Diageo Ireland has announced plans to introduce its first zero emission vehicles into its Guinness truck fleet from this summer. The ambition is for 70 per cent of Guinness trucks to be zero emission by the end of 2025 and universally by the end of the decade. Diageo already has a zero emission vehicle, which […]
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Kennedy all spooked up for MiWadi fundraiser
TV and radio broadcaster Lucy Kennedy helped launch the annual Trick or Treat for Sick Children fundraising campaign in aid of Children’s Health Foundation (CHF) with the help of Aoife and Ciara Jane O’Sullivan who have both spent time at CHI at Crumlin and Temple Street. People are asked to take part in some monster […]
Lidl to be carbon neutral by 2025
Lidl Ireland has made a commitment to becoming a carbon neutral business by 2025 with the launch of a supplier engagement programme and by enabling customers to lower their carbon impact through EV charging points. The retailer also plans to further progress on its targets by committing to a 46 per cent reduction on its […]
Tesco sponsors bake-off for Temple Street funds
Tesco Ireland is calling on shoppers to support this year’s Great Irish Bake fundraiser to raise much ‘kneaded’ dough for Temple Street Children’s Hospital. Tesco customers have until this Sunday to support the initiative by donating €1 at the till or at the checkout online, with all funds raised going to Children’s Health Foundation Temple […]
Sky supports Age Action with digital skills input
Sky Ireland is to support Age Action with the charity’s mission to achieve positive changes in the lives of older people. Through both financial and people support, the satellite broadcaster will help Age Action in its mission to empower older people to live full lives as actively engaged citizens One area where Sky will help […]
Marketing Network urges move to ‘Gift Back’
Marketing Network has launched ‘Gift Back’, a social conscience campaign encouraging companies to gift their Christmas party funds to charity. The agency group’s campaign is centred on a toolkit of creative assets to enable Irish businesses make a significant donation that would normally be allocated to a corporate Christmas party fund. Kieran Killeen (pictured), managing […]
VMTV’s Muireann O’Connell urges home breaks
Virgin Media TV presenter Muireann O’Connell has urged the nation to embrace the prospect of a going on holiday in Ireland this summer, as we look to emerge into a new normal after the Covid-19 pandemic. O’Connell returns to her native Limerick this week as VMTV serves up a day of shows to promote the […]
BGE seeks support for Focus’s Shine a Light
Focus Ireland and Bord Gáis Energy (BGE) are calling on people throughout Ireland to give one night and sleep out to Shine a Light on homelessness and raise funds to help the charity’s vital services. As a result of the Covid-19 impact on communities across Ireland, the 8,876 people currently without a home are more […]
Pieta House launches Run & Ride fundraiser
Thousands of people will tackle their first ever duathlon this summer through a nationwide charity challenge from Triathlon Ireland. Run and Ride for Pieta is a series of weekly activities for both first timers fit and seasoned athletes. The six week series, supported by BMW, will raise money for Pieta House to support suicide prevention and […]
VMTV helps Irish SMEs with €1m support scheme
Virgin Media Television (VMTV) has launched a €1 million support fund for companies affected by the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis, providing them with promotions across its network. The broadband and pay-TV operator, which operates three free-to-air channels and Virgin Media Sport, is supporting small and medium-sized (SMEs) businesses with a national platform. Companies are being invited […]
Bradley Brand to support SEI for three years
Bradley Brand has agreed an initial three-year partnership with Social Entrepreneurs Ireland (SEI), the not-for-profit body which supports social entrepreneurs in Ireland. The agency will provide brand strategy, marketing content and design services on “a largely pro bono basis” to SEI, whose mission is to back people with business solutions to social problems. Since its […]
RB donates 40,000 Dettol products to HSE
Reckitt Benckiser, which trades in Ireland as RB, is donating 40,000 Dettol products to the Health Service Executive (HSE) to help in the fight against the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic over the next three months. The antibacterial disinfectants will be distributed to hospitals and health facilities with the aim of keeping these environments hygienically clean. Commenting […]
Pieta calls for support in fight against suicide
Electric Ireland and Pieta are launching an urgent appeal for the public to donate at darknessintolight.ie to ensure that Pieta’s essential frontline services can remain in operation and continue to be delivered free of charge. On May 9, over 250,000 people were due to come together worldwide for a walk highlighting the fight against suicide […]
