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 […]
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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 […]
Ikea overcomes difficulties to report €11.4 million profit
Ikea has reported a €11.4 million pretax profit in his first year trading in the Republic with shoppers at its Dublin store spending over €2m a week on home furnishings. The family-owned Swedish chain said its first year of doing business in the Republic was “difficult” and had been “adversely affected” due to the downturn. […]
Big response to TABS fundraiser
Agencies have reacted favourably to calls to support tonight’s TABS (The Advertising Benevolent Society) barbecue and fundraising quiz. MC John Gallen of Pierce Media reports that 16 of the 20 tables have been sold, with each table of four costing €100. Extra monies are expected to be generated by raffle ticket sales. TABS quiz members […]
Come Dine With Me to start on TV3
The Irish version of the highly popular Channel 4 food reality show, Come Dine With Me gets underway on TV3 next Monday at 9pm. The series features five strangers who compete for a €1,000 cash prize by hosting dinner parties for each other over the course of a week. TV3 has been screening the UK […]
McWilliams debuts in Bulmers ad
Economist David McWilliams appears in his first advertising campaign for Bulmers cider. The tongue-in-cheek TV commercial created by Young Euro RSCG sees McWilliams explain the principles of economics, or ‘orchardomics’, to regular characters Tom, Dessie and Liam in the Bulmers orchard in Clonmel. Stephen Kent, Bulmers, on location in the Clonmel orchard with David McWilliams […]
Coke and Adidas worried about Fifa
World Cup sponsors Coca-Cola and Adidas have expressed concerns about the growing allegations of corruption in Fifa, most notably a leaked email suggesting Qatar bought the 2022 World Cup. A spokesman for Coca-Cola said the latest allegations being raised were “distressing and bad for the sport”. He said Coca-Cola has every expectation that Fifa will […]
ESB wins NNI for March
Irish International won the NNI Press Ad of the Month for March for its ESB Electric Ireland Feis Ceoil classical music festival. Art directed by Paddy Geraghty, the ad features an upturned three-pronged plug in the shape of a grand piano, while the copy by Bernie Martin highlights the “power of classical music”. The ad […]
Half price ‘one and ones’ today
Irish lovers of old-style fish ‘n’ chips are in for a special treat today as members of the Irish Traditional Italian Chippers Association (ITICA) around the country mark the second annual National Fish & Chips Day with a half price ‘one and one’. ITICA reported that over 180,000 people visited their local chipper this day last […]
