Irish Advertising Showcase: Check out The Most Exciting New Advertising from Ireland

Three – The Loneliest Whale

Dublin agency Boys and Girls headed to Norway with director Tom Tagholm for to tell the true story of a whale that’s voice cannot be heard by its fellow whales.

RSA – Don’t Look Back

This heart breaking campaign for Road Safety Ireland from Irish International BBDO is all about concise and simple storytelling that has a huge emotional impacts.

Heineken – The Jonah Lomu Machine

Why did Rothco hide New Zealand All Blacks player Jonah Lomu into a Dublin pub for Heineken? Find out in this playful pre-rugby world cup film that’s gone global.

Aldi – Compliments

Aldi 100% Irish Meat - Compliments from Boys and Girls on Vimeo.

When we talk about Irish storytelling and comedy *this* is what we’re talking about.

Safefood – It’s Bedtime

McCann Blue and Piranha Bar’s Gavin Kelly tackle childhood obesity in this subtle spot that uses motion capture to conjure up a sad tale of unhealthy sleep habits.

UPC – Pixie

A playful shaggy dog story from Irish International and director Pete Linski.

Daintree – Shred of Decency

Rothco won its first ever Bronze Lion at Cannes with a disarming project in support of marriage equality. They turned homophobic propaganda and lies spread by the ‘no’ camp into confetti, which was sold in a local stationery store.

Lidl – Choose to Live a Little

We’re suckers for a hunky fireman, particularly if he comes with an Irish accent. Chemistry ramp up the smut factor with this cheeky spot.

Three – All it takes is everything

Three Rugby ‘All it takes is everything’ 6 Nations commercial from Boys and Girls on Vimeo.

Boys and Girls’ epic campaign for Three’s sponsorship of the Irish rugby team ahead of the 6 Nations tournament this year got a lot of fans in the LBB HQ.

Today FM – The Horse

TODAY FM - THE HORSE from Sweet Media on Vimeo.

Director Simon Levene and production company Sweet Media got up to some horseplay (sorry, we couldn’t resist) in this amusing spot for Irish radio station Today FM.

Hailo – Taxi Stunts

First there was the ‘heterophobic taxi driver’ and then there was the 3-year old cabby… agency Guns or Knives has been terrorising the streets of Dublin with it’s hilarious stunts for taxi app Hailo.

Carwow.co.uk – The Wheel-o-trope

Piranha Bar and agency Guns or Knives put an interesting spin on animation in this spot.

AIB

We’re big fans of the work that Rothco has done for AIB’s sponsorship of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) – including their documentary for Irish TV. But we’ll leave you with this more recent, mixed media animation from Rothco and Piranha Bar.