ESA AwardsCongratulations to Electric Ireland and Wilson Hartnell who won the Best Use of PR Award for the Electric Ireland partnership with the GAA around the All Ireland Minor Championship.

The Best Sports Sponsorship went to British Gas for their sponsorship of British Swimming. The company’s Head of Partnerships Matthew Leopold is one of the keynote speakers at the Irish Sponsorship Summit at Croke Park on February 25th, early bird tickets for which close today.

This is the third year in the last four that the GAA has been involved in one of the major awards of the year.

The awards took place last night at London’s uber glamorous Café de Paris on Piccadilly, and there was a strong Irish presence among those brands and campaigns shortlisted.

Electric Ireland now joins An Post, the GAA and Liberty Insurance among those having walked away with major gongs in recent years.

Remember these Irish winners from last year

These were the Irish campaigns brands shortlisted in their respective categories.

Best Use of PR

  • Electric Ireland GAA All Ireland Minor Championships with WHPR

Best Use of Social Media

  • Aer Lingus and Irish Rugby
  • Electric Ireland Electric Picnic

CSR or Community Sponsorship

  • Electric Ireland Darkness into Light

Live Music Sponsorship

  • Electric Ireland Electric Picnic

Mass Participation Sponsorship

  • VHI Women’s Mini Marathon

Sports Sponsorship of the Year

  • Electric Ireland and the GAA
  • Aer Lingus and Irish Rugby

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