Watchdog backs RTÉ star’s complaint over radio ad

RTÉ star Kathryn Thomas complained to advertising standards watchdogs after being slighted in an ad for broadband.

Ms Thomas, who presents RTÉ’s Television’s No Frontiers travel show, had fronted an ad campaign for Eircom’s broadband. But a radio ad by rival broadband from Magnet referred to her without her consent, also calling her “a blonde girl from a travel show”.

Yesterday, the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland (ASAI) upheld her complaint over her appearance in the commercial without her consent.