The shortlist for the 2018 Awards for Excellence in PR was announced on Friday, 11th May.
The Awards for Excellence is the beacon for best practice in Irish public relations and communications and those shortlisted set the benchmark for work within the sector, and showcase the best the PR profession has to offer.
Irish public relations is going from strength to strength, and reflecting the diversity of life in the public relations and communications arena, there are 20 awards in total.
There is amazing public relations work being done throughout our island. At a time of blurred lines and diminishing borders between traditional silos, we see public relations and communications professionals coming to the fore; doing brilliant and creative work that delivers results. The Awards for Excellence has celebrated that work for 25 years and goes from strength to strength. The winners will be announced at a Gala Awards Luncheon on Friday, June 22nd. To book your places please call Annmarie Jordan on (01) 661 8004 or email [email protected].
Well done to the following who have been shortlisted:
Awards for Excellence in Public Relations 2018
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Shortlisted Entries
#DoubleUpforIBD
Teneo PSG
The Irish Society for Colitis & Crohn’s Disease (ISCC) supported by Abbvie
#FlexYourMussels
Wilson Hartnell
Bord Bia
#LoveCurrysPCWorld
Teneo PSG
Currys PC World
#TheCallUp
Murray
Three Ireland
‘No Time for Waste Community Chill’, Tesco
Murray
Tesco
“Get in the Games” with Aldi
Gibney Communications/Presence PR
Aldi Ireland
A new initiative – the National Patient Experience Survey
HIQA
AIB Backing Club & County #TheToughest
Wilson Hartnell
AIB
AIG Ireland – Social & Digital Activation
Teneo PSG
AIG Ireland
Airbnb ‘Night At’ the Guinness Storehouse
Wilson Hartnell
Guinness Storehouse
Alcohol – tackling the crisis on our roads
Drury | Porter Novelli
Road Safety Authority
All You Can Eat, Sleep & Breathe: Three Connected Ireland Report
Drury | Porter Novelli
Three Ireland
ALONE’s 40th Anniversary
Limelight Communications
ALONE
Baileys Treatyard
Wilson Hartnell
Baileys
Burgers Better. The launch of BuJo
Drury | Porter Novelli
BuJo
Burning the playbook: McCourt memoir rises from the ashes
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
Celebrating 100 years of Ford in Ireland
Cullen Communications
Henry Ford & Son Ltd.
Centra Live Well
FleishmanHillard
Centra
Centra Takes to the Stage with the Eurovision
FleishmanHillard
Centra
Centra We Are Hurling
FleishmanHillard
Centra
Delivering a better connected life at Three
Three Ireland
Diana A Fashion Legacy
O’Brien PR
Newbridge Silverware
Disability Federation of Ireland’s call for a #MAKEWAYDAY
TRA Brands-The Reputations Agency
Disability Federation of Ireland
Durex #OrgasmsForAll
Teneo PSG
Reckitt Benckiser Ireland
EirGrid; taking moments in time with the GAA to champion the future
Teneo PSG
EirGrid
Engineers Week 2017
Engineers Ireland with support from Q4PR
EPA’s The Story of Your Stuff campaign
Walsh:PR
Environmental Protection Agency
Food Allergens Campaign
Weber Shandwick
Food Safety Authority of Ireland
Gearing up for the M20 Cork – Limerick Motorway
Cork Chamber of Commerce
Limerick Chamber of Commerce
Genomics Medicine Ireland: Creating a Legacy of Health
MKC Communications
Genomics Medicine Ireland
Glenisk Irish Rugby Trading Cards
Legacy Consultants
Glenisk
Irish Examiner Cork City Marathon PR & Social Media Campaign
Hopkins Communications
Cork City Council
It Starts Here
Hanover Communications
BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition
Josiane – the girl from the box
Trócaire
Lidl esmara by Heidi Klum
Lidl Ireland
Lidl Health & Wellness programme
The Reputations Agency
Lidl Ireland
Lidl Ireland’s Kick Start Supplier Development Programme
Lidl Ireland
Littlewoods Ireland #StyleOfPlay GAA Campaign
Legacy Consultants
Littlewoods Ireland
Making Minors Stars
Wilson Hartnell
Electric Ireland
Microplastics
NUI Galway
Official Launch of Waterford Greenway
Springboard PR & Marketing
Waterford City & County Council
Proving Aldi’s Provenance
Gibney Communications
Aldi Ireland
Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015
Hume Brophy
National Off-Licence Association (NOffLA)
Reopening of iconic Dublin landmark Bewley’s Grafton Street
FleishmanHillard
Bewley’s
Repak celebrates 20th anniversary
Teneo PSG
Repak
Slattery’s Pub St Patrick’s Day Campaign
Limelight Communications
Slatterys Pub
Smithwick’s 10° West
Wilson Hartnell
Smithwick’s Diageo
Sudocrem Care & Protect: Today’s Mum campaign
PR360
Teva Pharmaceuticals Ireland
SuperValu Whiskey Exclusives
TRA Brands-The Reputations Agency
SuperValu
Supporting sustainable dairy farming
Keating & Associates
DII (Dairy Industry Ireland)
Team Ireland Winter Olympics
Wilson Hartnell
Olympic Council of Ireland
Telling the Panadol ‘This is what we’re made of’ story
Edelman
GSK
The Burren Perfumery – the story of an authentic Irish brand
Elevate PR
The Burren Perfumery
The Irish Government’s bid to win the EMA
Hume Brophy
The Department of Health
The Rutland Centre – A Life in Recovery is a Life Saved
Vital Communications
The Rutland Centre
Together is better – The HPV Vaccination Alliance
Irish Cancer Society
VAT’s not Fair
Drury | Porter Novelli
Charities Institute Ireland
Wild Lights at Dublin Zoo
Teneo PSG
Dublin Zoo
YOUNG COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Kantar Media
Nominees will be announced on 24th May following the second stage of judging.
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