An Post returns to the mobile market with the launch of Post Mobile. The move includes a range of pre-pay propositions like the ‘all-in’ data for €20 a month, designed to appeal to data consumers on the lookout for a bargain bundle. Post Mobile becomes the country’s biggest retail channel mobile phone operator, with a […]
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Call made for Marketing Society nominations
The deadline for nominations for the four vacancies on the Marketing Society council is midday next Tuesday, society chairman Mark Nolan of Ignite Research has said. There are three openings on the society’s general panel, as Pat Stephenson of Boys and Girls, Leona Daly, Heineken and Gráinne O’Brien, Murray Consultants, step down. With Behaviour & […]
Tubridy to run Women’s Rugby World Cup
RTE presenter Ryan Tubridy’s younger brother, Garrett, has been appointed by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) as tournament director for the Women’s Rugby World Cup (WRWC) which will be played in Dublin and Belfast in 2017. Tubridy, 39, will be responsible for planning and delivering the tournament at venues in Dublin and Belfast. For […]
Core hires to expand digital and data services
Ireland’s largest media agency group Core Media has announced it is creating 20 new roles in its digital and data division. The roles are focused across online media, search, analytics and social media. The news is in addition to the group’s ongoing graduate programme, which will see 10 graduates recruited on a permanent basis over the […]
Dunmore East relies on WIT for new look
The work of a Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) design graduate features at this week’s WIT Art and Design Graduate Show. The winning entry, a collaboration between Dunmore East Fisheries Local Action Group (Flag) and WIT, was created by Stephen Geraghty, an ex-WIT Department of Design student, focuses on the regeneration of Dunmore East Harbour. The project, […]
For whom the ICAD bells tolled
The very best in Irish advertising and design creativity was recognised at the annual Institute of Creative Advertising and Design (ICAD) awards. A total of two gold, 15 silver and 65 bronze ICAD awards, or ‘bells’, were handed out at the event in Vicar Street. Over 560 advertising, craft and design pieces of work were entered […]
Fáilte Ireland in talks with agencies
Fáilte Ireland is in talks with agencies about its creative advertising and media buying services. The State body, which promotes Discover Ireland staycations – as distinct from Tourism Ireland, which promotes island of Ireland holidays to overseas visitors – currently uses DDFH&B and PHD. Among those pitching for the media are Starcom and MediaCom. At […]
Win tickets for The Frames concert
Marketing.ie and RTE 2fm is offering you the opportunity to win two tickets to The Frames concert at The Marquee in Cork on Saturday, July 11th 2015. For your chance to win, just correctly answer the following question: What was the movie in which Glen Hansard starred as a Dublin busker? Answers should be emailed […]
PR man and broadcaster Bill O’Herlihy dies
PR consultant and broadcaster Bill O’Herlihy has died peacefully at home at the age of 76. He started his career in the Cork Examiner newsroom and reported on sport. He later joined Radio Eireann and worked in RTE current affairs on the Seven Days programme with Ted Nealon. When he was dropped from the programme in 1972, he […]
Tourism Ireland targets LGBT community
Tourism Ireland is rolling out a campaign targeting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community for weddings and honeymoons in Ireland. Following the ‘yes’ vote in the same sex marriage referendum, the campaign runs in nine markets – including Britain, North America, the Nordic countries, Australia, France, Spain, Italy and Germany. ‘Ireland Says I Do’ […]
20 Questions… Tara Flynn, actor and comedian
20 Questions… Tara Flynn, actor and comedian Tara Flynn has done stand up for many years and is a regular voiceover artist in ads. She’s a core member of Dublin Comedy Improv. Her TV roles include Irish Pictorial Weekly, Moone Boy and Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle. She’s the author of You’re Grand: the Irishwoman’s Secret […]
INM runs Indo/FT offer in Dublin
Independent News & Media (INM) is running a promotion in Dublin whereby on every Saturday in May and June consumers can buy the Irish Independent and Financial Times (FT) for a combined price of €4.50 – a €1.30 saving. The promotion is run in around 100 newsagents. Geoff Lyons, marketing director, INM, says feedback from […]
AdGrad students take to streets in job hunt
Students completing their masters in advertising at DIT Aungier Street college are taking their artwork to the streets of Dublin as part of their end of year project. To draw public interest, the students are taking an upfront approach in their quest for a career in advertising. The AdGrad 28 are presenting themselves as “wanted”. […]
