All but one of 13 advertising code complaints upheld

Supervalu, Eircom, Vodafone, the Dublin Airport Authority, and even a psychic healer have all been rapped for breaching advertising codes.

Twelve of the 13 complaints made by members of the public to the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland were upheld.

One of the complaints upheld related to an advert for “gifted psychic healer”, Donald Moore, which claimed he could heal “asthma, arthritis, depression, miscarriage, smoking/weight control, ME, tumours, anxiety, emotional upset, vertigo, insomnia, IBS, self-harm, etc”.