Sharon Plunkett, Managing Director

• Sharon has over 35 years of public relations experience. She has held senior positions in J. Walter Thompson, Wilson Hartnell PR and McConnells PR, where she was a member of the board of directors prior to forming Plunkett PR.

• Over her extensive PR career she has created and directed campaigns for a large portfolio of travel, corporate, FMCG, and consumer brands.

• Sharon has invaluable media contacts strengthened by the diverse client portfolio she has developed including; Nutrition and Health Foundation, Tourism Australia, The Northern Ireland Tourist Board, Thomas Cook Group, The Harley Medical Group, Hachette Ireland, Suzuki, Heatons, Rococo, Instore, Spring House and Garden Show and Sasha, to name only but a few! She is proud to have worked with the Malta Tourism Authority for almost 25 years.

• Sharon graduated in Public Relations from DIT, and holds a CAM Diploma in PR from the UK

Mark Walsh, Account Manager

• Mark has been involved in the PR sector for over 10 years. He has worked in Oxfam Ireland’s communication department and with Merrion Business Development.

• Mark holds a BA (Hons) Degree in Media Production Management and a Diploma in Public Relations from the Public Relations Institute of Ireland (PRII).

• Mark has worked with a wide range of clients in publishing, travel/tourism and healthcare industries.

SERVICES

• TRADITIONAL PR

• PERSONAL PUBLICITY

• BOOK PUBLICITY

• MEDIA RELATIONS

• PRODUCT LAUNCHES

• DIGITAL PR

• CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS

• AWARDABILITY

• SHOUT!

TRADITIONAL PR

With years of experience and the resulting list of personal contacts, we help companies to get local, national and online publicity in order to grow their business.

Our work has secured clients extensive coverage in newspapers, magazines and radio shows.

PERSONAL PUBLICITY

We offer personal publicity to authors, designers, entrepreneurs or any kind of professionals to make their status grow up and improve their businesses through social media, traditional media and speaking opportunities.

We work with our clients offering personal attention in order to make them feel happy and comfortable.

BOOK PUBLICITY

We work hand to hand with authors of all sorts creating publicity campaigns to expand their audience through social media, speaking engagements, online media, blogs and more. Our book publicity services have helped many authors to get coverage on newspapers, magazines, and radio stations. So if you’re an upcoming self published author Plunkett PR has the skills, experience and contacts that will help you get your book promoted in the media.

Previous Experience:

Some of the authors that Plunkett PR has worked with include:

• Graham Norton

• Donal Skehan

• Dermot O’Leary

• Roy Keane

• Steve Cavanagh

• Roisin Meaney

• Zoe Miller

• Sheila O’Flanagan

• Emily Hourican

• Patricia Gibney

• Amanda Geard

• Michael Harding

MEDIA RELATIONS

We put your brand in the spotlight. We have well-established relationships with leading members of the media to secure placements in top-tier outlets. We help our clients to attract new clients using social media. Exploring new media channels, developing original story lines and regularly monitoring editorial calendars, we work to create a diverse media coverage portfolio for your brand.

PRODUCT LAUNCHES

We help companies to launch their new products promoting them through social media, newspapers, radio stations and TV shows giving the best coverage possible to make their product a total success.

DIGITAL PR

We design and apply digital programmes for businesses and individuals in order to raise awareness of their brands and increase profits. Our enterprising campaigns, working in conjunction with traditional advertising and communications work we do, including site investigation and extension, relations with bloggers, and other methods of micro - target specific audiences on the Internet.

CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS

Plunkett Public Relations has extensive experience in assisting its clients in how to manage issues and in dealing with crisis management procedures and the media.  It has created manuals for a number of clients including a leading cosmetic surgery company, an international airport, and the MyTravel brands in Ireland. Over the course of 11 years, the agency handled all media communication for the MyTravel Group.  The agency has excellent contacts across all news media including technology journalists. In times of crisis, careful management of external communication is vital to the future reputation of any company or organisation. 

AWARDABILITY

Winning awards help you to increase your credibility and the reputation of your company. Awards can also help validate your success while building much-needed motivation for your team and loyalty among customers. After all, winning awards provides more credibility than advertising and as a result it is more beneficial.

If your goals are focused on winning awards and be the best company, Plunket PR can help you using our AwardAbility programme. We will identify relevant business awards for your company and applying for the awards. We know how to position your company using your unique and compelling business story and secure awards. We guarantee your hard work will be recognized by awards becoming an industry leader.

SHOUT!

Here at Plunkett PR, we back new business. A startling 4 in 5 start-ups in Ireland fail, due to anything from insufficient funding to not having their voices heard. When so many entrepreneurs are jostling for position to talk up their new businesses, sometimes it's necessary to Shout!

That's where we come in. Shout! is our tailored package for new businesses which includes everything you need to raise your business profile. Expert advice on media relations? Yep. Tips on how to best utilise social media? You got it. We give you the tools, you build your profile. Simple.

Our Clients Past and Present:

A full client list is available on request but some of our clients, both past and present, include:

Testimonials

The decision we took at NEO Financial Solutions to work with Plunkett PR ranks as one of the best made in our company’s interest. Their ability to produce the maximum level of exposure is second to none, and I’d attribute that to their extensive range of contacts across every aspect of the media. In the past year my profile as a financial expert has been immeasurably raised through various pieces across a broad spectrum of newspapers and magazines, along with appearances on national radio and television. Plunkett PR has helped establish me as a strong and competent voice on the issue of debt restructuring. It’s difficult to describe the peace of mind that comes from knowing Plunkett PR is working for us. Their team’s professional attitude and dedication to clients gives us every assurance that our public image is in the safest of hands.”

Paul Carroll , NEO Financial Solutions

“Sharon Plunkett, managing director of Plunkett PR, has handled the Malta account since the beginning of 1994, both as managing director of her own company and, prior to that, as employee of McConnells. Sharon and her team continue to drive our presence in the media and we have been particularly pleased with the TV coverage received over the past few years. Their work has benefited us, the Malta Tourism Authority, as the client and the Maltese Islands, considerably through the increased exposure the Islands have received through Sharon Plunkett’s PR initiatives. The agency continues to ensure that the plan of activities is executed to our satisfaction and with the maximum effectiveness.”

Alex Incorvaja, Director UK & Ireland, Malta Tourism Authority

“The Shannon Group has worked with Plunkett PR since 2014 after they won a highly competitive open tender which they secured again in 2017. Plunkett PR has worked on the publicity for many high profile launches and events for the Shannon Group including the launch of Shannon Duty Free in 2014 and the opening of the GPO Witness History Museum in 2016. Primarily their work has been with Shannon Heritage where they have looked after the ongoing publicity for our eight attractions including Bunratty Castle and Folk Park, GPO Witness History museum, King John’s Castle and Malahide Castle and Gardens.

 We have found Sharon Plunkett and her team to be proactive and creative in terms of ideas, highly skilled in delivering campaigns, have excellent media contacts and they deliver a swift response time for PR enquiries.”

Nandi O’Sullivan, Head of Communications for Shannon Group plc

“We worked with Plunkett PR on both Dalkey Castle Living History Tour and ECHOES - the Maeve Binchy and Irish Writers Festival. We were both delighted and surprised at the great level of coverage they got, which included an interview on the Ryan Tubridy Radio programme; a two-page spread in the Irish Times and a Nationwide visit.”

Margaret Dunne, Manager, Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre

GIVE US A SHOUT OUT

CONTACT

Tel: 01 230 3781

Email: mark@plunkettpr.com

Plunkett PR

sharon@plunkettpr.com

mark@plunkettpr.com