Kenco Millicano launches new TV ad featuring Rupert Everett
Kenco Millicano is back on Irish TV screens this week with a new ad featuring actor Rupert Everett. The 30-second spot opens with a scene showing an unidentified character enjoying a cup of Kenco Millicano whilst reading a bad theatre review of an actor’s performance. The character is then revealed as Rupert Everett – and the review is of his own performance. But he shrugs off the criticism with the line “when your coffee’s this good, nothing else has to be”. “The ad dramatises in a humorous way that Kenco Millicano is a wholebean instant coffee that is so good, life’s little niggles simply won’t phase you,” said Sandra Gahan,…
Read More3D street artist marks launch of new Vodafone plans
Vodafone commissioned international 3D street artist Julian Beever to mark the launch of ‘A Good Thing’, its campaign to promote a new approach to mobile prices plans called Vodafone Red. Beever’s interpretation of ‘A Good Thing’ resulted in a depiction of a day at the beach in the IFSC’s Mayor Square. The five new Vodafone Red plans challenge the current conventions on tariffing and move in a new direction, giving customers a range of simple options with the aim of enabling them to enjoy an easier and richer mobile life at better value, according to the company. Marcel de Groot, consumer director, Vodafone Ireland said of the new plans: “We’re…
Read MoreWomen in Leadership: Ann Horan
Ann Horan, chief executive of the DCU Ryan Academy, talks about her own career, a growing interest in female entrepreneurs and some of the traits women bring to leadership roles. Could you tell us a bit about your career path and what your role involves now? My career began in the Central Bank in the mid-70s, not that long after the ending of the marriage bar. Right from the start, I loved the bank. I found the work interesting and progressed through the various roles and levels. I soon started to study, attracted initially by the promise of money for passing the exams and then I discovered my love of…
Read MoreWomen make up a third of company directors in Ireland – report
Women make up a third of company directors in Ireland – reportPictured: Adrian Brady, Eulogy Women account for a third of all directors in Ireland, according to the Irish Directors Report, which is based on CRO figures. The research, which was commissioned by Irish-owned, London-based PR agency, Eulogy PR and carried out by Blue Sheep, reveals that a further one in 13 Irish female directors is moving to the UK to develop her career and that 14pc are aged between 18 and 35 years old According to the report, 41pc of female directors (68,570) are in business services, 6.4pc (10,840) are in social work, 5.5pc (9,232) are involved in construction,…
Read MorePhantom founder launches new radio station
Simon Maher, the founder of Phantom FM, is launching a new radio station, 8Radio.com, at midnight this evening. The station has a licence to broadcast on FM in Dublin, Cork and Limerick for 15 weekends until 7 July, and online every day. The frequencies are 106.7 in Cork, 105.5 in Limerick and 94.3 in Dublin. Maher set Phantom 105.2 up as a pirate station in 1996. The station won a licence for an alternative rock station for Dublin in 2004 and, following a legal challenge, went live on 31 October 2006. Maher left his position as general manager in 2011 after Denis O’Brien’s Communicorp bought a 30pc stake in the…
Read MoreHeineken unveils ‘Get in the Game’ campaign
Heineken has unveiled a multi-media campaign called ‘Get in the Game’ designed to bring the Heineken Cup experience from the pitch to fans’ mobile phones, computers and into pubs and homes across the country. Get in the Game allows people to react to a variety of digital and real life games.The campaign features new creative for outdoor, print and digital advertising and a new TV ad will be released before the Heineken Cup final which will be played in Dublin on 18 May. Rugby players Shane Byrne, Frankie Sheehan, Alan Quinlan, Bryn Cunningham and pundit Brent Pope have endorsed the idea. Fans can get involved with ‘Get in the Game’…
Read MoreLargest ever group of TY students to head to China
Largest ever group of TY students to head to China University College Cork (UCC) and Shanghai University have arranged a visit to China for 90 Transition Year (TY) students from 32 schools across Ireland. The demand for places on the Easter Camp programme to Shanghai, which runs from 2 to 16 April, was extraordinary according to Professor Fan Hong, director of School of Asian Studies, the Irish Institute of Chinese Studies and the Confucius Institute at UCC. “Beyond the enthusiasm demonstrated by the students themselves, many of their parents were incredibly eager to give their sons and daughters an opportunity they never had – to experience Chinese culture and society…
Read MoreTwo directors appointed to Enactus Ireland board
Brian O’Gorman of Arthur Cox and George O’Connor of Enterprise Rent-A-Car have been appointed to the board of Enactus Ireland, the Irish branch of the university-based partnership between business and higher education for social change. The appointments are effective immediately. O’Gorman is currently managing partner of Arthur Cox. A law graduate of Trinity College Dublin, he spent some years in London and Hong Kong with a leading international law firm and leading international investment bank before returning to Dublin in 1999 to join Arthur Cox, where he was appointed partner in 2000. O’Connor is managing director of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Ireland. A graduate of DIT Business School, he joined Enterprise Rent-A-Car’s…
Read MoreWomen Directors Want Greater Transparency in Appointment Process
Gender diversity on boards in Ireland is improving, but greater transparency in the appointment process is needed to increase the number of women directors, according to a new research report from the Institute of Directors in Ireland. The Women on boards in Ireland: Progress made, but obstacles remain, which has been released today, is based on interviews with 155 of the Institute of Directors in Ireland women members who currently hold an executive or non-executive directorship. In the research, 58pc of women said gender diversity on the board on which they sit has improved in the last five years. Over a third (37pc) said gender diversity is either a medium…
Read MoreDomestic economy recovery improving business confidence — IBEC
Business confidence improved strongly at the start of 2013 with most indicators in IBEC’s latest business sentiment survey climbing to the highest levels since 2009. Sales and order book indicators point towards growth and one in four managers indicated that they would be hiring new employees in the coming quarter. IBEC chief economist Fergal O’Brien said the improvement in confidence was mainly due to recovery in the domestic economy. “Consumer spending and business investment made a positive contribution to growth in the second half of last year and CEOs expect this trend to continue into 2013. The Irish economy is clearly re-balancing and it is very positive to see the…
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