INDUSTRY PARTNERS
Newspread is Ireland’s leading wholesaler/distributor of indigenous newspapers and magazines. Established in 1971, the company expanded rapidly from facilitating a small number of select publications, to now distributing an extensive range of market-leading publications from our purpose-built facility in Park West, Dublin.
Originally operating in the Republic of Ireland only, today Newspread is a 32 county all-Ireland operation, resulting from the acquisition of leading Northern wholesaler WNS by Independent News and Media and its subsequent merger with Newspread.
Newspread has broadened its service offering beyond newspapers and magazines to offering a highly effective and efficient route to market to all suppliers of products to the retail grocery trade. In addition Newspread also provides a basic point-to-point delivery service through our national distribution network.
Unit S1,
Le Broquay Avenue,
Parkwest Industrial Park,
Dublin 12
Contact: Ian Keogh
ikeogh@newspread.ie
353 (0) 23 886 3850
www.newspread.ie
EM News Distribution is a leading provider of added value distribution and marketing services to the newspaper and magazine supply chain in the UK and Ireland. We aim to be the leading force in meeting the needs of the UK and Irish News Market.
eMND Ireland Ltd
PO Box 5192
Clonshaugh Industrial Estate
Dublin 17
Contact: Denise Kavanagh
Denise.Kavanagh@
tel: 01 8023241
www.emnewsdistribution.com
Boylan Print Limited are a Heat set web print company which was formed over 20 years ago and has grown and progressed to become Irelands largest printing company.
They specialize in large volume magazines, brochures, inserts, booklets and direct mail. Boylan Print also prides themselves in excellent quality and efficiency and strive to satisfy all our customer needs first time all the time.
Boylan prints for an average of 282 different customers and deliver to an average of 1,621 addresses each month and they also have a very good relationship with a number of print brokers and solution providers.
Wyndeham Group was formed in 1991 and has developed through organic growth and acquisition into one of the UK’s leading printing groups. Our customer base reflects the range and flexibility of our services and includes blue chip, household names and local businesses and organisations based in the UK and Europe.
Wyndeham Group’s operations offer integrated print manufacturing, pre-media and creative solutions. Beyond high quality print and finishing we offer stunning design, quality artworking and stellar image manipulation and retouching – and everything we do is closed-loop colour managed at every stage. You’ll find we’re brand aware too, and will treat your brand requirements as if they were our own.
Wyndeham Group
Fleet House
8-12 New Bridge Street
London
EC4V 6AL
Contact: Tony Ayles
TonyAyles@wyndeham.co.uk
020 7822 1830
www.wyndeham.co.uk
Whether you are running a commercial printing company, a graphic design or advertising agency, a packaging firm, or a small office, we have something to offer your business to help you get the best from your paper based communications, whilst saving you time and money.
We have a market leading range of over 13,000 products including papers, envelopes and consumables, as well as packaging, promotional and visual communication materials; and it’s all backed up with a service that is second to none.
Antalis Ireland,
Century Business Park,
St Margaret’s Road,
Finglas,
Dublin 11
Contact: Mark Horgan
mark.horgan@antalis.ie
01 8763150
www.antalis.ie
Our renowned TGI studies provide unparalleled insights into consumers and are relied upon every day by many prominent media owners and agencies in Ireland. We enable our clients to identify and target their key audiences by measuring consumer media consumption, brand usage and attitudes.
Kantar Media
1st Floor, Block V,
Eastpoint Business Park,
Dublin 3
Contact: Eimear Faughnan
Eimear.Faughnan@kantarmedia.
+353 (0) 1 486 6100
www.tgi.kantarmedia.com
At Johnswood Press, we know the commitment of our clients to continue to produce truly engaging content for their readers. We are the backbone of that endeavour. There to make sure that everything happens on time and to ensure that the quality of the final product reflects the effort and energy they put into it.
In our fast paced industry, Johnswood Press can accomodate your needs. We will work with your designers to create a look and feel that is unique to you. Delivering the tactile and visual product your readers enjoy.
Johnswood Press Ltd.
