Sponsorship
Irish Pride Hospice Sunflower Heroes
The award ceremony took place on the 25th of May at the Mansion House in Dublin to honour those who give generously of their time and energy to ensure the best possible care for the patients and families in need of Hospice services.
All of the ‘Irish Pride Sunflower Heroes’ and members of the local Hospice groups were invited to attend. They were presented with a plaque by Mary Kennedy from RTÉ and Therese Lynch, Managing Director of Irish Pride.
| Sunflower Hero | Hospice Group |
|---|---|
| Florrie Purcell | Tipperary North Hospice Homecare |
| Joan Byrne | Roscrea Branch of North Tipperary |
| Eilish Holland King | Roscrea Branch of North Tipperary |
| Dr Ena Hanlon | St Brigid’s Hospice |
| Mary O’Connor | Kerry Hospice Listowel Branch |
| Nuala Spillane | Kerry Hospice Glenbeigh Branch |
| Ita Shipsey | Waterford Hospice |
| Mr Ronan McFadden | Drogheda Hospice Homecare |
| Eileen Byrne | Milford Hospice |
| Bill Porter | Wicklow Hospice Foundation |
| Teresa McDonnell | Ardee Hospice Homecare |
| Kay Dunne | Marymount Hospice |
| Joseph Murphy | Our Lady’s Hospice |
| Mary Guerin | Clare Hospice at Cahercalla |
| Aileen Jordan | St Francis Hospice, Raheny/Blanchardstown |
If you have any time to spare on June 10th and 11th why not volunteer for Hospice Sunflower Days and remember that all funds raised locally, stay locally.
For more information visit www.sunflowerdays.ie
Irish Pride are proud to sponsor ‘Breakfast with Hector’ on 2FM
At Irish Pride we are delighted to announce a major new 14 month sponsorship deal with RTÉ 2FM’S morning breakfast show presented by Hector Ó hEochagáin.
There has been overwhelming positive reaction to the show since it first kicked off on Monday the 4th October, with high listener interaction through texts, twitter and facebook every weekday morning.
John McMahon, Head of RTÉ 2fm said:
“We are delighted at RTÉ 2fm to welcome Irish Pride on board so soon with Hector and his new Breakfast Show. What better way to start the day than to enjoy Hector beaming with Irish Pride, bringing his energy and enthusiasm to the whole country just when we most need it. Irish Pride and Hector on RTÉ 2fm; the new Breakfast rock ’n’ roll.”
Claire McTigue, Marketing Manager of Irish Pride:
“At Irish Pride we are proud and excited to sponsor the new Breakfast with Hector Show on RTÉ 2fm. We believe that the Hector show is a strong and natural fit for our brand as the show is fun, energetic and reaches every community across the country every morning in the same way that Irish Pride delivers our bread fresh to every community on a daily basis. We are looking forward to starting our days with the Hector Show and RTÉ 2fm listeners.”
Listen to 2fm on the 2fm iPhone App or on the RTÉ Pocket Player, online and on 90-92FM and on Digital radio for your chance to win some great prizes.
To hear whats happening in the country today on Breakfast with Hector click here
Pictured Hector Ó’heochagáin with the star of the Irish Pride Mascot TV ad, 11 year old Geoff Butler.
Hospice Sunflower Days 2010
Irish Pride is delighted to support Hospice Sunflower Days, which is one of the main fundraising activities for local hospice services, and this year it took place on the 11th and 12th of June. The key message of Sunflower Days is that all funds raised locally stay locally so you can be assured that you are supporting your local community when you support Hospice Sunflower Days.
This year Hospice Sunflower Days was a huge success and the volunteers raised a very generous €650,000 for Hospice care in Ireland.
As a way of thanking the many volunteers who work tirelessly on behalf of their local hospice services Irish Pride sponsored an awards ceremony called the ‘Irish Pride Sunflower Heroes’. Local hospice groups were asked to nominated a volunteer, whether in a professional caring role or as generous fundraisers for the award. Twelve awards were presented at the national launch of Hospice Sunflower Days and we hope to grow the awards ceremony further next year with the Irish Hospice Foundation.
We are delighted to continue to sponsor this event and we are confident that Hospice Sunflower Days 2011 will be every bit as successful. To learn more about how to become a volunteer for Hospice Sunflower Days please visit the Sunflower Days website www.sunflowerdays.ie.
Pictured from left Therese Lynch Managing Director of Irish Pride with Michael Craig of Galway Hospice Foundation, presenting the award to Agnes O’Boyle representative of Galway Hospice Weekly Draw Promoters.
Taghmon/Camross GAA Club
Irish Pride Bakeries has been the proud sponsor of our local GAA club in Taghmon/Camross for three years. This year we have renewed our commitment to the club by promising to continue as the club sponsor for the next three years.
Taghmon/Camross GAA club has enjoyed considerable success while Irish Pride has sponsored the club including taking part in the RTÉ production Celebrity Bainsteoir
in 2008.
