Archive for the ‘Celebrity PR’ Category

                David O’Connor wins Best Folk Award at Irish World awards in London. Mary Byrne and Sinead O’Connor honoured too   David O’Connor, the Irish tenor from Wexford, was awarded the prestigious Best Folk Singer by The Irish World newspaper in London on Saturday night. At the glittering […]


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 […]


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 […]


  A Pre Cheltenham Night in aid of the National Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation (NRHF) and the Irish Horse Welfare Trust  is being hosted by both charities on Sunday 4th March in Stillorgan Park Hotel, Stillorgan at 7.45pm.   Sponsored by Betfair, the expert panel includes a very impressive line up: Jessie Harrington (Patron IHWT), Henry de Bromhead, […]


This morning was my debut appearance on IrelandAM’s book club and we were discussing City of Bohane by Kevin Barry. It was a great experience and I met three very different people, strangers, who were gathered together to talk about the book. Ok, I have to confess now that I spoke about the book as […]


Apparently there is a correct way to hold a microphone pole and an incorrect way. The correct way is to balance the extension pole on the ground, safely cushioned by a foot so that the pole does not sway or move overly. It is also advisable to put the end of the pole directly on […]


Money raised to support Club Wexford players welfare funds Striking images of the Wexford camogie team in glamorous outfits and high heels are now being published in a fashion calendar, The Model County 2012, to help the team raise funds for their club. Top Irish fashion photographer Dermot Byrne is the author of the art-house […]


Irish horse charity IHWT (Irish Horse Welfare Trust) is launching a new Sponsor a Horse Scheme that will enable horse loving kids and families to participate in the rehabilitation work done by the charity at its farm in Woodenbridge, County Wicklow. “Our wish is to give people and families from all walks of life the […]


In their bid to beat the Guinness World Record, Mark and Denise, The Honeymoon Testers, got married (again!) this morning live on air, officiating the ceremony was Ray D’Arcy from Today FM. This is the second ‘radio wedding’ for Mark and Denise, who also renewed their vows at the Open FM studios in July. The […]


Louloubelle Bags, owned by Irish handbag designer Louise O’Leary,  today announced that they will donate one hundred specially designed handbags to the Irish Horse Welfare Trust, with all profits of the sale of the bag going directly to the charity. The “Hazel” bag, named after Louise’s own rescue thoroughbred mare, is an exquisite soft dark […]