WHO WE ARE:

Alma Feeley, Managing Director

Midas PR is run by founding managing director Alma Feeley.

Alma started her career in 1994 as a media buyer with advertising agency The Media Force Group on London’s Fleet Street. Returning to Ireland a year later, she joined boutique agency Communicado PR where she introduced alcopops to Ireland and launched the Club Orange Pub Lunch Awards. In July 1997 she was head hunted by global PR agency Edelman where she directed a team of seven consultants and a vast portfolio of fmcg clients that included: Vodafone; Diageo; Heineken; Glanbia Foods; Siúcra; Haagen-Dazs; Pillsbury; AT Cross; Tetley Tea; The Fitzwilliam Hotel; Renvyle House Hotel; the National Musuem of Ireland and Reckitt Benckiser.

In May 2003, Alma established Midas PR. Clients include: Diageo; Crafts Council of Ireland; National Craft Gallery; Ideal Standard International; Renvyle House Hotel; Blackstairs Opera; Campagne restaurant; Carrig Country House; Showcase Ireland; Prochem Engineering; Business IT Solutions (BITS); Kieran O’Gorman Hair, Beauty & Day Spa and exhibition specialists SGMC Group.

Alma has twice been shortlisted by the PRCA (Public Relations Consultants Association) for excellence in PR practice and by Business2Arts for Best Sponsorship in the Community (AT Cross). She is a member of the PRII (Public Relations Institute of Ireland), the NUJ (National Union of Journalists) and a former lecturer in PR at The Fitzwilliam Institute. She served as a board member of the Irish chapter of HSMAI (Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International) and the Savour Kilkenny Food Festival. She regularly guest lectures and contributes to publications on PR issues.