Category Archives: Progress PR

First Feile Bia – Celebration of Irish Food

Progress Communications worked with the Restaurants Association of Ireland for the launch of the inaugural Feile Bia. It was the first wide scale collaboration between the membership of the key representative bodies in this sector to celebrate Irish cuisine – … Continue reading

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Sizzling Sausages

  Derek Davis (centre) is pictured at the launch of the ACBI National Butcher’s competition with Adam and Zoe Reid.  Progress Communications managed the media relations on behalf of Associated Craft Butchers of Ireland.

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Doorstep Traditions

Delivering milk directly to the doorstep is a tradition celebrated by Liam Neville from Snowcream Dairies, pictured with a genuine horse-drawn milk float dating from the 1940’s-1950’s during a campaign to launch a new customer care charter for customers.  Also … Continue reading

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On The Ball

Then Taoiseach Bertie Ahern TD is pictured with Kilkenny hurler DJ Carey at the launch of the Tetraclox Team of the Nineties competition organised by Pharmacia & Upjohn.

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All Sizes

Five month old Zach Daly was the youngest shareholder in Waterford United Football Club plc when his father, Joe, from Halfway House, bought shares in trust for Zach.  Zach celebrated by meeting up with one of Waterford United longest standing … Continue reading

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Brush Strokes

Waterford Tool Company organised an Art Competition for Secondary Schools in order to celebrate their 25thAnniversary.  The co-ordinating team for the competition were (L-R):   Derek Verso Arts Officer, Waterford Corporation;  Martin Lynch, Waterford Tool Company;  Antonina Ni Dhuinn, Progress Communications; … Continue reading

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Football Goes Plc

Waterford United Football Club announced a three year development plan in 1998 to include a new plc structure to generate investment funding.  Pictured at the announcement were (L-R):  Bob Breen, General Manager;  Michael Finnegan, Chairman;  John Delaney, Director; and Tommy … Continue reading

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Hurling Greats

Pharmacia & Upjohn sponsored the Tetraclox hurling ‘Team of the Century’ competition IN 1998 which generated over 1,000 entries.  Eddie Teehan, Pharmacia & Upjohn (Centre) is pictured with hurling greats DJ Carey and Eddie Keher.

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Strong-bow

German violinist Christian Tecklenborg and Dutch violinist Gwendoline Masin, drew crowds at Dublin’s Grafton Street dressed as Strongbow and Aoife to launch the 1998 Waterford International Masterclass Festival.  

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Journalism Awards Presented

Antonina Ni Dhuinn has been a member of the Guild of Agricultural Journalists since the mid 1980’s and has supported various events, conferences and sub committees. At the 1998 Guild of Agricultural Journalists Awards were (L-R):  David Markey, Joe O’Brien, … Continue reading

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