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  • 3 top tips for boards to consider when dealing with crisis communications

    December 20, 2017

    A boardroom in the midst of a full blown crisis is not a place for the faint-hearted. The stakes are high and very serious decisions, that may have long-term business implications, need to be made quickly and, often without all of the necessary information available. However a crisis does not need to be a business-ending event if both the board and the executive team are prepared in advance to handle one and, sometimes it can...

  • Hitting high notes in health care communication with the Philips Breathless Choir

    April 5, 2017

    FleishmanHillard Ireland's very own Orla Burke, EMEA healthcare lead shares details and insights into the multi award winning Breathless Choir campaign with Communications Director Magazine. Hitting high notes in health care communication with the Philips Breathless Choir In late 2015 a group of people who’d never met before came together to create a choir. This choir was unusual as breathing is a constant challenge for all 18 members. With the support of health technology company Philips...

  • Centra to Sponsor All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

    June 15, 2016

    This week we announced the extension of Centra’s sponsorship of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship which will continue to 2019, in support of Centra’s ongoing Live Well programme. To mark the announcement four of the country’s best hurlers, Henry Shefflin, Austin Gleeson, Podge Collins and Seamus Hickey, lined out in CLG Na Fianna in Glasnevin. The Live Well initiative encourages healthy living, provides education and promotes activity. Through the hurling sponsorship, Centra will encourage fans the...

  • A Passion for Fashion

    May 19, 2016

    FleishmanHillard oversaw the communications again this year for the Limerick School of Art and Design (LIT) Fashion Show that took place on Thursday 12th May. The much anticipated Graduate Fashion saw 27 graduates from the largest fashion degree programme in Ireland showcased their creations. Ranked among the world’s top 50 fashion colleges, Limerick School of Art and Design is continuing to mold future Irish designers. A collection which encapsulates the recurring nature of Ireland’s housing...

  • Centra Challenges The Nation To Live Well

    May 18, 2016

    This week announced the extension of Centra’s sponsorship of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship which will continue to 2019, in support of Centra’s ongoing Live Well programme. To mark the announcement four of the country’s best hurlers, Henry Shefflin, Austin Gleeson, Podge Collins and Seamus Hickey, lined out in CLG Na Fianna in Glasnevin. The Live Well initiative encourages healthy living, provides education and promotes activity. Through the hurling sponsorship, Centra will encourage fans the length...

  • FH Dublin Leads the Way for Irish PR at Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity

    March 3, 2015

    FleishmanHillard, which celebrates 25 years in Ireland this year, was given due praise by Phil Thomas, CEO of the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity during his visit to Dublin this week to deliver his ‘Creativity Matters’ talk. In 2013 FleishmanHillard Dublin became the first Irish PR firm to win a Cannes Lion for their ‘P&G Proud Sponsor of Mum’ campaign. Speaking at the event Rhona Blake, MD of FH Dublin said it was in everybody’s...

  • FH Dublin Wins Irish Sponsorship Award

    November 17, 2014

    FH Dublin Wins Irish Sponsorship Award for BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition Celebrating its 50th Anniversary In January the team from FH Dublin led by Gill Madden and supported by Maria McGrath managed the PR activities for Ireland’s prestigious BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, January 2014 marked the biggest and the best exhibition in the competition’s incredible tenure and a real celebration for BT, the organisers and sponsors. That...

  • Day Three (Final) Web Summit Review

    November 7, 2014

    Web Summit likes to go out with a bang and Thursday was no exception with Peter Thiel of Paypal and Facebook courting the crowd, followed by U2’s Bono closing out proceedings at the event dubbed #DavosForGeeks. During the day Lorraine Twohill, global VP of Marketing for Google, discussed programmatic buying. Precision programmatic buying is a marketing goal for Google itself, having set a target of 60% of digital spend globally to be bought programmatically. Programmatic...

  • Food For Thought At Web Summit

    November 7, 2014

    Thursday PM: It's the final leg of the Web Summit and Bonin Bough bursts onto the Marketing Stage with a bounding enthusiasm and energy which lifts the entire room. As vice president of global media and consumer engagement at Mondelez International, the world's largest snacking company, Bough knows how to capture the attention of his audience. He's here to tell us about the difference between how old and new organisations operate. While newer organisations are...

  • Day Two Web Summit Review

    November 6, 2014

    The second day of the Web Summit in Dublin took the #DavosForGeeks tag seriously, with major announcements from some big players in the technology game. Nest Labs CEO and founder Tony Fadell announced a deal that will provide Irish customers with a free Nest thermostat by signing a two year utility contract with Electric Ireland. The Irish deal is the first of several where consumers will have the cost of a Nest subsidized by their...