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  • FH Ireland’s Head of Creative Strategy Brian Melarkey joined P&G’s Global Head of Communications Damon Jones on a panel discussion at Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity

    July 26, 2022

    FH Ireland's Head of Creative Strategy Brian Melarkey joined P&G's Global Head of Communications Damon Jones on a panel discussion at Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. Find out what they discussed in this article from PRovoke Media - click here...

  • Transitioning to the Endemic: Challenges facing C-Suite executive visibility

    June 28, 2022

    The end is in sight. Depending where you are in the world, despite new coronavirus variants and fresh outbreaks, the COVID-19 endemic is either in transition or on its way. Clients and colleagues alike have been waiting with bated breath for a guaranteed return to face-to-face interactions, business travel, real-life interviews and making meaningful connections at post-event dinners and receptions. With that said, we’re creatures of habit – and our largely virtual executive comms routine...

  • Listen: How has the FleishmanHillard business grown and evolved in Ireland through the years?

    January 27, 2021

    Rhona Blake, Managing Director at FH Dublin recently spoke to Irish Business Builders podcast, “a show about great Irish businesses, and the people who built them.” Here Rhona discusses everything from the foundation and evolution of the FleishmanHillard business in Ireland, communicating strategically for global and smaller clients, to the importance of creativity and talent attraction. If you’ve ever been curious about what it takes to succeed in a career in agency PR, or would...

  • Purpose-led work takes 2020 eurobest Grand Prix

    January 18, 2021

    Given the extraordinary year we’ve all had, I’m delighted to report that creativity is alive and well across healthcare communication.  As a member of the 2020 eurobest healthcare jury I wasn’t sure what to expect as I sat down to join the virtual jury earlier this year. The work that shone were those with a clear idea at its centre, many pieces of work while innovative was overly complicated in the pursuit of integration.  The...

  • Inspiring Consumer Support of Irish Craft and Design Amid COVID-19

    August 27, 2020

    The impact of COVID-19 on retail has been significant but one sector that truly felt, and continues to feel, the burden of lockdown and social distancing measures is Irish craft and design. As a sector that thrives on tourism and visits to studios and galleries across the country, sales dwindled rapidly during quarantine with many makers reporting that they were not trading and were concerned about the future of their businesses. The Design & Crafts...

  • COVID-19 and A Shift in Priorities for Those Working Abroad

    August 13, 2020

    COVID-19 has led to a fundamental shift in values for people across the world as we adapt to lockdowns, travel restrictions, and remote working and schooling. This is equally true for those living and working abroad, even though they may be more used to spending long periods of time away from family and friends and keeping in touch with loved ones via Zoom or Skype. We recently worked on a piece of global research with...

  • Cheers to Success! An Award-Winning Wine Campaign with SuperValu

    July 23, 2020

    Our dynamic brand marketing team was proud to be a winner at the recent Public Relations Consultants Association Awards for Excellence in PR on behalf of SuperValu’s Whispering Angel Valentine’s Day campaign. Over the past year we have engaged in some fantastic work for leading client SuperValu and we are delighted to give some insight into how this award-winning campaign came to fruition. We are delighted to have been awarded the @PRCA_Ireland award for best...

  • Moving to Remote Engagement with HCPs and Patients

    June 11, 2020

    FleishmanHillard Ireland works with a wide variety of companies in the healthcare sector across Ireland, EMEA and globally, including pharmaceutical, devices and diagnostics, advocacy and consumer health. Working with our clients, we devise communications strategies that cover reputation management, product launch and life cycle management, public affairs and policy, and digital and social outreach. Traditionally an industry that is  cautious when it comes to embracing online activity, pharma companies have been  reviewing how they engage...

  • Communication in a Post-truth COVID-19 World

    May 27, 2020

    False information about COVID-19 is rampant, a fact acknowledged by the WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus who in February stated, “We’re not just fighting an epidemic. We’re fighting an infodemic.” According to Italian research, every day in March 2020 an average of 46,000 new posts on Twitter linked to inaccurate or misleading information about the crisis. The tragic nature of the virus and rapidly changing situation means that people are eager for updates about the...

  • Roche supports the Marie Keating Foundation to help raise vital funds in ‘COVID-19 Appeal’

    May 26, 2020

    Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Marie Keating Foundation were forced to cancel or postpone all of their fundraising events - a critical blow to the cancer support organisation.  The Foundation does not receive any government funding and relies heavily on the money that is raised through its own fundraising activity, and through events organised by other individuals and organisations. Roche Ireland has a long-standing relationship with the Marie Keating Foundation, and saw that there...