4 Airton Business Park,
Airton Road,
Tallaght,
Dublin 24
Contact: Stewart O’Connell
Stewart@johnswoodpress.ie
+353 01 452 2777
www.johnswoodpress.ie
Willis is one of Ireland’s leading Insurance Broker, Pensions, Actuarial and Risk Management Consultancies. We employ close to 400 associates in our offices in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway & Belfast.
With origins dating back over 100 years, Willis has built a reputation for providing top quality insurance advice and competitive pricing to leading multinational businesses, SMEs, Local Authorities, Trade Associations and Government Departments throughout Ireland.
Willis Risk Services (Ireland) Ltd (t/a Willis) is a member of the Willis Group (NYSE: WSH), the third largest insurance broker in the world. With over 400 offices in some 130 countries, it’s global team of 18,400 associates serves clients across the globe.
Willis Ireland,
Grand Mill Quay,
Barrow Street,
Dublin 4
Contact: Declan Humphreys
declan.humphreys@willis.ie
+ 353 (0)1 661 6211
www.willis.ie
Print & Display has been at the forefront of large format printing for over 40 years. After commencing in 1970 as an outdoor poster printing firm, Print & Display has been a pioneering force the Point of Sale, Outdoor and Large Format Digital markets.
Whether your requirement is as small as A5 Leaflets or as large as full building mesh banners, Print & Display will provide you with everything you need to achieve your marketing communication needs. We provide a one stop shop for our clients, providing services such as graphic design, structural POP design, manufacturing and fulfilment.
Our speciality is in-store POS marketing. From concept through to fulfilment, we can assist in designing, manufacturing and delivering your point of sale to your customers.
Print & Display Ltd.
Unit 80 Cookstown Industrial Estate
Tallaght,
Dublin 24
Contact: Jeff McNabb
JeffMcNabb@printanddisplay.ie
00353 1 4131400
www.printanddisplay.ie
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O’Hara’s Brewery is an independent Irish family owned business, just shy of celebrating its 20th birthday, it is one of the pioneers of Irish Craft Brewing. The brewery is located in the heart of Ireland’s traditional hop and malt growing ‘Barrow Valley’ region, which has strong historical links to the Irish brewing industry. O’Hara’s range of craft beers includes familiar favourites like; O’Hara’s Irish Stout, Irish Red Ale, and Irish Pale Ale, limited edition collaborations with international breweries like ‘Foreign Affair’ Red IPA and ‘Lublin to Dublin’ Milk Stout, and seasonal limited editions like ‘Winter Star’ and the ‘Hop Adventure’ series. O’Hara’s, has also scaled the orchard wall in 2015, with the addition of the Falling Apple cider brand to their portfolio.
Muine Bheag Business Park,
Royal Oak Rd,
Muine Bheag,
Co. Carlow
Contact: Dan Grummell
dan@carlowbrewing.com
+353 21 4918791
carlowbrewing.com
Winelab was launched in 2013 after two years research and are Ireland’s first and only wine on tap specialist. A full service company, Winelab offer a wide range of high quality wines in kegs as well as wine-specific draught equipment. We’re devoted to removing cost and delivering straight up honest and delicious wine. To do that they ship and store disposable kegs and dispense the wine using wonderful technology that’s cheaper, smaller, and smarter than anything else out there. The wine drinker has changed, so it’s time our business model changed too.
WineLab Ltd
B5 Clane Business Park,
Clane,
Co. Kildare
W91 RF82
Contact: Ronan Farrell
ronan@winelab.ie
+353 1 627 00 55
winelab.ie
Glastry Farm Ice-Cream is a multi-award winning ice-cream and sorbet producer from the Ards Peninsula in Northern Ireland. Will Taylor decided to use the milk from his Friesian Holstein herd to make ice-cream in flavours that truly represent the local larder. Those cows are milked yards away from the purpose-built plant on the farm. The ultra-creamy milk goes into Great Taste Award-winning flavours like Ling Heather Honey, Yellowman Honeycomb, Raspberry and Lavender and Vanilla Bean. Their range of sorbets is also acclaimed, especially the Pear Pear, Raspberry Ruffle and Apple Schnapps. Glastry Farm sells to both retail and the hospitality industry.
