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CMS Marketing boosts creative and social teams with 3 strategic hires

CMS Marketing appoints Orlagh Doherty, Rudy Godfrey and Henry O'Hagan to expand social, content, creative,…

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USA TODAY Revamps Audience Strategy as Search Pressure Mounts

USA TODAY restructures audience team as search referrals fall and platforms keep users, launching an…

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OpenAI Rolls Out ChatGPT Ads Globally and Expands Its Ad Stack

OpenAI expands ChatGPT Ads to Europe, India and MENA, adding advanced targeting, measurement, reporting and…

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One Fab Day Launches New Wedding Awards for Ireland — Apply Now to Be Named a Top Wedding Vendor

One Fab Day launches annual Wedding Awards to honour Ireland’s top venues, suppliers and pros…

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Food Roots Launches Bold Campaign to Reconnect Gen Z with Irish Farming

We Make Greatness From Grass — Our Food Roots' hip-hop campaign reconnects 18-34s with Irish…

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Ex-OMD MD Fiona Field Launches Seventh Wave Consultancy to Shake Up Media and Marketing

Fiona Field launches Seventh Wave, an independent marketing and media consultancy advising CEOs and CMOs…

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Google Rolls Out AI-Powered AdSense Help Guide to English Help Center — What Publishers Need to Know

Google launched a beta AI assistant in the AdSense Help Center for 100% of English…

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Back-to-School Marketing: How Brands Use Out-of-Home (OOH) Advertising to Win the September Reset

Back-to-School OOH: brands use dynamic, programmatic and retail DOOH to reach shoppers, commuters and families…

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Beamish Launches Eye-Catching Campaign with The Public House — What It Means for Ireland’s Beer Market

Beamish’s limited-edition signet ring (contains dehydrated stout) isn’t for sale — fans must barter items…

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Bonfire Appoints Sinead Lee and Nicola Wielopolski to Strengthen Leadership Team

Bonfire names Nicola Wielopolski creative director and Sinéad Lee growth director after Ardmore Group investment,…

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Google Lets Alcohol Brands Target YouTube Users with Personalized Ads

Starting Oct 30, Google will allow personalized alcohol ads on YouTube where local laws permit…

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New Study: Sports and Music Sponsorships Deliver Highest Brand Recall and Generate the Most New Fans

The Brand Fans: Sports sponsorships boost visibility; music festivals show highest recall. Authentic, audience-aligned sponsorships…

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Why Google Ads Are Showing Less Often: Limited Ad Serving Explained — Causes & How to Fix It

Google's Limited Ad Serving restricts how often your ads appear, cutting impressions and raising costs…

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Škoda Launches “Tapestry for Ireland” Campaign to Amplify and Celebrate Irish Stories

Škoda Ireland unveils 'The Tapestry for Ireland' — a 3m hand-sewn artwork by Eileen McNulty…

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Irish Times, Volvo Launch ‘Detours’ Travel Series Hosted by Craig Doyle

Detours — a Volvo-backed Irish Times series hosted by Craig Doyle, using car journeys to…

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Google Scrambles to Fix Citation Bug in Gemini 3.8 Flash AI Mode

Google's Gemini 3.8 Flash caused AI Mode to stop linking/citing sources for Pro/Ultra subscribers; Google…

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SMX Now: Find & Fix Entity Gaps That Hurt Your SEO Content Strategy

Join SMX Now Sept 16, 1 p.m. ET: Ray Martinez shows how to audit schema…

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Nvidia Confirms Nearly $13B Acquisition of Hugging Face — What It Means for AI

Meta description: Nvidia to buy Hugging Face for $12.9B, pledging to keep it open; acquisition…

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Let AI Do the Busywork: How Automation Boosts Productivity — and Why Human Judgment Still Matters

Use AI as an 'easy button' to automate tedious work—meeting notes, data prep, content repurposing,…

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How to Prove Paid Social Drives Paid Search Demand: 5 Data‑Backed Tests Marketers Use

Measure paid social by its demand lift—track branded search spikes, account for conversion latency, and…

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Heineken’s Ryder Cup Deal Sparks Rivalry Over Ireland’s Lucrative Live-Events Market

Heineken Ireland named Official Beer, Cider & Stout Supplier for the 2027 Ryder Cup at…

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Google Analytics Shows Zero Traffic on September 1 — Widespread Outage Leaves Businesses Scrambling

Google Analytics shows no data for Sept 1, 2026 due to a processing bug; Google…

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Google Trends Adds Category Filters — What Marketers and Businesses Need to Know

Google Trends now lets you filter Explore by category to browse top searches by category,…

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Creative Targeting Is Silently Fragmenting Meta Audiences — Here’s How It’s Hurting Ad Performance

Plan creative like a media buyer: give each persona one distinct message so Meta's AI…

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Court Blocks Breakup of Google’s AdX in Major Ad-Tech Antitrust Ruling

Judge rejects DOJ bid to force Google to sell AdX; Google keeps the exchange though…

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Publicis Wins PepsiCo’s Global Media Account — Pulls Out of Coca‑Cola Pitch

PepsiCo names Publicis Groupe global media lead, building an AI-driven "One PepsiCo" model across 200+…

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Google Avoids Breakup After Antitrust Ruling — Adtech Business Spared

Court finds Google illegally monopolized adtech but rejects DOJ breakup - Google keeps core ad…

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Google Rolls Out Gemini 3.8 “Flash” in Search — AI Results Faster and Smarter

Google Search's AI Mode now runs Gemini 3.8 Flash, a smarter model available to Google…

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Boathouse’s Tyler Adams: Inside the Fast-Lane Life of a Supermoto Racer

Boathouse art director Tyler Adams trades heartbreak for supermoto racing, finding speed, family support, community…

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Major Lidl-RTÉ deal to broadcast Katie Taylor’s farewell fight at Croke Park

Lidl sponsors RTÉ’s multi-platform coverage of Katie Taylor’s final fight vs Flora Pili at Croke…

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Late Late Toy Show ad packages could bring in over €1m — major opportunity for advertisers

RTÉ’s Late Late Toy Show expected to generate €1m+ from new premium ad and giveaway…

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