If a resolution to the complaint cannot be achieved through conciliation, the Press Ombudsman will consider the complaint and make a decision.
If the Press Ombudsman finds a breach of the Code of Practice, the complaint will be upheld, and the publication will have to publish that part of the decision upholding the complaint.
30 June 2010
The Press Ombudsman has decided that the Evening Herald has made an offer of sufficient remedial action to resolve a complaint made by Professor John Crown that an article published about him on 28 December 2009 breached Principle 1 (Truth and Accuracy) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Periodicals.
30 June 2010
The Press Ombudsman has decided to uphold a complaint by a woman on behalf of herself and other members of her family that two articles in the Irish Daily Star about her father’s death on the day after he was buried were in breach of Principle 5.3 (Privacy) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Periodicals because they did not take the feelings of the grieving family into account in publishing the information. A number of other complaints about the articles were not upheld.
25 June 2010
The Press Ombudsman has decided not to uphold a complaint made on behalf of Ms Jean Treacy that two articles in the Sunday World were in breach of her privacy under Principle 5 of the Code of Practice.
22 June 2010
The Press Ombudsman has decided that the Western People made an offer of sufficient remedial action to resolve a complaint by a woman about an article reporting on the death of a relative.
22 June 2010
The Press Ombudsman has decided to uphold a complaint by Mr Keith Fahy that some of the information about him in an article in the News of the World was in breach of Principle 5 of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Periodicals by failing to respect his right to privacy, but has decided not to uphold a number of other complaints made about the same article.
17 June 2010
The Press Ombudsman has decided to uphold a complaint made on behalf of Mr Wayne O’Donoghue that an article in the Sunday World was in breach of Principle 5 of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Periodicals because it failed to respect his right to privacy.
11 June 2010
The Press Ombudsman has decided that The Irish Times made an offer of sufficient remedial action to resolve a complaint by Professor John Crown about breaches of several Principles of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Periodicals in an article about the illness of the Minister for Finance published on 30 December 2009.
08 June 2010
The Press Ombudsman has decided not to uphold a number of complaints by a man about two articles published in the Sunday World which, he said, identified him as a person at the centre of allegations about a paedophile ring.
27 May 2010
The Press Ombudsman has decided that the Irish Daily Star took sufficient remedial action to resolve a complaint made under Principle 5 (Privacy) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Periodicals in an article that included a photograph of the complainant’s house and car, showing the car’s registration number. The article was reporting on a burglary at the complainant’s house.
27 May 2010
The Press Ombudsman has decided not to uphold a number of complaints made on behalf of Mr Martin Foley by his solicitor about an article published in the Irish Daily Star Sunday on 28 February 2010 which featured his attendance at a gymnasium. The complaints were made under Principles 3.2 (Fairness and Honesty) and 5 (Privacy) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Periodicals.