POP, NewsBrands Ireland’s Power of Press initiative for young media planners, has confirmed the date for our highly popular annual Press Planning competition. The day long competition will take place in Filmbase in Temple Bar on Tuesday, 13 June.

This year’s event will be preceded by an information seminar on Thursday 31st May, which will give participating teams the opportunity to hear insights from the judging panel on what they are looking for from the winning team. This year’s judging panel consists of Ruth Payne, Javelin; John Gildea, Owens DDB; and Ann Marie Lenihan, NewsBrands Ireland.

The winning team will receive much sought after tickets to this summer’s Longitude festival.

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