Tributes have been paid following the death of a “tireless champion” of the arts in Cork, barrister Jane Anne Rothwell, who was chairwoman of Cork Midsummer Festival for the last five years.

THE Irish Academy of Public Relations is running a 10-week PR course at the Carlton Hotel in Tralee, starting September 6.

FANCY being the next Pat Kenny or Miriam O’Callaghan?

ELLEN GUNNING, director of the Irish Academy of Public Relations has been appointed national chairperson of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA).

A BUSY mother-of-two is getting her big break into public relations thanks to the Alzheimer Society of Ireland who will be using her ‘hero’ concept in a campaign to be launched on World Alzheimer Day in September.