# Ad
All time
# 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’.
# 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.
# Ad
Mobile network ad had to be changed because child was holding a phone on a bouncy castle
The complaint was upheld.
# 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.
# 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.
# Leaving Cert
Complaint upheld over Ryanair ad that 'promoted excessive drinking'
Complainants thought the advert “encouraged drunken behaviour”.
# 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.
# No thanks
NFL rejects veterans' 'Please Stand' Super Bowl ad
AMVETS national commander Marion Polk hit out at the decision.
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?
# ASAI
Complaint about 'misleading' online ad for Cork IVF clinic upheld
A complaint about a radio ad for the same clinic was also upheld.
# not loving it
McDonald's pulls TV ad accused of using child bereavement to sell fast food
The ad was for the UK market.
# vipoo treatment
7 questions we have about that absolutely ridiculous VIPoo ad
Firstly, how dare you? And secondly, how DARE you?
# Irish Cancer Society
A number of the 'I Want To Get Cancer' ads can't be shown again
The ASAI made the ruling today.
# 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.
# 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.
# spice up your life
This old clip of the Spice Girls calling out a director asking for cleavage shots is brilliant
Legends.
# storme toolis
Everyone's talking about this very naughty new Maltesers ad
“He wasn’t complaining.”
# 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.
# 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”.
# Ok then
Here's what happens when you ask a kid to design an ad for a funeral home
The blackest of black comedy.
# 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*
# rachel and steve
In defence of Rachel and Steve from the Bank of Ireland ads
It’s Steve and Rachel.
# 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.
# 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.
# I'm back
6 questions we have after watching Louis Walsh's new Cadbury ad
OOOOOOOH yessir, I can boogie…
# taste the bush
This wine company's 'Taste the Bush' ad campaign is just as smutty as it sounds
Stop the world, etc.
# 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.
# three problems
Three apologises after criticism of ad as transphobic
Many people are expressing their disgust at the ad on social media.
# 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.
# shock tactics
Paddy Power has angered people with this 'tasteless' joke about UK immigrants
Unusual for them, really.
# protein world
That 'beach body ready' ad was just ruled not offensive
The ASA received 378 complaints.
# 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.
# 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’.
# dublin's best lay
This Dublin shop's marriage equality sign is brilliantly cheeky
Hamptons Floor Store, you sly dogs.