Glastry Farm
43 Manse Road
Kirkubbin
Newtownards
BT22 1DR
Contact: William Taylor
glastryfarm@btconnect.com
+44 7802 207 838
glastryfarm.com
Contact: Mathieu Barriquault
choco.etc@gmail.com
chocolatetc.com
https://www.facebook.com/CHOCOLATetc
Most of the spirits we consume today are produced from grains, as they contain high levels of easily converted sugars. St. Patrick’s have chosen potato as the alcohol base for our Vodka and Gins because of its unique natural sweetness, and its amazing versatility. As potato has just 20% available dry starch matter, this makes the process much more expensive, but more than compensates for the extra time and effort with its unique taste, aroma and smoother mouth-feel. Using small batch artisanal methods, they produce a 100% Potato Vodka and a variety of Potato Gins. The added bonus of a grain free distillation is that it’s also naturally gluten free. For whiskey lovers and connoisseurs, they also offer St. Patrick’s Distillery Oak Aged Irish Whiskey. Distilled, matured, blended and bottled in Cork.
St. Patrick’s Mills,
Douglas,
Co. Cork
Contact: Barry Fitzgerald
barry@stpatricksdistillery.ie
+353 21 4918791
stpatricksdistillery.ie
Toons Bridge Dairy is situated in West Cork and produces Mediterranean and especially Southern Italian cheeses. We work with buffalo, cow and sheep milk to produce a wide selection of traditional artisan cheeses. Our head cheese maker Franco is fourth generation buffalo mozzarella casaro from Capua, to the North of Naples, the most traditional area of buffalo mozzarella production in Italy. Originally famous for our buffalo mozzarella, we now also make buffalo ricotta and feta. We have collaborated with a local sheep’s milk producer and now produce pecorino and ricotta. Toons Bridge Dairy products are available in a burgeoning list of good food shops, farmers markets and have been used by many of the top restaurants in the country. Toons Bridge products are also available freshly made through our online shop.
Toonsbridge Shop & Café
R584,
Co.Cork, Ireland
Contact: Toby Simmonds
toby@therealoliveco.com
+353 87 3457790
www.therealoliveco.com / www.toonsbridgedairy.com
Sheridans Cheesemongers Ltd. are passionately committed to sourcing highest quality artisan products and forging links directly with food producers. The close relationships with suppliers are of the utmost importance to the ethos of the company. Over the years Sheridans have also sourced an array of wines from across Europe, with a particular focus on Italy. You can find their wines in Sheridans Shops, as well as good retailers and restaurants throughout the country. Sheridans have also created a small range of products under the Sheridans Cheesemongers brand. These are their award-winning Brown Bread Crackers for Cheese, Rye & Linseed and Mixed Seed Crackers for Cheese; Duck Confit, and a range of Chutney for Cheese.
Sheridans Cheesemongers,
Old Virginia Road,
Pottlereagh,
Co. Meath
Contact: Fiona Corbett
Fiona@sheridanscheesemongers.com
00 353 46 924 5110
www.sheridanscheesemongers.com
Once an actual chocolate factory, the Chocolate Factory is now reinvigorating the original Williams & Woods building on King’s Inn Street. Built as the first concrete building in Dublin the place has been home to the production of various products including Toblerone, Mint Crisp and other chocolate and jam goodies. Now becoming home to many small businesses and individuals in creative sectors including art, design, music, photography, craft, up-cycling, dance, illustration, graphics, events, horticulture, baking, and many more each day.
Chocolate Factory,
26 King’s Inn Street,
Dublin 1, Ireland
Contact: Gerry Scullion
gerry@herbelcrest.ie
+353 86 363 0939
chocolatefactory.ie
We are a small artisan producer and what we lack in size, we make up for in passion. We have a simple ambition and it is to produce a healthy, light and refreshing alternative to high sugar or artificially sweetened soft drinks. Our hand crafted water kefir drinks are produced in small batches in the Chocolate Factory, in the heart of Dublin. Water kefir is a live culture fermented beverage which is teeming with beneficial and gut friendly bacteria and yeast. We use market fresh, organic and fair trade ingredients and our drinks are sweetened using the extract from the stevia plant. Our drinks are gluten free and dairy free and are suitable for vegans and diabetics. Each bottle takes approximately three weeks before it’s gentle fizz is ready to be enjoyed.
