TV3’s Elaine Crowley has teamed up with Focus Ireland to launch the charity’s annual Sponsor A Star campaign which aims to raise over €250,000 by getting businesses to sponsor a star on a Christmas tree dedicated to people who are homeless. With an estimated 5,000 people in Ireland homeless this Christmas, Focus Ireland is looking […]
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Bord Bia sees six PR agencies
Bord Bia has invited six agencies to pitch for its consumer PR account. The agencies in question are Drury, Edelman, Elevate, Slattery Communications, WHPR and the incumbent, FTI Consulting. A decision on the awarding of the contract, which may run for up to three years, is expected before Christmas. The food promotion agency published a […]
Curran to address RTS
RTÉ director general Noel Curran will deliver the keynote speech at this year’s Royal Television Society (RTS) Northern Ireland Dan Gilbert memorial lecture in the Europa Hotel in Belfast next Thursday. With over 20 years of experience in Irish broadcasting, Curran’s talk promises to “offer an insight into the challenges faced by RTÉ in a […]
Camara appeals for laptops
Irish charity Camara Ireland has issued an appeal for donations of laptops for use in Irish schools. There has been a surge in demand for Camara’s educational technology packages and the charity has not yet sourced enough used laptops to meet this demand. With its waiting list growing steadily, Camara is asking companies and individuals […]
UTV starts to staff up
As it plans to launch a new TV channel in the Republic in early 2015, UTV has launched a recruitment drive. In readiness for the launch, the company has advertised three senior positions – head of channel Ireland, based in Dublin; head of sales operations Ireland, based in Dublin and senior programme planner/scheduler, based in […]
Cawley NeaTBWA wins Green Isle
Green Isle frozen foods has appointed Cawley NeaTBWA as its creative agency following a competition. It is understood Atomic, DDFH&B and Irish International, which has handled award-winning campaigns for Donegal Catch, also pitched. A Green Isle campaign, entitled Beat the Mealtime Brain Freeze, was recently devised by the new agency. The review was overseen by […]
Coremo raises almost €7k
Core Media’s idea to raise money for Movember by becoming the first office building to grow a moustache that gets bigger the more online donations are made has raised €6,725 so far. Core partnered with client Procter & Gamble and its Gillette brand to raise funds for men’s health awareness during the month of November. […]
Credit Union on EEA shortlist
The Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) has managed to make it to the shortlist for a European Excellence Awards (EEA) in communication for their work over the last three years on the ‘What’s Left’ tracker research. The ILCU’s head of communications, PR and marketing communications Mandy Johnston (above) says the quarterly campaign focuses on […]
Saorview gets a relaunch
Ireland’s ‘free-to-air’ digital provider Saorview has relaunched with a marketing campaign and new-look website aimed at getting consumers to make the switch. Just over a year ago Ireland made the move to digital. The campaign includes a 20-second TV spot promoting a “‘seriously good value” message. It highlights the choice of programmes e on the […]
O'Mahony promoted at MediaVest
Jennifer O’Mahony has been appointed senior client manager at MediaVest. With a number of years of digital media experience working in OMD, she joined MediaVest this year. O’Mahony has a broad range of expertise having worked with clients such as Warner Brothers, Sony PlayStation, IBTS, Calor Gas and HP. A commerce graduate from UCD, she […]
Clerys goes with love theme
Dublin’s iconic Clerys department store on O’Connell Street is to reopen next Thursday in time for the busy Christmas period. Major renovation has taken place on the building since it closed in July following flood damage. With the retailer set to open its doors again, it is using outdoor ads to spread the word. Dublin […]
Almost half of diaspora miss out on Christmas in Ireland
Unilever Ireland has announced the results of a survey for Lyons Tea which reveals that 46 per cent of those living abroad don’t make it home for Christmas. The research by Behaviour & Attitudes is part of the Bring The Talk Home campaign giving people the chance to win flights for loved ones to come […]
Clients to discuss adfx
As a sequel to the advertising effectiveness talk given by The Long and the Short Of It author Les Binet of Adam & Eve DDB in Dublin recently, the Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland (IAPI) will host a breakfast talk giving two clients’ eye views. Tom Kinsella (above), group marketing director, AIB and Melissa […]
