Piaras Kelly PR – Public Relations in Ireland

We announced the Irish results of the 2013 Edelman Trust Barometer last week and they make for interesting reading as usual. The full deck of results is embedded below. Edelman Trust Barometer 2013 Ireland learnings from Edelman

Noirin Hegarty, former editor of the now defunct Sunday Tribune, has been appointed online editor of Independent.ie. INM are likely to conduct a massive overhaul of the site and introduce some paid elements to the site in the near future. Jon Ihle, former deputy business editor of the Sunday Tribune, is now the Markets Correspondent [...]

If anyone is interested, Cian Ginty has compiled a good list of Irish media on Twitter.

We are recruiting for a Senior Account Executive for our Corporate, Financial & Technology Communications team in our Dublin office. Details can be found here.

Ian Kehoe is leaving the Sunday Business Post to join RTE’s Primetime team. The Evening Herald is tipping Michael McDowell to joining RTE in a revamp of its evening current affairs programme to take on Vincent Browne at TV3. NewsTalk has announced a revamp of its weekend lineup and the changes in its daytime schedule [...]

Don Van Natta, who is scheduled to present on the topic ‘We are all investigative journalists’ at the Cleraun media conference, is one of the team of journalists at the New York Times that investigated the News of the World phone hacking scandal. Given the timing, it’s yet another reason to book a ticket to [...]

As part of the relaunch of the Sunday Tribune, the business section is creating a new feature called ‘The Pitch.’ The business editor, Neil Callanan, is looking for companies in growth phase. The piece will basically be an outline on the history of the company, how it was set up, the support they received, how [...]

The Guardian reports that the Times’ paywall has seen its online audience fall by two thirds, a performance which eve by the Guardian’s admission is ‘better than many had expected.’ The same paper also points to the Daily Mail’s online operation, which is bucking the trend and shows that it is possible for media organisations [...]

The Irish Independent speculates that George Lee will present the replacement for ‘The Business’ programme on Saturday mornings during July and August. The Irish Times reports that Ryan Tubridy will take the late Gerry Ryan’s slot on 2FM. There will be a change in format with the show switching to a two hour slot, primarily [...]

The ‘Your Money’ personal finance section in the Irish Independent has moved from Tuesday to Thursday. Billy Huggard is now the editor of Irish Computer, with Cliff Hutton taking up the role as Production Manager at Mediateam. Fionnuala Carolan has replaced Caroline Byrne as the new editor of ShelfLife.