# Ads

Last year

2022

Twitter bans ads that defy climate change science

“Now more than ever, meaningful climate action, from all of us, is critical,” Twitter global sustainability manager Casey Junod said.

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Apr 22nd 2022, 10:55 PM

# Ads

Publishers aim to 'break Google's stranglehold' over advertising with antitrust complaint

The European Publishers Council has lodged the complaint with the European Commission.

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Feb 11th 2022, 10:58 AM

# Misinformation

Facebook runs dozens of ads targeting Irish users with anti-vaccine and Covid-sceptic content

Several ads were removed by the social media firm this week.

A search of Facebook’s ad library this week found 40 ads sharing pandemic-related misinformation or Covid-sceptic slogans, Stephen McDermott writes.

Advertisers included a company selling t-shirts, video bloggers promoting and a firm offering a 'vaccine detox' retreat in the south of Spain.

A Government TD described the level of misinformation in the ads as "absolutely startling".

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Jan 16th 2022, 12:05 AM

All time

# US Election

Spotify to suspend political advertising in 2020

The company said it does not have the necessary level of robustness in its systems to responsibly validate and review this content.

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Dec 27th 2019, 8:04 PM

# political ads

Twitter announces it is banning all political advertisements

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted the change in policy this evening.

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Oct 30th 2019, 8:20 PM

# Ads

Watchdog to review use of term 'unlimited' in phone plan advertising

The ASAI said new guidelines will help to ensure certain marketing terms are not misleading to consumers.

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Aug 20th 2019, 1:47 PM

# illegal

EU fines Google €1.49bn for blocking ads by rivals

The fine brings Google’s total tab with the European Union to €8.2 billion in less than two years.

8.8k

Mar 20th 2019, 3:43 PM

# Obesity

Children who watch extra junk food adverts consume more calories

The catchier the ad, the more effective.

6.0k

May 26th 2018, 6:30 AM

# Transparency

This is why you're still seeing referendum ads online

Google said that it was blocking ads – but Google isn’t the only way for campaigns to place ads online.

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May 24th 2018, 5:03 PM

# Data privacy

Facebook banned 583 million fake accounts in the first three months of the year

Facebook said those closures came on top of blocking millions of attempts to create fake accounts every day.

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May 15th 2018, 9:38 PM

# Eighth Amendment

Facebook feature shows official Eighth Amendment campaign pages are being managed by accounts located abroad

A new Facebook feature silently went live for a period yesterday showing where managers of pages are located.

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May 12th 2018, 9:30 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Should junk food ads be banned on Irish public transport?

The Mayor of London is proposing to bring in such a change to the English capital.

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May 12th 2018, 7:30 AM

# the eighth

Facebook announces a ban of all Eighth referendum ads from foreign sources

Facebook said that it will not allow any ads coming from foreign sources which are deemed to be “attempting to influence the outcome of the vote on May 25″.

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May 8th 2018, 1:33 PM

# third parties

Does Facebook really not sell your data to advertisers?

We take a look.

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Apr 15th 2018, 3:30 PM

# amena khan

Model quits L'Oreal ad campaign due to alleged 'anti-Israeli' tweets

Khan was to be the first woman in a hijab to front a mainstream shampoo campaign.

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Jan 23rd 2018, 7:37 AM

# Terenure

10 iconic lines from ads that no Irish person will ever be able to forget

For better or for worse.

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Jan 21st 2018, 8:00 PM

# PR

Government spent over €200k promoting the Public Services Card

The rollout of the card sparked a storm of publicity about its use last year.

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Jan 7th 2018, 6:30 AM

# endorse this message

Government to oppose regulation of political ads as it would ban TDs advertising their local clinics

Fianna Fáil said the new Bill will ensure the government stay within the definition of what is political advertising.

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Dec 12th 2017, 9:25 PM

# get that cash

11 celebrities who mortified themselves for that sweet, sweet ad money

Yes, that IS Owen Wilson trying to sell sofas to you before Gogglebox.

