It was all fun and games in Carlow at the weekend, as celebs and tag rugby players ignored the weather and took to the pitch for a bit of healthy entertainment. International rugby players, TV personalities and politicians braved the elements and got tagging for charity at the festival’s opening match. The celebrity match kicked off the tag rugby and […]
Read more →What: Cute Honey workshop for Mumpreneurs Where: The Training Centre, Unit 2B, Centre Point Business Park, Oak Rd, Dublin 12 When: Thursday 28th June 2012 Time: 9.30-12.20pm Price: €57 per person Cute Honey is hosting a 3-hour workshop for Mum entrepreneurs and Mums looking to set up their own business on Thursday 28th June. The Cute Honey business workshop for […]
Read more →Over €1000 were raised at Rathwood at the recent fashion show event in aid of local hospice services. Around 250 people attended the fun and fashion evening, where Rathwood staff and customers modelled a range of ladies clothing and accessories from Deirdre Minogue and Tresor, as well as ladies and men’s fashion available at Rathwood. The total figure raised on […]
Read more →It will be back to the 90’s dance floor at the PLAY Tag Festival on Friday 15th June as Pump Up the Jam will be bringing their 90’s nostalgia to the festival and getting tag-players and non-players in dance mode. PLAY Tag Festival kicks off on Friday 15th with a celebrity match in aid of ISPCC and IRFU Charitable Trust […]
Read more →Irish horse charity Irish Horse Welfare Trust (IHWT) is hosting its annual golf classic at Rathsallagh Golf club in Kildare on Friday 1st June to raise funds for its work rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming neglected horses, as well as the charity’s education projects. The Golf Classic will start at 14.00 sharp, registration costs €700 per team – for teams of […]
Read more →PR and getting media coverage is a tough game. It is not rocket science but it can be tricky. The essence of public relations is sending stories to people who might (and only ‘might’) be interested in them, with the hope that they will find them interesting and write about it. There is no money exchanging, no ‘controlling your message’ […]
Read more →Entrepreneur Seán Melly is cycling 700km between Mizen Head in Cork to Malin Head in Donegal to raise funds for the Irish Hospice Foundation Nurses Night Care service Mizen 2 Malin Diary DAY FIVE It was the final day of our marathon cycle from Mizen head to Malin. Five days of constant cycling, inclement weather and patchy sleep had certainly taken its […]
Read more →Terry Bradley-inspired shot wins Open Art and Creativity Award for photographer Dermot Byrne Bray-based photographer Dermot Byrne has won Best Single Image Open Art & Creativity atIreland’s top photography awards: the Irish Professional Photographers Association (IPPA) Awards. Byrne’s winning picture features models Daniella Moyles and Blaithnid McKenna in striking make up by artist Hayley McGowan. The stunning shot resembles an […]
Read more →MouthWatchers calling for entries [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jC19Cffl-g] It might sound like a strange topic for a You Tube clip but Mouth Watchers is looking for ‘quirky, different’ videos of up to one minute to help the company promote its antibacterial toothbrushes inIreland. Yes, toothbrushes. Dubliner John McKiernan has brought the innovative toothbrushes to Ireland after a trip to Boston last year […]
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What is a good PR story? Let’s rephrase that shall we? What is a good story? Period!
The essence of good public relations is good content. To be able to attract the interest of journalists and bloggers, your business must have news, stories to tell. Some businesses struggle to determine what would be considered ‘news’ in their organisation or separate what is news to you as a business owner and what is newsworthy and of public interest. […]
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