There was a time when McConnells were considered to be the Manchester United of the Irish ad scene: playing out of a vast concrete and glass stadium (Charlemont Place) they had a far larger squad of creatives than their rivals. The trophy Room was full of Sharks, Bells and other strangely-shaped sculptures.
And in John Fanning they had a manager as wily, if not as red-faced, as Alex Ferguson.
But in recent times, the ABM's have had a field day.
Major accounts have stormed out of the dressing room, and Jarlath Jennings (Carlos Queiroz?) has had mixed fortunes in reviving a thinning (Gerry Kennedy excepted) squad that may have seen better days.
Reflecting their new mid-table status in the Irish Advertising Premier League is a move away from the Theatre of Dreams (which, amazingly, they never owned) to a new and presumably more bijou premises in Barrow Street.
Check out the rather amusing viral they've released to mark the event.
http://www.mcconnells.ie/moving/email.html
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