Vodafone Ireland Foundation, in partnership with Women’s Aid, have launched a press ad, created by Folk Wunderman Thompson, portraying the level of silence endured by victims of domestic abuse, in particular behind the mask of Covid-19. One in four women in Ireland who have been in a relationship have been abused by a current or […]
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Leslie to become new Irish Daily Star editor
Reach plc, the new owners of the Irish Daily Star, have announced that Des Gibson will be stepping down from his role as editor of the newspaper and leaving the company at the end of the month. Reach’s audience and content director for Ireland, Chris Sherrard, also confirmed that Neil Leslie will take over as […]
Reach gets green light on Star purchase
The publisher of the Irish Mirror will be the new owner of the Irish Daily Star newspaper and websites after it was cleared by the Minister for Media Catherine Martin. Reach had a half share in the tabloid in a joint venture with Independent News and Media (INM) as part of the publisher’s acquisition of […]
Betway and Mirror play football game
Betway and Reach have teamed up in a new partnership that sees Betway sponsor a Mirror football game on Irishmirror.ie for the 2020/21 football season. Every month over 1.4 million Irish people rely on Mirror Football for the latest news on their football team, whether it’s the Eirtricity League, the Boys in Green or the Premier […]
Kavanagh steps down at Irish Times
Liam Kavanagh is to retire as managing director of The Irish Times after 20 years with the newspaper group, including almost a decade in his present role. Kavanagh, 61, joined the company as chief financial officer in September 2000 and was appointed to the board the following year before becoming the group’s secretary in 2002. […]
Reach’s McGreevy joins NME as VP
Joanne McGreevy, marketplace publisher at Reach Ireland, has joined Brussels-based trade association News Media Europe (NME) as vice president. NME is the voice of some 2,500 European news brands, representing the interests of media producers of news content across all platforms, including publishers, TV, radio and online. McGreevy has 30 years of media experience and […]
NewsBrands’ CEO expresses criticism of FMC
The representative body for Ireland’s national newspapers NewsBrands has questioned the formation of the newly-formed Future of Media Commission (FMC), set up by the Government to examine the future of broadcast, print and digital journalism at a time when the traditional funding model is no longer viable, as they say it does not reflect press […]
Reach to buy out Irish Daily Star
Reach, formerly known as Trinity Mirror, whose titles include the Daily Mirror and the Daily Express, has agreed a deal with Independent News & Media (INM) to to buy for an undisclosed sum the 50 per cent stake in the Irish Daily Star publisher Independent Star which it does not own. The deal is expected […]
Sun to shine in ads in coming days
News Corp-owned News Ireland has unveiled a new nationwide marketing campaign for the Irish Sun, aimed at broadening the tabloid’s appeal to a wider audience as well as retaining brand loyalty from its existing market. The campaign is running in out of home (OOH) formats and on radio across IRS, Media Central and Urban Media […]
Kierans quits as Mirror’s man in Ireland
The Irish Mirror’s John Kierans is stepping down from his role as Reach Ireland’s editor-in-chief as the publisher announces a major restructure of its UK and Ireland operations. The news comes after Reach, which owns seven print titles and five websites all-Ireland, announced 550 redundancies across the group, including local lay-offs. CEO Jim Mullen said […]
Abrahamson for Irish Times’ summer night talks
Oscar-nominated film director Lenny Abrahamson is part of a line-up in a summer nights’ festival of talks hosted online by The Irish Times this week. Abrahamson will be interviewed by the newspaper’s arts editor Hugh Linehan about the making of his hit TV drama Normal People, based on Sally Rooney’s bestselling novel of the same name. […]
DMG Media rolls out i newspaper in Republic
It has been announced that DMG Media is rolling out the i newspaper in the Republic from this weekend. The publisher of the Irish Daily Mail and the Irish Mail on Sunday newspapers as well as the Extra.ie, Evoke and digital platforms, confirmed that i newspaper is joining the press titles to be sold in […]
Newspapers more alive than people may think
Reach’s LesleyAnn Diffin on how the group’s news brands fared during the pandemic… It is no longer mandatory for national newspapers in Ireland to report their circulation figures publicly, following an update to the longstanding ABC audit system. The ABC board made the call to address “publisher concerns that monthly ABC circulation reports provide a […]