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Dec 10th 2017, 7:00 PM

# open and honest

Twitter will now label political ads, including who bought them and how much they cost

Senators behind the Honest Ads Act referred to it as an issue of national security.

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Oct 25th 2017, 7:40 AM

# bodyform

This is the first sanitary towel ad to actually show blood, instead of that mysterious blue liquid

It’s about bloody time. (Ah weh weh weh.)

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Oct 18th 2017, 4:07 PM

# car trouble

Bank ad ordered to be changed after child shown wearing puffy jacket in car seat

AIB was found to be in breach of the advertisers’ code.

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Sep 22nd 2017, 6:10 AM

# Ads

Watchdog rules against Nissan ad that showed sister standing up to brother's bully

It did not, however, find the ad was gender stereotyping or that the images were inappropriate.

23.5k

Sep 21st 2017, 12:51 PM

# make it stop

9 feelings everyone has about that An Post ad with the shrieking child

Have you ever heard of using your indoor voice?

15.3k

Aug 27th 2017, 4:32 PM

# bin the poo

We need to talk about those grim 'bin the poo' ads in Dublin

Make it stop.

8.8k

Jun 21st 2017, 7:48 PM

# genuinely

The internet has unearthed this 1980s Avonmore ad starring a very young Miriam O'Callaghan

Ah, wouldja look?

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Apr 27th 2017, 10:11 AM

# the irish adverts project

Old Irish ads from the past 50 years are free to view online from today

The Irish Film Institute have been working to restore almost 8,000 rolls of film that had been damaged by mould.

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Apr 26th 2017, 9:00 PM

# have a happy period

9 ridiculous things that always happen in feminine hygiene ads

Dip the pad in the blue water! Dip it!

8.0k

Apr 7th 2017, 8:00 AM

# product placement

People deserve 'decent, honest' ads says broadcasting authority as it launches new rules

Product placement gets a separate distinction to advertising in the revised code.

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Mar 28th 2017, 11:00 AM

# aqualung

We need to talk about the song on the Permanent TSB ad

KEEP GOING.

14.0k

Feb 12th 2017, 4:30 PM

# Trump

Super Bowl ads get political and discuss 'four years of bad hair'

A number of ads touted inclusiveness and diversity.

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Feb 6th 2017, 7:10 AM

# classics

'Bud... Weis... Er!' Ranking the 12 best Super Bowl ads of all time

How well do you remember these promos from the NFL’s showpiece event?

4.8k

Feb 3rd 2017, 9:30 PM

# holidays are coming

16 signs Christmas had definitely arrived when you were a kid

“Got a whole lot of things for Christmas…”

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Dec 4th 2016, 8:15 PM

# sean o'luas

11 of the quickest jokes about the new John Lewis Christmas ad

Buster is blowing up the internet today.

14.3k

Nov 10th 2016, 10:50 AM

# ASAI

Sprite ad saying "she's seen more ceilings than Michelangelo" ruled sexually exploitative

The ad campaign was featured on two Irish websites.

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Nov 3rd 2016, 5:18 PM

# sponsored by budweiser

The 11 most iconic Christmas moments on screen

We’re not crying, you’re crying.

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Oct 21st 2016, 3:19 PM

# jurassic parking

People are loving this car ad featuring a sad Irish dinosaur

This is so sweet.

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Sep 17th 2016, 3:10 PM

# sponsored by nci

7 clever marketing campaigns that went down in history

We take a look at some of the best campaigns ever.

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Aug 22nd 2016, 2:21 PM

# the irish take

This Irish take on THAT Diet Coke ad is beyond gas

“I’m destroyed!”

8.9k

Jul 12th 2016, 10:18 AM

# opt-in

Google wants to expand how it tracks you for ads - and it's giving you a choice

And yes, Google still knows quite a lot about you.

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Jun 29th 2016, 10:57 AM