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Ireland has jumped one place to re-enter the top 10 international rankings for national reputations in a public poll across former G8 nations (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, UK and the US), out of 55 countries surveyed in the annual Country RepTrak 2019 study. Ireland is now ahead of Spain, Italy, France, Germany and […]

Fuzion Communications has become the first Irish PR agency to sign up to the Crisis Communications Network Europe (CCNE). CCNE is a network of owner-managed European consultancies which specialises in crisis communication and was established to provide European connectivity for clients in times where crisis management is required. CCNE has members in Germany, the Netherlands, […]

Nicky Crichton heads up the newly-named consumer and digital division at Drury Porter Novelli called Amplify@Drury PN. In a statement, the Omnicom-owned PR agency said the rebrand reflects the company’s current areas of expertise, which include content production, consumer PR, experiential, influencer outreach, digital and social media strategy. The agency has agreed a strategic partnership […]

Siobhán Masterson, head of corporate affairs for Ireland’s largest lobby group, Ibec, will speak at the Public Relations Institute of Ireland (PRII) conference next month. Masterson leads the team at Ibec responsible for internal and external communications, media, strategic campaigns and lobbying, reputation management and corporate sustainability. At the conference, entitled ’20:20 Vision – PR […]

Aedhmar Hynes has been confirmed as a speaker for the PRII ’20:20 Vision’ annual conference. Hynes is ranked among the top 50 most influential global communications professionals over recent years. Most recently, she was the CEO of Text 100, the information technology specialist agency with 22 offices in Europe, North America and Asia. Hynes has […]

A new survey shows that PR contributes over €1 billion to the Irish economy and strong female representation at senior levels. The PR Census Report by Amárach Research for the Public Relations Institute of Ireland (PRII) found the sector is contributing almost €1.2bn to the economy and the business has more women than men in […]

Former Sunday Business Post marketing and media correspondent Colette Sexton is to join PR agency Edelman as associate director in its public affairs division from early September. During her time as a journalist she also worked as a news correspondent with the Post and, more recently, as political correspondent for The Times Ireland edition. Edelman […]

Youth marketing agency Thinkhouse is collaborating with the Centre for Digital Business at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) to deliver ‘Future-Proofing Marketing – The Youth Perspective’ report on the future development of marketing. The report, which will be launched in the autumn, investigates youth attitudes and behaviours to marketing and advertising. Topics to be investigated by the study […]

The Public Relations Institute of Ireland (PRII) has awarded the honour of life fellowship to consultant Nigel Heneghan in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the profession and the PRII for many years. Life fellowship is the highest honour the PRII can bestow on a member and requires approval at the institute’s annual general meeting. […]