Herbel Crest,
The Chocolate factory,
26 Kings Inn Street,
Dublin 1
Contact: Gerry Scullion
gerry@herbelcrest.ie
+353 86 363 0939
www.herbelcrest.ie
Blas Cafe opened in 2014 on the ground floor of the Chocolate Factory, the 110-year-old Williams & Woods building on King’s Inn Street. The café is open Monday – Friday from 8am to 4pm and Saturday from 10am until 4pm.
Blas Café,
Chocolate Factory,
26 King’s Inn Street,
Dublin 1
Contact: Hassan Lemtouni
hassanlem@yahoo.com
+353 1 873 60 22
www.blascafe.ie
ABP works with a network of over 35,000 farmers and is renowned for paying its suppliers on the day of delivery at strategically located local abattoirs that minimise animal transport distances. ABP contributes an estimated €1.3bn each year into the rural economies in which it operates. ABP is a major beef producer, having trading links with over 70 different countries worldwide. At the heart of its business philosophy is quality assurance and local livestock sourcing. AIBP farm assurance procedures have led the market since 1990, imposing standards that ensure the independent verification of animal welfare, food safety and environmental requirements.
ABP Ireland,
14 Castle Street,
Ardee A92 F409,
Co. Louth
Contact: Eoin C Ryan
Eoin.Ryan@abpireland.com
+353 (0) 41 6850 200
abpfoodgroup.com
By keeping to its core values and its vision to become not the biggest, but the most customer focused tour operator in the country, Extreme Ireland / Irish Day Tours has flourished over the last 7 years to almost 90 strong. The company operates a fleet of buses busy bringing customers on day tours, custom tours or multi-day walking and mixed adventure tours all over the country. We also operate tourist offices and some wonderful international adventures for the Irish market including our annual tour to the Northern Lights in Norway.
Extreme Ireland | Irish Day Tours | Tourism Offices
Office 37,
Guinness Enterprise Centre,
Taylors Lane,
Kilmainham,
Dublin 8
Contact: Keith McDonnell
keith@extremeireland.ie
01 4100700
www.extremeireland.ie
Urban Plant Life is the only garden centre in Dublin city, tucked away in an oasis in Cork Street.
Plant Life rent, sell and maintain plants in hundreds of premises. Installation and maintenance work is carried out quickly and efficiently to individual customer requirements and we ensure minimum distraction to your own day to day business activity.
With an excellent selection of plants and friendly, knowledgeable staff they have gained a reputation as responsible professional people you can depend on to fulfil your exact needs at all times.
Urban Plant Life,
110/111 Cork Street,
Dublin 8
Contact: Sam Smyth
info@plantlife.ie
01 4536201
www.plantlife.ie
Pandora Bell Ireland (from Limerick) creates Sweet Treats for Discerning Food Lovers: nougat, traditional sweets, salted caramels, fudge, fruit jellies, and handmade lollipops. Pandora Bell believes enjoying the best confectionery is life’s most delectable pleasure. Like any premium label, they don’t entertain fakes and use only the purest ingredients. Pandora Bell is no stranger to accolades, the boutique label has been featured in Vogue Magazine, International Design blogs and also took centre stage at an Exhibition of the World’s Best Packaging in Berlin.
Pandora Bell,
Ballysimon,
Limerick
Contact: Nichole Dunphy
nicole@pandorabell.ie
+ 353 (0) 61 339300
www.pandorabell.com
NF Cakes was established in 2012 by the cake artist Natalja Michejeva. Since that time the business has grown and developed based upon the excellent reputation that Natalja has established for her unique celebration cakes.
Natalja has been in the food business for over 15 years and has brought a fresh approach to the cake industry. Natalja is an experienced baker and a sugarcraft artist, and has already established herself within the industry. She handcrafts every cake with great care to satisfy the demands of her respected customers.
NF Cakes supplies a range of desserts to restaurants and besides that create unforgettable cakes for Weddings, Birthdays, Christenings, Communions, Confirmations, Anniversaries, Retirements, Celebrations and Corporate Events.
NF Cakes,
132 Longboat Quay North,
Sir John Rogerson’s Quay,
Dublin 2
Contact:
Info@nfcakes.ie
087 285 88 88
www.nfcakes.ie
Sharon Keane is company director of her business Sharon Keane Management Consultancy, specialising in design, development, customer experience, program management and facilitation. In operation for over six years, Sharon comes highly recommended for office and retail design.
