Author Archives: Antonina

Veterinary Ireland, the professional body representing vets in Ireland, presented a Position Paper entitled “Protecting Health” to the Department of Agriculture & Food in response to its request for commentary on the proposed Animal Remedies Legislation – EU Directive [2004/28/EC]. … Continue reading →

Mary Coughlan TD Minister for Agriculture is pictured receiving a rather unique commemorative gift from IFP founder and Chief Executive David Markey, at the 30th Anniversary Celebrations for the Irish Farmers Monthly. Picture by Dave Cullen

4 year old Kristina Long-Doyle from Delgany, Co Wicklow brought her pet St. Bernard, “Krug”, to the national awards ceremony for the 2005 Stronghold Veterinary Pet Care Awards at Citywest, Dublin. November 2005, Picture by Dylan Vaughan.

Progress Communications provided communications planning and resource to support to Irishhealth.com through its parent company Med Media, for projects ranging from the Vaccination Tracker concept to the Ratemyhospital web site and including the development of syndicated health columns (2005).  

In 2005 Progress Communications provided support to Bayer CropScience for the launch of a new generation of cereal fungicides which included the co-ordination of a series of regional briefings in locations such as Cork, Kilkenny and the North East.

Rebecca Markey, Irish Veterinary Journal/IFP Media and Brian More O’Ferrall, Pfizer Animal Health, are pictured at Sandymount strand for the launch of the 2005 Stronghold Veterinary Pet Care Awards. The Awards invite members of the public to write stories about … Continue reading →

  Antonina Ni Dhuinn worked extensively with the National Ploughing Association for the first ten years of her career with Sheedy Communications; and continued to provide support to the NPA when needed, for instance at the press office in 2003 … Continue reading →

RTE’s Nationwide team did a feature about the Stronghold Veterinary Pet Care Awards in 2003 which saw them going on the road to interview vets in Dublin and Cork, speak with pet owners about their experiences and which included a … Continue reading →

Broadcaster Sharon Ní Bheoláin brought her dogs Honey and Suzy to the launch of the Stronghold Veterinary Pet Care Awards for 2003.  Sharon is pictured at UCD  Veterinary Hospital with vet Emma Tobin, a member of the judging panel for … Continue reading →

The Agricultural Science Association (ASA) held its 2003 national conference in Kilkenny City, with the theme of ‘Agriculture at a Crossroads.’ Pictured announcing details of the conference were Michael Patten, Glanbia; and Pat Cahill, President, ASA. 2003. Picture by Dylan … Continue reading →