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11/09/2024

Congratulations to our client Bewley's Cafe which was honoured for its highly engaging Lunchtime Theatre in The Irish Times Best Long-Term Partnership at the Business to Arts Awards at the National Concert Hall. Bewley's is a haven for the arts and the lunchtime theatre is a fantastic experience if you haven't tried it.

Wide range of businesses and art forms represented at gala ceremony with three bursaries worth total of €25,000

11/09/2024

Carlow's rain gardens have greened the grey streets and the town has secured gold at the Entente Florale Europe Competition awards ceremony in Hungary as a result. This is a huge win for a town that is building a sustainable reputation and it deserved its blanket media coverage on Monday.

Carlow town has cleaned up at a prestigious European competition celebrating environmental excellence at local level.

30/08/2024

Ireland’s first low carbon fire engine has been launched for Carlow County Council. It’s built locally by HPMP fire with technology developed by ACETECH Global. Great nationwide media coverage all day on this super story.

Chief Fire Officer at Carlow Fire Station, Liam Carroll speaking at the launch of the world's first fire engine that combines state-of-the-art software with hydrotreated vegetable oil.

27/08/2024

It was an absolute thrill for us to work alongside Brendan Gleeson on the launch of Bewley’s Big Coffee Morning for Hospice. The fundraising drive is co-ordinated by Together For Hospice, The National Hospice Movement, in aid of 24 Hospice and specialist palliative homecare providers across Ireland, whose aim this year is to raise €2.4million. Register to host a coffee morning on Thursday, September 26 – or on a date that suits you – at hospicecoffeemorning.ie or call 0818 995 996.

If you cannot host or attend a coffee morning, you can make a donation at hospicecoffeemorning.ie/donate

The Oscar-nominated actor said a Dublin hospice allowed him a ‘beautiful’ goodbye with his parents that gave him ‘faith in the humanity that takes’.

21/08/2024

One of our favourite events or the year, the launch of Bewley’s Big Coffee Morning for Hospice, with our team and the legend that is Brendan Gleeson!

The fundraising drive is co-ordinated by Together For Hospice, The National Hospice Movement, in aid of 24 Hospice and specialist palliative homecare providers across Ireland, whose aim this year is to raise €2.4million.

Register to host a coffee morning on Thursday, September 26 – or on a date that suits you – at hospicecoffeemorning.ie or call 0818 995 996.

If you cannot host or attend a coffee morning, you can make a donation at hospicecoffeemorning.ie/donate

20/08/2024

Providing free HRT and mid-life health checks for all women between 45 and 64 could save the State millions. Widespread national coverage for this call by Loretta Dignam, CEO of The Menopause Hub for earlier detection of cardiovascular and bone-health issues caused by menopause.

At least €4.1 million is currently needed to make HRT provision free for women who already receive it under the State shemes.

20/08/2024

International media coverage as works worth eight million euro go on display at the Art and Soul event at the K Club in Co Kildare. The free event, hosted by Gormleys Galleryeys Gallery, includes an outdoor exhibition of over 90 sculptures and installations set throughout the 550-acre grounds of the estate.

Works worth eight million euro will go on display at the Art and Soul event at the K Club in Co Kildare this weekend.

20/08/2024

Hollywood actor Colin Farrell is set to run this October's Dublin Marathon with close friend Emma Fogarty to mark her miracle 40th birthday and to support Debra Ireland - The Butterfly Skin Charity. Emma is Ireland’s longest-surviving person battling the most severe type of agonising skin condition, epidermolysis bullosa (EB). To support Emma's Run to 40 and get involved see https://www.debra.ie/.

Emma Fogarty is Ireland’s longest-surviving person battling the most severe type of the agonising skin condition epidermolysis bullosa.

20/08/2024

Early warning alerts for public safety concerns are to be extended nationwide as part of new investment in local Government services. Under a new plan, every local authority in Ireland will have 90 per cent of their services available online in the next six years under a multi-million euro transformation of local authorities.

Early warning alerts for public safety concerns are to be extended nationwide as part of new investment in local Government services.

20/08/2024

Delighted to be part of the successful opening of Ireland's largest family homeless hub at Houben House. The across the board broadcast and print coverage achieved reflected the importance of the approach being taken by The Salvation Army Ireland to this vital topic.

Ombudsman for Children blames move away from local authority housing for rising numbers in economic homelessness

08/07/2024

Coverage in the Business Post for Neptune's stunning high summer collection.

Appropriate garden furniture helps get the most out of our outside spaces

05/07/2024

Irish Independent showcasing what you might not have known about your local council as part of today's Your Council Day celebrations.

A hundred people signed up for library cards when a team reached out to a refugee centre, as part of a scheme bringing libraries to the wider community and marginalised groups.

