Pembroke Communications scored points on its more established PR rivals by emerging as the top agency at the Awards for Excellence in Public Relations 2011. The firm, run by Michael O’Keeffe, won four trophies, including two best consumer campaigns, the €12,000 or under award for the Virginia Smashing Pumpkins festival in Cavan and Dublin Zoo’s […]
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Mick McCarthy for marketing talk
Former Republic of Ireland captain and manager Mick McCarthy will address marketers at an event in Dublin in early July. The Wolverhampton Wanderers manager will talk about the ups and downs of professional football, the changes and innovations the game has undergone in recent years and will provide insights into how a club of modest […]
U2 Glastonbury gig on Setanta
Setanta Sport is to broadcast live uninterrupted coverage of the U2 concert from Glastonbury on Friday night. The gig, which is scheduled to run from 10pm until midnight, will be the band’s first festival performance since the 1980s. For TV viewers who do not have access to Setanta, the signal will be unencrypted. Setanta’s marketing […]
RTE scoops world radio award
RTÉ Radio has been honoured with the prestigious broadcaster of the year award at the 2011 New York Festivals Radio Awards. From 183 finalists spanning 26 countries, the New York Festivals’ grand jury selected RTÉ Radio as the overall winner. This is the first time in the New York Festivals’ 54-year history that an Irish […]
Honesty in sports books crucial
Sports stars should not produce autobiographies early in their careers as they have little to say and what appears in print is insignificant and insulting to readers’ intelligence, a discussion on the best sports books of all time heard. Speaking at the Dalkey Book Festival, horse trainer and broadcaster Ted Walsh (pictured) said anyone writing […]
Brian Lenihan accused of causing most damage to Ireland
Former Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan caused more damage to Ireland than any other politician in the entire history of the State aside from terrorists, writer and journalist Bruce Arnold told a talk at the Dalkey Book Festival. The panel discussion, entitled ‘Fianna Freefall’, also included broadcaster and newspaper columnist Vincent Browne and was chaired by festival […]
Keenan dismayed by lack of progress in Middle East conflict
Writer Brian Keenan has expressed his disappointment at the lack of progress in moves to try and resolve the Middle East conflict and said the problem was more than “pernicious little land grabs” by Israel. The US was paying out millions of dollars in support and is using a culture of victimhood to pursue its […]
Michael Hayes laid to rest
Well-known former advertising agency executive and college lecturer Michael Hayes has died after a series of illnesses. He started his career with the Southern Star in Skibbereen, Co Cork, before joining Clery’s. He moved to the agency side to become a space buyer in Arks’ media department in 1956. A year later, Arks helped launch […]
Dennis hailed as adland hero
DIT graduate Sinead Dennis has won the inaugural title of IAPI One to Watch and a place at the international summer school of advertising in Barcelona in July. The school in Spain will include workshops held by Paul Burns, Saatchi & Saatchi, Mickey Denehy, Gurdeep Puri and Steve Henry, creative director of HHCL. Sinead Dennis, right, with […]
Oxegen screen ads still available
With the countdown to the biggest music festival of the year, Oxegen 2011, well and truly under way, Independent Star-owned Event Media still has a limited number of screen advertising packages available for the three day event running at Punchestown from Friday, July 8th. Coldplay perform at Oxegen on Sunday July 10th Packages range from […]
Grayling wins Allianz Worldwide Care
The Dublin office of public relations agency Grayling has been appointed by Allianz Worldwide Care (AWC) to co-ordinate its European programme with a particular focus on markets in the UK, France, Holland and Switzerland. AWC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Allianz Group, which provides international health insurance for employees, individuals and their dependents, regardless of […]
RTE presenters face major pay cuts
The salaries of RTE’s top presenters are to be cut by over 30 per cent from their peak in 2008, Noel Curran, director general, RTE, writes in an article in today’s Irish Times. Curran said reducing the salaries of the station’s top broadcasters is part of a process to make up a projected €34 million […]
France issues social media warnings
Radio and TV stations in France which refer audiences to Twitter and Facebook by name are breaching the nation’s media laws and risk fines if they fail to comply. A spokesperson for France’s media regulator said broadcasters can refer their audiences to social networking sites – but not by name. The regulator has warned that […]
