RTE’s chief financial officer Conor Hayes is seen as the front-runner to succeed Cathal Goan as director-general following today’s decision by Goan not to seek an extension to his seven-year term. Hayes, who joined RTE from Ryanair, is regarded as a strong leader with a focused and disciplined management policy. Other possible contenders for the […]
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Poll on what changed Ireland
To mark the 50th anniversary of The Pill, Bayer Healthcare is asking the public to vote on things that have changed Ireland over the last half century. Political, social, legislative, cultural, technological or commercial – have your say and vote for one nomination in each category of the 50 things that have changed Ireland. For every […]
Seoige for ITV breakfast show
Gráinne Seoige is be the features editor of the new ITV breakfast show, Daybreak, which replaces GMTV when it starts broadcasting from September weekdays between 6am and 8.30am. The show will be fronted by former BBC hosts Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley with a team of support presenters. Seoige’s most recent work in Ireland was […]
Vuvuzelas banned by English clubs
The vuvuzela plastic horn which created so much debate during the World Cup in South Africa has been banned by six Barclays Premier League clubs in England. Arsenal, Birmingham City, Liverpool, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham have all said they will not allow fans bring them to games this season. The vuvuzelas were widely […]
John West top press ad
An ad from the first Irish media campaign in over ten years for John West tinned salmon with omega 3 has won the NNI Press Ad of the Month. ‘Railings’ shows a mischievous young boy with his head stuck in railings and the tag line, ‘John West with Omega 3, because sometimes their brains need […]
Outdoor doyenne Niamh Cleary dies
Niamh Cleary, former managing director of Ireland’s largest outdoor contractor, JCDecaux, has died after a long battle with cancer. She was a highly regarded and feisty figure who helped pioneer many advances in the poster industry, not least the development of the Joint National Outdoor Research (JNOR) industry data, which took many years to arrive […]
Agencies gear up for RSA test
Six agencies are pitching for the media and creative review called by the Road Safety Authority (RSA). Vying for the media are MediaVest, Mindshare and the incumbent, Belfast agency Lyle Bailie. The three agencies competing for the RSA creative account are Publicis QMP, Irish International BBDO and Lyle Bailie. The creative account is said to […]
Thomas in for a busy few weeks
Kathryn Thomas will be seen and heard a lot in the coming weeks as she starts a new TV series on RTE One and replaces Ryan Tubridy on Radio 1 on weekday mornings. The Carlow-born presenter starts a new three-part TV series next week giving viewers a flavour of the many summer festivals staged around […]
FitzPatrick wrote off sports agency interest
Former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick wrote off a €48,000 investment which he made in Fintan Drury’s Platinum One sports management agency five years ago, a report by Killarney accountants O’Connor Kelliher & Treacy into FitzPatrick’s property and business interests has shown. FitzPatrick also invested €857,000 in Galway-based Porto Media, which produces high-speed memory […]
Major campaign for under-21 hurlers
Bord Gáis Energy has launched the biggest ever outdoor campaign in support of its sponsorship of the GAA under-21 All-Ireland Hurling Championship. Created by DDFH&B-JWT, the campaign’s theme is ‘Show Your True Colours’ and features star players such as Liam Rushe of Dublin and Cork’s Aidan Walsh. The sponsorship campaign is managed by Ger Cunningham, […]
Tipp FM goes with funky outdoor
Tipp FM will soon run with a family-style poster campaign in the county to draw attention to its market share of 55.3 per cent, the second highest market share of any local radio station in Ireland. Only Highland Radio which broadcasts in Donegal and the north west has a higher share than Tipp FM. As […]
Lady Gaga to launch new perfume
American pop star Lady Gaga is to launch her own brand of perfume from Coty in time for Christmas. The new scent, which is said to have an extremely unusual fragrance, will be supported by a heavyweight marketing campaign, including TV ads. Lady Gaga already has her own fashion line called Haus of Gaga. She […]
Public urged to create radio ad
ThinkIrish.ie has launched a campaign urging consumers to create a radio commercial to run on Today FM. In what may be a global first, the not-for-profit group, which promotes Irish goods and service in an effort to generate 20,000 new jobs, is using Facebook and Twitter and its own website to drum up interest. The […]
