‘Alice PR‘, whose Managing Director is Thurles born Martina Quinn, have been named ‘Agency of the Year‘ at the annual PR Awards on Friday June 28th last.
The annual PR Awards; officially the Awards for Excellence in Public Relations, are hosted by the PRCA and the Public Relations Institute of Ireland, and have been running now for almost 30 years.
Each year, the Institute highlight and celebrate the very best work of the Irish PR industry, undertaken over the previous 12 month period.
This year ‘Alice PR’; [with an address at No. 10 Fortescue Lane, Mountpleasant Avenue Lower, Dublin D06 X4W7], received the award for not just ‘Agency of the Year’, but also picked up an award in the ‘Best Use of Media Relations’ category – and received commendations in two further categories.
Martina Quinn, MD of ‘Alice PR’, is daughter of farmer Michael and former local Councillor & Ursuline secondary school teacher Mai Quinn, both of Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
Ms Quinn holds a BA in Journalism from DCU, and began her career as a journalist, covering politics, public affairs and local government. She also holds a Diploma in Digital Marketing from Irish Times Training. In a voluntary capacity, she chairs the Boards of two education organisations: ‘D8CEC’ – (Dublin 8 Community Education Centre) and ‘Show Racism the Red Card‘, and was a founding committee member of the Ranelagh Arts Festival.
Well done and congratulations to Martina, her P.R. firm ‘Alice PR’ and to her parents Michael and Mai. Great to see a THURLES native making good news for our town.