Pernod Ricard-owned Irish Distillers is branching out into the large scale production of hand sanitising gel. The company’s Midleton distillery plans to supply the gel for free to the HSE in partnership with Cork firm Mervue Laboratories. Irish Distillers spokesperson Rosemary Garth said it will use its expertise to help the national response to Covid-19. […]
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Musgrave runs SuperValu save bees campaign
One third of the food crops grown in Ireland benefit from pollination, yet 30 per cent of the country’s bees could become extinct. If not addressed, it will have an impact on food supply and the environment over the coming years. Musgrave’s SuperValu aims to help local communities, schools and families create an environment where […]
JCDecaux partners with four charities for 20/21
JCDecaux will work with four charity partners in 2020 and 2021 – Alone, Barnardos, Fairtrade and Fighting Blindness. In recent years, JCDecaux has partnered with various charities for two-year terms, providing each with access to their out of home (OOH) formats to raise awareness of the issues they face and encourage the public to support […]
Tesco gives hospital kids some Christmas cheer
Temple Street Children’s Hospital in Dublin has been transformed into a magical winter wonderland thanks to a team of ‘Santa’s Little Helpers’ volunteers from Tesco Ireland who dedicated two days of their time to deliver and decorate Christmas trees, hang decorations and spread a sleigh-full of festive cheer throughout the hospital. In the Christmas run-up, […]
Frank & Honest to plant 3,000 trees
Musgrave-owned Frank and Honest Gourmet Coffee is to plant 3,000 native trees by Christmas. The company have teamed up with hometree to plant the native trees in Moy Hill Farm in Co Clare. The trees being planted will not be cut down or sold for the duration of the tree’s lifetime. For every reusable cup […]
Glenilen backs Alone in helping elderly
Glenilen Farm, a family-run dairy owned and managed by husband and wife Alan and Valerie Kingston in Drimoleague, Co Cork, has partnered with Alone, the charity which supports older people to age at home, in a series of online videos which encourage younger people to ask a few simple questions to older members in their […]
Core team seeks funds for Hugs in Kenya
A group of 12 staff at marketing communications company Core will again head off to spend a week with Mama Leah, Patricia and the children in Terrys orphanage in Kenya. Over the past year, the money Core raised helped build new sheds and a proper feeding and milking area for the cows that were bought. […]
Applegreen marks decade in €3m charity support
Applegreen is celebrating ten years of its charitable fund set up to give back to the communities in which it operates. In those ten years, Applegreen has donated €3 million to Irish charities thanks to the support from customers and staff. The ‘You Buy, We Give’ initiative continues to grow, now contributing over €1.6m to […]
Fureys sing their hearts out for Crumlin’s kids
The Fureys, renowned for their songs ‘When You Were Sweet 16’, ‘The Green Fields of France’ and ‘From Clare to Here’, will update and relaunch their song ‘Our Games’ ahead of the GAA All Ireland on Friday, April 26. Proceeds from the downloads will go to CMRF Crumlin to raise funds for Crumlin Hospital and […]
Core ranked 15th in latest Best Workplaces list
Marketing communications group Core is ranked 15th in the ‘Great Place To Work’ best large workplaces league. It is Core’s 10th year on the listing. The company which tops this year’s large workplaces with 251 or more employees is cloud-based on-demand software vendor Workday. The top 10 includes Salesforce (third), Hubspot (fifth)and Britvic Ireland (ninth). […]
Radio Nova raises €75k to help homeless people
A two-day charity event saw Nova turn over its airwaves recently to raise €74,553 to fight homelessness in Dublin. It is the fourth year Nova has asked for donations from members of the public and local businesses. This year, Applegreen and Bord Gais Energy joined the initiative to help people who are homeless or are at risk […]
Ian Dempsey turns bride to help cancer victims
Today FM’s Ian Dempsey got married live on radio this morning. Well, not quite married in the normal sense of the word, but he did walk down the aisle in a long white dress and said “I do”. It was part of Today FM’s Dare to Care campaign in aid of the Irish Cancer Society (ICS). […]
Focus homes in on young people sleeping rough
Homeless charity Focus Ireland has produced a video highlighting the fact that many young people who leave State care end up on the streets. The video will be aired with the support of Bord Gáis Energy (BGE) as part a three-year corporate social responsibility (CSR) partnership with Focus Ireland. BGE pledged €1.2 million to help […]
