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Worst/Best Radio Ads rerun edition!

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    #1082
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,656 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Jaysus!! Niamh from Fair City on the latest "Government of Ireland" ad telling us all we are such good boys and girls to be free from restrictions BUT to be careful and get tests, vaccines and boosters..... feckin Nanny state.... like we can't live or celebrate life now without being told how to do it!!!



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    #1083
    HildaOgdenx
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,455 Mod ✭✭✭✭HildaOgdenx


    The Lloyds Pharmacy ads, aaaargh.

    Also an ad for a beauty salon (I think) says it has a 'covid friendly' environment 😆



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    #1084
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,746 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    The Peugeot ad that starts with "At Purrr-joe..." and then pronounces it the usual way in the rest of the ad.



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    #1085
    crazy 88
    Registered Users Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭crazy 88


    Another Lidl ad at pains to point out they are Irish while not being Irish, with the woman who says "Oirish" as a way to drive the point home



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    #1086
    crazy 88
    Registered Users Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭crazy 88


    The same annoying O'Meara camping ads coming out for another run for the 4th or 5th year in a row. Starting to become a bit like the fantasy lights Christmas ad



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    #1087
    SpitfireIV
    Registered Users Posts: 4,504 ✭✭✭SpitfireIV


    Yer man's ma is on the floor again and he still doesn't know where she lives (near Kilmac) I guess he hasn't been around to visit much with Covid. With most of the Covid public info adverts being pulled I guess people can get back to regular stuff now, like.....falling.



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    #1088
    Ger Roe
    Registered Users Posts: 2,105 ✭✭✭Ger Roe


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118537703#Comment_118537703

    That ad is often cycle repeated, sometimes just before there is a survey done to see how widespread the use of the Eircode system is. There was a bit of an issue over it being declared 'a public service announcement', (panic people into using it) but it was decided that although the term should only be designated for for official government use, this particular use had been approved by the relevant department that commissioned the service and therefore it was outside the scope of the regulator.

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20435821.html




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    #1089
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,746 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Greyhound Racing Ireland on a charm offensive hoping we'll forget about the bad press.

    Looking after athletes...since when is a dog an 'athlete'?



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    #1090
    crazy 88
    Registered Users Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭crazy 88


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118558880#Comment_118558880

    And it's on 24/7. How can they afford that? I thought they were (rightfully) on their knees financially?



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    #1091
    crazy 88
    Registered Users Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭crazy 88


    The the parents talking about "ah our Sinead" in the allianz car insurance ad. The father's high pitched nordy accent is extremely annoying - "spillun her cereal"



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    #1092
    Radio5
    Registered Users Posts: 1,946 ✭✭✭Radio5


    Halo Care. Putting Mammy under 24 hour surveillance so smug daughter doesn't have to do her share of the caring. Poor Mammy can't even have an affair in peace or go the Solicitor to change her Will without the App telling her nearest and dearest...



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    #1093
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,746 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118576602#Comment_118576602

    Tbf these two blethering on about their fictional daughter is less annoying than "it's a chup!"



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    #1094
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,746 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    A new trend in ads, a bland company name (Accenture) and an inspirational poster word salad without revealing what the company actually does.



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    #1095
    HildaOgdenx
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,455 Mod ✭✭✭✭HildaOgdenx


    I know I have mentioned it before but that ad about the 'silent conversations with drivers' - I now switch off the radio as soon as it starts.



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    #1096
    von Smallhausen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,162 ✭✭✭von Smallhausen


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118594811#Comment_118594811

    That ad irks me for some reason.

    Ironically the other day that was on the radio and I turned a corner to see an auld wan in the middle of the road trying to cross.....nowhere near the zebra crossing which was only a few yards away.



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    #1097
    I see sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 1,660 ✭✭✭I see sheep


    Jamie Heaslip flogging lease cars 🤮 Sorry Jamie but you have the charisma of a sick bag.



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    #1098
    HildaOgdenx
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,455 Mod ✭✭✭✭HildaOgdenx


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118598720#Comment_118598720

    For me, I think it's partly that she sounds really patronising.

    And having seen the tv ad, I keep thinking why the **** would you stand in the middle of the road, to prove a point anyway.



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    #1099
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,746 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    FBD and their 'hilarious' talking inanimate objects.



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    #1100
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,746 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118604762#Comment_118604762

    Judging from a current thread, some posters would rather prove a point than look out for their own safety.



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    #1101
    SpitfireIV
    Registered Users Posts: 4,504 ✭✭✭SpitfireIV


    I hear they're now using the mental health angle "you're going to be great today 👍👍👍" to try flog booster jabs to the late teens to twenties age bracket. Using Blind Boy Boat Club and some other young wan to try make it sound more trendy and 'on their level' I guess. I wonder did anyone actually do a bit of research as to how many youngins listen to RTE radio?



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    #1102
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,746 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore



    Post edited by whisky_galore on


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    #1103
    Murdoc90
    Registered Users Posts: 924 ✭✭✭Murdoc90


    ah yes 3 year olds often get Geneva and Aviva mixed up



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    #1104
    dvcireland
    Registered Users Posts: 13,440 ✭✭✭✭dvcireland


    the current promo for RTE Radio 1 Drivetime is painful

    "...no Joe, you rang me !..." A.Caller.



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    #1105
    crazy 88
    Registered Users Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭crazy 88


    The voice of the woman in the Lidl ads and the way she pronounces 'i' as 'oi'. Noine-noinety-noine....Oirish



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    #1106
    SpitfireIV
    Registered Users Posts: 4,504 ✭✭✭SpitfireIV


    Yer man who does the Lotto ads, the Euro Millions ads, the Dacia ads, the Dealz ads and gods knows how many other ads is now doing Irish Rail ads. In the near future adverts will just be him 🤔



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    #1107
    PopePalpatine
    Registered Users Posts: 11,842 ✭✭✭✭PopePalpatine


    "DIS! IS! DUBLIN!"

    ....come to think of it, it is the perfect city to represent Eircom.



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    #1108
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,746 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118610052#Comment_118610052

    Only really stupid 3 year olds.



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    #1109
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,746 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Oh fcuk off bosses bossing things.



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    #1110
    Gen.Zhukov
    Registered Users Posts: 1,864 ✭✭✭Gen.Zhukov


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118629193#Comment_118629193

    And why they think this would make anyone listen to DT is beyond me. If Sarah is on I might listen. Cormac = change station.



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    #1111
    ShamNNspace
    Registered Users Posts: 4,644 ✭✭✭ShamNNspace


    Rory from Elephant storage "and sorry you can't sleep there" 🤨



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