02/07/2024

We are over the moon to have been involved in this story ahead of Your Council Day this Friday. Well deserved national coverage for a Cork city public librarian who has developed a memory tool-kit box to help trigger memories and conversations among dementia, Alzheimer's and elderly patients.

https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2024/0701/1457623-memory-boxes/

24/06/2024

Front page lead in the Irish Independent today for MediaConsult's Real Estate Alliance (REA) Average House Price survey. And Louth hit the headlines as well!

24/06/2024

An historic day is dawning for clients Boann Distillery who are launching their own single pot still whiskeys. The new whiskey expressions, known as Marsala, Madeira and Pedro Ximinéz, have been released to coincide with the summer solstice.

Cooney family is targeting sales of 10,000 cases by the end of this year, doubling over the next few years

19/06/2024

Two stand-up comedians will take to the stage at Bewley's Cafe this summer, as part of an expanded offering from the iconic Grafton Street café.

Two stand-up comedians will take to the stage at Bewley’s this summer, as part of an expanded offering from the iconic Grafton Street café.

17/06/2024

WEEE Ireland’s chief executive Leo Donovan has said the need to recycle more critical raw materials will rise as the population grows as a record-breaking 41,730 tonnes of electronic and electrical waste was recovered in 2023.

Our team achieved coverage across the board for this crucial test of our responsibility as consumers.

Irish consumers recycled a record-breaking 41,730 tonnes of electronic and electrical waste in 2023 – the equivalent of almost 200 40-foot containers more than the previous year, new figures reveal.

06/06/2024

A Dublin dad will lead over 100 bikers as they hit the road for a deaf and hard of hearing charity which helped his daughter get a better quality of life. Delighted that this story received widespread coverage for Chime - National Charity for Deaf & Hard of Hearing People.

A Dublin dad will lead over 100 bikers as they hit the road for a deaf and hard of hearing charity which helped his daughter get a better quality of life.

06/06/2024

Some fantastic footage from Ireland's largest art and sculpture exhibition, hosted by Gormleys Gallery. Gormleys Art + Soul takes place until 23rd June at Castlemartyr and features over 300 artworks by some of the biggest names in international and Irish art.

04/06/2024

A new accreditation scheme is being introduced for Irish firms to support employees coping with debilitating menopause symptoms and help retain staff.
The independent programme, run by The Menopause Hub Academy, will recognise organisations that actively support and accommodate employees enduring such symptoms.

A new accreditation scheme is being introduced for Irish firms to support employees coping with debilitating menopause symptoms and help retain staff.

04/06/2024

A trio of enterprising hospital porters are using the deposit return scheme to raise thousands of euro for Cork University Hospital Charity. Delighted this wonderful story got the widespread national coverage it deserved.

https://www.rte.ie/radio/podcasts/22402996-the-3-johnnies-three-hospital-porters-collectin/

28/05/2024

The Irish for coffee. Brilliant business profile by Fearghal O'Connor on Bewleys Coffee Ltd Managing Director Jason Doyle in the Sunday Independent.

Jason Doyle moves at pace but with a smile or a joke for everyone he meets along the warren of corridors at Bewley’s Ireland headquarters.

24/05/2024

The largest Salvador Dalí sculpture to ever be displayed in Ireland is to feature at Art and Soul, which begins this Saturday and runs until June 23 at Cork's Castlemartyr resort.

Gormleys Gallery

The largest Salvador Dali sculpture ever displayed in Ireland is to feature at the country's biggest art and sculpture event.

15/05/2024

Front page lead for the Irish Independent doddl.ie Mortgage Switching Index, which finds that the highest mortgage rate is now double that of the lowest.

08/05/2024

Martina Hennessy, chief executive of doddl.ie, says she is now starting to see the impact of potential rate cuts “trickle through” to Irish mortgage rates.

Homeowners need to balance the allure of enhanced cashback offers against the rates of offer and the prospect of cuts in the months ahead

08/05/2024

The Irish Heart Foundation is urging people to check for the “silent killer” of high blood pressure by getting going to get their blood pressure checked.

08/04/2024

Martina Hennessy, chief executive of online mortgage broker doddl.ie, cautions that the timeline for future rate cuts remains uncertain.

The ECB is expected to start cutting interest rates but consumers should not presume that they will automatically benefit

03/04/2024

On the 20th anniversary of the workplace smoking ban, the Irish Heart Foundation believe that an even bigger health dividend can be achieved by Government.

Thousands of families across Ireland and millions around the world will spend time today with loved ones they would have lost to the horror of heart attacks, stroke, cancer or other fatal diseases – but for a single act of political courage.

03/04/2024

A newly-approved drug will be a “game changer” for menopausal women experiencing hot flushes, according to Loretta Dignam, founder of the Menopause Hub. Veoza, which is set to be fully available in Ireland in April, is a non-hormonal medication designed to stop hot flushes and night sweats. The daily tablet offers women an alternative to hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
The Menopause Hub

Campaigners say the daily tablet offers women an alternative to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for the dreaded menopause symptoms

03/04/2024

We love this sustainable story in national media for Boann Distillery

The Co Meath tree, estimated to be 1,000 years old, blew over during Storm Elin last year.