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2020

The Island

Company Boys and Girls
Client Three Ireland
  • Commended
    4 Change - Creative for Change
Executive Creative Director
Rory Hamilton
Creative Director
Kris Clarkin
Senior Planning
Chloe Hanratty + Jack Murphy
Head of Client Service
Pat Stephenson
Business Director
Sarah Sherry+ Richie Taaffe
Account Director
Andrea Dalton Doran
Account Manager
Rachel Campbell + Beth McDonnell
Project Manger
Rupert Simonds-Gooding
Copywriter
Georgia Murphy + Eoin Tierne
Art Director
Udi Olvidada + Jake O Driscoll
Senior Producer
Sarah Chadwick
Senior Experiential Director
Karleen Smyth
Experiential Manager
Shauna Taylor
Head of Design
Barry Smith
Head of Digital
Shane Casey
Senior Digital Producer
Tom O' Reilly
Executive Creative Director
Rory Hamilton
Creative Director
Kris Clarkin
Senior Planning
Chloe Hanratty + Jack Murphy
Head of Client Service
Pat Stephenson
Business Director
Sarah Sherry+ Richie Taaffe
Account Director
Andrea Dalton Doran
Account Manager
Rachel Campbell + Beth McDonnell
Project Manger
Rupert Simonds-Gooding
Copywriter
Georgia Murphy + Eoin Tierne
Art Director
Udi Olvidada + Jake O Driscoll
Senior Producer
Sarah Chadwick
Senior Experiential Director
Karleen Smyth
Experiential Manager
Shauna Taylor
Head of Design
Barry Smith
Head of Digital
Shane Casey
Senior Digital Producer
Tom O' Reilly

Three has always had a people-first mentality, and just because we were speaking to businesses didn’t mean we wanted to lose that. When we first read about Arranmore, a rugged island off the coast of Donegal, we thought about how it could be transformed by Three’s innovative ICT solutions.

Arranmore’s population was in steep decline, and owing to the lack of broadband availability, many of the island’s young people were seeking opportunities elsewhere. We felt that by bringing Arranmore up to speed internet-wise, we could turn the island’s fortunes around.

Our first step to building a connected island was by introducing Three’s high-speed network to Arranmore. We then helped design a co-working business hub where local entrepreneurs could work from, opening it in the island’s community centre.

Innovative IOT solutions were then put in place across the whole island, transforming the fishery, health and environmental industries along the way. These helped Arranmore to thrive once again, as well as greatly improving the quality of life of the islanders. Arranmore saw an 85% increase in tourism, growth in the economy, and applications to move from businesses and individuals all over the world, helping to reverse 150 years of emigration.

And the campaign was a huge success for Three, becoming its best-ever performing film, and increasing awareness among the very audience we set out to reach: Irish businesses. Positive sentiment towards Three Business grew by 25%, and the whole campaign achieved €53 million in earned media. But it didn’t stop there. The story of Arranmore made its way around the world, being picked up as far away as the USA and Australia.