Nine cases upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority

Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland upheld nine cases, including against Toyota and Virgin Media

The ad from Bank of Ireland featured a man and woman burning documents in the barrel as well as a hippo-shaped money jar.

Bank of Ireland has had an advertising standards complaint upheld against it after an ad it broadcast was seen to normalise the “illegal and environmentally damaging practice of backyard burning”.

In its latest bulletin, the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland (ASAI) upheld a complaint against the ad, which featured a man and woman burning documents in the barrel as well as the burning of the hippo-shaped money jar.