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# media and marketing
The ads industry watchdog is still fielding dozens of complaints about influencers
The ASAI says the volume of objections shows a high level of awareness of ‘transparency requirements’.
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Jul 28th 2019, 6:45 AM
# Sexism Row
'Embarrassing, stupid and sexist': German cycling ad criticised for featuring model in underwear
The ad aims to encourage cyclists to wear a helmet.
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Mar 25th 2019, 9:31 AM
# Ad
Mobile network ad had to be changed because child was holding a phone on a bouncy castle
The complaint was upheld.
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Mar 1st 2019, 6:10 AM
# media and marketing
Beauty chain Sisu fell foul of advertising rules for publishing a 'misleading' Instagram post
Pat Phelan’s cosmetic clinic company ‘strongly repudiated’ a complaint about a social media post.
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Feb 28th 2019, 5:17 PM
# controversial package
Dealz ad featuring 'Harry the Hunk' filling a dishwasher falls foul of ad rules
Dealz argued the ad was evocative of the Diet Coke window cleaning ad.
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Dec 18th 2018, 6:01 AM
# Leaving Cert
Complaint upheld over Ryanair ad that 'promoted excessive drinking'
Complainants thought the advert “encouraged drunken behaviour”.
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Aug 30th 2018, 2:31 PM
# car ad
Kia ordered to change ad which showed man jumping off cliff while screaming
The complainant said it could be construed the man was trying to take his own life.
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Jun 26th 2018, 11:00 AM
# No thanks
NFL rejects veterans' 'Please Stand' Super Bowl ad
AMVETS national commander Marion Polk hit out at the decision.
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Jan 23rd 2018, 9:35 PM
For everyone who finds themselves inexplicably enraged by that TUI ad
How many times do you think you’ve seen it this week? A million? Million and one?
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Dec 31st 2017, 11:33 AM
# ASAI
Complaint about 'misleading' online ad for Cork IVF clinic upheld
A complaint about a radio ad for the same clinic was also upheld.
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Sep 23rd 2017, 11:00 AM
# not loving it
McDonald's pulls TV ad accused of using child bereavement to sell fast food
The ad was for the UK market.
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May 16th 2017, 9:25 PM
# vipoo treatment
7 questions we have about that absolutely ridiculous VIPoo ad
Firstly, how dare you? And secondly, how DARE you?
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Mar 21st 2017, 10:10 AM
# Irish Cancer Society
A number of the 'I Want To Get Cancer' ads can't be shown again
The ASAI made the ruling today.
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Feb 21st 2017, 1:53 PM
# hashtag spon
15 times celebrities embarrassed themselves in the name of #sponcon
Tragic.
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Feb 19th 2017, 9:30 PM
# let yourself goooo
5 questions we have after watching Conor McGregor's bizarre horse racing ad
There’s more going on in this than your average Hollywood blockbuster.
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Jan 5th 2017, 10:42 AM
# ALONE
'I didn't want to be any bother': Older people urged to ask for help this Christmas
A charity for older people wants to remind them they deserve to live with dignity.
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Dec 2nd 2016, 3:01 PM
# spice up your life
This old clip of the Spice Girls calling out a director asking for cleavage shots is brilliant
Legends.
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Nov 16th 2016, 2:00 PM
# storme toolis
Everyone's talking about this very naughty new Maltesers ad
“He wasn’t complaining.”
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Sep 9th 2016, 10:38 AM
# Star
Cristiano Ronaldo swaps bodies with a ball boy in his new ad
The Real Madrid and Portugal star features in a new promo film for Nike.
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Jun 9th 2016, 9:16 PM
# Backtrack
Facebook apologises for banning "undesirable" photo of plus-size woman
It blocked an ad on the basis that the photo “depicts a body or body parts in an undesirable manner”.
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May 24th 2016, 7:52 AM
# give up yer aul sins
Someone in Galway is actually selling this church confession box
Hero.
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May 6th 2016, 8:00 PM
# Ok then
Here's what happens when you ask a kid to design an ad for a funeral home
The blackest of black comedy.
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Apr 17th 2016, 5:16 PM
# godly and gorgeous
A dad put a very creepy ad in a magazine jobs section to find a husband for his daughter
He saw fit to mention that she was a ‘godly virgin’. *shudders*
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Mar 10th 2016, 10:14 AM
# rachel and steve
In defence of Rachel and Steve from the Bank of Ireland ads
It’s Steve and Rachel.
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Feb 24th 2016, 10:41 AM
# sue the pig
7 feelings the whole country has about the couple from the Vodafone ad
Ahhh SUE!
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Feb 15th 2016, 11:11 AM
# GloHeath
It's not just you - that GloHealth ad is driving everyone mad
What about the dads?
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Jan 12th 2016, 2:42 PM
# taco thieves
This taco shop trolled burglars by turning footage of the robbery into an ad
Yes to making the best of a bad situation.
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Dec 23rd 2015, 10:00 PM
# BONG
Meerkats, mistresses and Robbie Henshaw's carb mountain: This RWC angelus parody is perfect
Also featuring what can only be a further sneak peak at George Hook’s erotic novel.
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Sep 2nd 2015, 1:15 PM
# I'm back
6 questions we have after watching Louis Walsh's new Cadbury ad
OOOOOOOH yessir, I can boogie…
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Aug 28th 2015, 7:53 AM
# taste the bush
This wine company's 'Taste the Bush' ad campaign is just as smutty as it sounds
Stop the world, etc.
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Aug 13th 2015, 5:10 PM
# i look like an engineer
Women engineers are sharing their photos to fight sexism in tech
Isis Anchalee starred in an ad, and got some negative comments. Her experience has inspired others.
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Aug 4th 2015, 8:32 AM
# three problems
Three apologises after criticism of ad as transphobic
Many people are expressing their disgust at the ad on social media.
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Jul 15th 2015, 3:32 PM
# please leave canada
This 'go home Irish' ad has created quite a buzz on the streets of Toronto
It links to a website titled pleaseleavecanada.com as well.
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Jul 9th 2015, 10:20 AM
# shock tactics
Paddy Power has angered people with this 'tasteless' joke about UK immigrants
Unusual for them, really.
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Jul 2nd 2015, 11:22 AM
# protein world
That 'beach body ready' ad was just ruled not offensive
The ASA received 378 complaints.
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Jul 1st 2015, 1:48 PM
# bravemove
Paddy Power has just taken a major dig at Scotland's 'freedom' ahead of the match
Ouch.
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Jun 12th 2015, 10:19 AM
# Work The Camera
James O'Donoghue is a 6-trick pony! Kerry star the focus of new GAA TV ad
Kindly supplied by Killarney Legion to Kerry GAA.
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Jun 11th 2015, 11:43 AM
# back on air
RTÉ aired Newstalk's 'Move the Dial' ad in error
The ad was not due to be aired over the line ‘move the dial’.
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May 11th 2015, 5:50 PM
# dublin's best lay
This Dublin shop's marriage equality sign is brilliantly cheeky
Hamptons Floor Store, you sly dogs.
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May 5th 2015, 8:09 PM
# It's back
9 of the best running gags in Arrested Development
All hail the return of season five.
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Apr 8th 2015, 4:16 PM
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