Some previous clients include Brown Thomas, Selfridges, RTE, Peter Mark, Marks & Spencer and Amino Productions with Sharon’s design expertise ranging from retail to residential and leisure to exhibition.
Her expertise was invaluable to the design development of the Irish Magazine Awards at the Chocolate Factory.
Sharon Keane Management Consultancy,
22 Upper Grand Canal Street,
Dublin 4
Contact: Sharon Keane
sharon@sharonkeane.ie
086 604 2028
www.sharonkeane.ie
Launched in September 2010 with a fortnight of Fringe Festival activities The Grand Social has gone from strength to strength with a commitment to professionally staging a marvellous mixture of musical styles and live performances from all strands of the cultural spectrum in one of the best looking and sounding rooms in the country.
Generally regarded as being one of the best sounding venues in town, The Loft also offers its patrons and promoters a room with a different look and feel to any other in the city. Add into the mix the spacious rooftop beer garden adjacent to the performance space and it’s not hard to see why our venue was voted IMRO Dublin Venue of the Year in 2012 and has been nominated for National Venue of the Year 4 years running (including 2014).
The Grand Social
35 Lower Liffey Street,
Dublin 1
Contact: John Brereton
john.brereton@thegrandsocial.ie
01 8734332
www.thegrandsocial.ie
Celebrate your special event with HOLLYWOOD LED LETTERS who supply giant 5ft high illuminated letters, dates, numbers and initials for conferences, awards ceremonies, photo shoots, and social events including weddings and parties throughout Ireland. Based in Munster, Hollywood LED Letters has the largest selection of 5ft high giant LED light up letters and numbers to make any event truly unique. Hollywood LED Letters and numbers are handmade from a renewable source of wood to the highest standard with a classic white finish. Stunning and elegant, each free-standing 5ft high light uses warm white, high quality, Osram LED lamps for a dazzling effect.
Casa Catering is a Dublin-based full-service catering company with many years experience catering and managing a variety of events including corporate launches, weddings, private parties, gala dinners and weddings.
All food is seasonal and supplied from the best Irish suppliers. The wines have also been carefully chosen to ensure that they match the food perfectly .Our expert chef and dedicated team work hard to create exciting and delicious food.
Casa Catering offers clients a selection of catering packages and specialises in creating bespoke menus depending on the occasion or theme. Our team are on hand to help choose menus, create new dishes and discuss style of service to ensure your event is professionally managed from start to finish.
We offer a full event management service creating and delivering the most innovative events for private and corporate clients
Clients include RTE (World Cup Launch Party); Rhona Mahony, National Maternity Hospital; TG4; Harry Miller, Ryan Air. Casa Catering is pleased to assist with the Irish Magazine Awards 2015.
Casa Catering is owned and managed by Louise Aungier. To discuss your catering and event needs call her at 01 833 1402 or 087 257 1925.
In recent times we’ve seen bitters appearing more and more across a range of culinary avenues – added to unconventional drinks, drizzled on desserts and included in all sorts of dishes.
In our how to make your own bitters workshops we begin with a brief background of bitters, some interactive experiments, and a tincture tasting, so you can learn how to make and use bitters in cocktails, non-alcoholic drinks and in cooking.
You will learn basic formulas, tools, and processes for making bitters from botanicals including orange peel, cardamom, gentian, cascara, wormwood, hibiscus and cocoa.
Off the Cuffe, a bitter solutions company, was set up by Jarrod Cuffe and Barry Gargan earlier this year to create bitters in Dublin City.
We aim to source all Irish ingredients and recreate ancient Irish recipes that have been long forgotten to the winds of time, that can claim to aid in digestion, increase clarity of the mind and build fortitude of the body (or just make a seriously tasty drink).
Tickets for workshops will be available for purchase from the weekend craft shop at the Chocolate Factory.
Mint Events
Chocolate Factory,
26 King’s Inn Street,
Dublin 1,
Contact: Jarrod Cuffe
jarrod@mintevents.ie
086 778 7407
www.mintevents.ie
