TV, watched by an average of nearly 500,000 viewers four times a week at 8pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, […]

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Barcelona coolest European city for Irish tourists

The city of Barcelona in Spain has been voted the coolest city in Europe, a poll for Estrella Damm, a Barcelona beer brand, claims. The Catalan capital famous for its architecture and football team led by Lionel Messi got a 35 per cent “cool” ranking from a sample of “over 100 Irish people” when asked […]

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Cawley replaces Conlon at IAPI

Tanya Cawley is the new business development and event manager at the Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland (IAPI) in place of Aisling Conlon, who is moving to London to become head of business with the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA). Cawley is no stranger to adland having served as festival manager for the Sharks […]

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Ad execs face scrutiny from students

A panel of six young people from the industry will form a panel to be ‘grilled’ by an audience of marketing and advertising students from various colleges in Dublin and a number of juniors working in the business as part of the Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland’s (IAPI) Big Grill. The event takes place […]

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