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Irish Consent Ad Pulled After Grandparent Hugging Backlash

An Irish advertising campaign promoting consent has been withdrawn following complaints that depictions of grandparents hugging and kissing their grandchildren were inappropriate.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 22 Oct 2026 · updated 2d ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 22 Oct 2026. BBC News published first, on 22 October at 11:58 UTC; Sky News followed 7h 09m later. The most recent article, from Sky News, appeared on 22 October at 19:08 UTC.

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  1. Irish hugging consent advert taken down after backlash Sky News
  2. Grandparent hugging consent ad pulled after criticism BBC News

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