Much of the spending took place as part of an ongoing recruitment drive to bring the number of police officers in the State to at least 15,000

On January 10th, the hours permitted under the ban restricts the hours permitted for advertising alcohol products on television and radio to reduce children’s exposure to alcohol advertisements.

Figures provided to Sinn Féin’s Louise O’Reilly TD in a written Dáil reply Taoiseach Leo Varadkar confirmed that his own Department has spent ‘zero’ on advertising on X - formerly Twitter - in 2023