Not being in Ireland I couldn't say for sure but they are available in the UK. (Not sure if Ireland has different rules regarding this sort of thing). They tend to appear later in our day, more the time when the Pacific coast's getting up and breakfasted. I haven't seen them appear before 5/6pm. Check out the main store page, the DD page, the Sale page and they pop up on other store related pages but I can't say which as I tend to stumble upon those ones rather than spend hours actively looking for them.
The box appears in the left hand side menu (where MMAO, CYS etc are listed). When it does, click it, watch the ad and then click the get your points button to the bottom right of the pop up ad.
A friend from the UK has confirmed that she's seen the bonus simpoints icon, so I don't see why Ireland would be excluded. You just have to keep looking good luck!
The ad boxes are now the very last thing that loads on the page. Sometimes you will think you are done loading and it will still come after that. Lots of times I refresh a page like the DD page and then go into another tab to read or do something else and I will tab back to the DD page and it will finally show up. Be patient, it may be available without you knowing!
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The box appears in the left hand side menu (where MMAO, CYS etc are listed). When it does, click it, watch the ad and then click the get your points button to the bottom right of the pop up ad.
I'm in the UK and I've only seen it once, and it never gave me the points.
I think some of us are just luckier than others.
Here is some advice from Platinum Simmers:
If you cannot see it, there are two things you can do:
1. Log out and back in, then wait for at least 2 minutes on the store page.
2. Turn off your adblock, the bonus Simpoint features gets seen as an ad (technically it is one) so your adblock program will remove it from view.
http://www.platinumsimmers.com/articles/get-bonus-simpoints-now-worldwide/