Mark Delany has joined Mediaworks as client director. An experienced planner, Delany was previously an account director at Aegis-owned Vizeum. His accounts portfolio included eMobile, Eircom consumer and PhoneWatch. He started his media career with MediaVest, having graduated with a diploma in advertising from DIT. Among the accounts he will work on at Mediaworks are […]
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Gazette adds new city edition
Dublin Gazette Newspapers, publisher of free newspapers in the greater Dublin area, is to launch a city edition for the city centre and the capital’s bordering suburbs next month. DGN group editor Mimi Murray says the aim is to make the new Dublin City Gazette the focus of its seven weekly titles. Murray says it will […]
Comedy course for PR people
Media training company Mediacontact.ie has launched what is said to be Ireland’s first comedy improvisation course for PR spokespeople. The company’s boss Jack Murray (pictured) said it is not a joke. He is looking for 12 PR people who want to try their hand at comedy. “We think that learning the fine art of stand-up […]
Sky extends catch up
Sky customers can now catch up on their favourite TV from a total of 43 Sky and non-Sky channels, including TV3 from next week, at no extra cost. As well as the Sky channels, customers who connect their Sky+HD box to their broadband router will be able to watch catch up TV from an extended […]
GroupM sees one per cent growth
Ireland’s advertising industry will see a one per cent growth rate in 2014, WPP’s GroupM says in its forecast publication, This Year, Next Year. While the growth is modest, it is in contrast with the downward trend over the past five years. GroupM says the growth will bring the Irish advertising market back to €735 […]
Poster push for Dublin bikes
JCDecaux and Dublin City Council have launched an outdoor campaign to encourage Dubliners to join the Dublin Bikes public sharing scheme. As the number of cyclists in Ireland has increased hugely in recent years, the campaign is urging people to ‘join the revolution’ by signing up to the scheme. The French contractor believes it is […]
Cawley NeaTBWA starts year with Electric Ireland win
Cawley NeaTBWA has begun the New Year on a positive note by winning all three strands in the Electric Ireland review. The Rathmimes agency run by Deirdre Waldron was defending its below the line and digital strands. Irish International, which is also an Omnicom agency, handled above the line creative work up to now. It […]
Chill in over Christmas with top movie quotes
Chill Insurance is sponsoring the Christmas movies on RTE again this year. Having been the sponsor of the RTE mid-week movies since June, Chill has extended its contract with the national broadcaster to sponsor the line-up of over 60 films during the festive season for an undisclosed fee. The insurer has taken to the streets […]
CKSK adds Coors Light
CKSK has been appointed as the lead through the line creative agency on the Coors Light brand in Ireland. Brewed under licence by Heineken Ireland, Coors Light is the number four lager brand nationally and has grown share consistently since its launch here in 1998. CKSK will be responsible for all creative output on the […]
Love/Hate stars don Coola Boola hats
Love/Hate fans can support two Irish charities by buying a Coola Boola Santa Hat this Christmas. The brainchild of the Love/Hate team and commissioned by the popular crime drama’s’ producers and RTÉ, the blue santa hat is on sale for €4 at Tesco, Golden Discs and Eason stores nationwide. All profits from the sales of the […]
Mediaworks wins Irish Life
Mediaworks has been appointed by Irish Life to handle its media buying and planning following a four-way pitch. Also in the running for the account were OMD, Vizeum and the incumbent, Mindshare. Irish Life marketing director Brendan McEvoy and head of communications Karl Symes overlooked the process. Brian Sparks of Agency Assessments and Accenture managed […]
Murray joins Ogilvy Ireland
Keith Murray has joined Ogilvy Ireland as client services director. The move reunites Murray with Martin Larkin. Both had worked together at Leo Burnett, Murray as managing director and Larkin as the agency’s executive chairman. Murray took over from Shane McGonigle but was only in charge of Leo Burnett for four months when it went […]
Miley new Times commercial boss
Jim Miley, project director for Ireland’s year of The Gathering, is to join The Irish Times as commercial director. Miley was responsible for delivering all aspects of The Gathering, which was the brainchild of Fáilte Ireland’s director of market development, John Concannon. They were joint finalists in this year’s Marketer of the Year award. Miley […]
