Spark Foundry, the brand agency that forms part of the Core marketing group, has consolidated its position as a leading provider of advertising services to the Irish Government after securing a new €40 million contract. The contract was concluded for the provision of services to the Department of the Taoiseach and other government departments and agencies in late November, with the award notice published last week. Those services include “media strategy and planning, media negotiating and buying, financial control and reporting, digital campaign set up, and media analysis and reporting” according to a spokesperson for the Department of Public Expenditure,…