| Details of Conciliated Complaints |
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| A complaint was received on behalf of a convicted paedophile whose address was published in the News of the World. The complaint was resolved when the newspaper advised that it had no plans to publish any further articles about the man in question. |
| A man complained about an article in the “I Spy” column of the Irish Independent which he believed to be inaccurate and offensive. The complaint was satisfactorily resolved when the newspaper published a clarification and apology for any offence caused by the article. |
| A man complained about an article in the Irish Sun which published a photograph of him to illustrate an article highly critical of another person with the same name. The complaint was satisfactorily resolved the newspaper published a clarification. |
| A sporting organization complained that a headline to an article published in the Irish Daily Mail relating to the pricing of its premium level tickets was inaccurate. The complaint was satisfactorily resolved when the newspaper published a clarification. |
| A family complained about the publication of a piece in the Connaught Telegraph about the circumstances surrounding the recent death of their late son and brother. The complaint was satisfactorily resolved when the editor wrote a personal letter of apology to the family for any distress caused. |
A family complained about an article relating to the circumstances surrounding the death of two family members some 30 years previously. Reference to the deaths was made in the context of an article about the recent imprisonment of the person responsible. The complaint was resolved when the newspaper published a clarification. |
A man complained about the accuracy of a report published in the Irish Independent relating to an ongoing dispute between the Government and pharmacists. The newspaper initially offered to publish a letter from the complainant giving his side of the story, but the complaint was resolved when the newspaper agreed to contact the complainant by telephone to hear his side of the argument. |
A businessman complained through his solicitors about three articles published in the Irish Mail on Sunday which he said contained personal and intimate information and (which he said contained) a number of factual inaccuracies which were damaging to his personal and professional reputation. The complaint was resolved when the newspaper, after being contacted by the Office of the Press Ombudsman, successfully concluded direct negotiations with the complainant’s solicitors. |
| A man complained about an article published in the Sunday Tribune which he said gave an incorrect account of his role in a dispute involving the company for which he worked. The complaint was resolved when the newspaper published a clarification. |
| A family complained about an article published in the Irish Sunday Mirror about the death of their son in tragic and controversial circumstances, which included a photograph of their dead son. The complaint was resolved when the newspaper published a clarification and apologised for any upset caused. |
| The CEO of a company complained that an article about a housing project initiated by his company portrayed a damaging, unfair and untruthful public perception of his organisation, and that it contained a number of inaccuracies and misleading statements. The complaint was resolved when the editor of the newspaper met with the complainant and subsequently visited a number of the company’s housing projects. |
| A family complained about two articles published in the Sunday Independent relating to the death of their son in tragic and controversial circumstances. The complaints were resolved when the newspaper published a statement expressing regret for any upset caused to the family. |
| A man complained about an article which he believed contained an incorrect interpretation of the Koran. The complaint was speedily resolved when the newspaper published a letter from the complainant, setting out his side of the story, in its “Letters to the Editor” page. |
| A woman complained that a photograph of her husband was published in error by the Irish Daily Star. The photograph was accompanied by an article which stated that he was the father of a named woman whose photograph was also published. The complaint was resolved after the newspaper apologised directly to the complainant for the error. |
| A man complained that an article published in The Irish Times contained a number of inaccuracies about his company’s business in relation to its share dealings. The complaint was resolved when the newspaper published an apology and a correction. |
| A man complained that a report in the Irish Examiner contained an inaccuracy in relation to Garda action following a murder in a residential area. The complaint was resolved when the newspaper published a correction. |
| A man complained about an article regarding an EU Commission Report that he considered was unfair and inaccurate . The newspaper offered to give the complainant a right of reply by publishing a letter to the editor. While the complainant did not take up the offer, the complaint was resolved when a letter from him, setting out his views on the article under complaint, was sent to the newspaper’s editor for consideration in the context of any future coverage of the matters in question. |
A woman complained about a number of statements, which she said were inaccurate or misleading, contained in an article about foreign adoptions published in the Irish Independent. The complaint was resolved when the newspaper and the complainant agreed to the publication of a letter from her setting out her views on the matter. |
A man complained that an article published in The Kerryman which included a reference to him contained a number of inaccuracies. The complaint was resolved satisfactory when the newspaper very swiftly gave an undertaking to publish a further article clarifying the matters under complaint. |
A man complained through his solicitors about an item which appeared in the newspaper referring to the circumstances in which his late wife was taken to hospital, which he said caused him and his family deep upset and severe insult. The complaint was resolved when the newspaper published a clarification and an apology for any offence caused to the woman’s relatives and friends. |
A company complained that an article published by the newspaper alleged that its website was owned by a former director of the company who no longer had any involvement with the business. The newspaper had, in response to a direct complaint from the company some weeks prior to its approach to the Office of the Press Ombudsman, immediately deleted the article from its website and marked its cuttings library accordingly. When the complainant searched the internet some weeks later she accessed the article on an external website. On receipt of this further complaint the newspaper immediately undertook to contact the website in question, and the complainant accepted that the newspaper had done everything within its power to have the article deleted from all external websites. |
A husband and wife complained about the publication of their names and their children’s names and their full address by the newspaper following an incident in which they were the victims of criminal activity. The complaint was resolved when the newspaper deleted the article from its website and from Google’s cached pages. |
A man complained about calls to his family home by one of the newspaper’s reporters following the death of his daughter in tragic circumstances. The newspaper explained the background to the newspaper’s efforts to contact the complainant, and indicated that it was never its intention to harass the complainant or his family. The complaint was resolved when the newspaper immediately confirmed that it would not make any further attempts to contact the complainant or his family. |
A man complained about a particular reference to him in an article which he said was derogatory and embarrassing. While the newspaper offered to publish a letter from the complainant, this offer was not accepted by him. The newspaper published an item which accepted that the language used was offensive and unwarranted. The man complained about the size and positioning of the item on the page, and the complaint was resolved when the paper re-published the item more prominently the following week after representations were made to this effect. |
A man complained about a front page article headlined “Orange marches spark attacks on police officers” published in the Sunday Times on 13 July which, he believed, gave a misleading and inaccurate impression of what occurred on the day in question. The complaint was resolved when the newspaper wrote to the complainant accepting that part of the article may have been misleading, and by subsequently publishing an agreed correction. |
A man complained through his solicitors that an article published by the Irish Daily Mail made an inaccurate report of the death of his late wife. The complaint was resolved when the newspaper published a clarification which was acceptable to the complainant. |
A man complained about three articles published by the Sunday Tribune between 2001 and 2003, which he felt affected his good name and which remained available on the newspaper’s website. The complaint was resolved when the newspaper very speedily agreed to remove the offending articles from its website. |
A man complained about a crime statistic used in an article published in the Sunday Independent. The complaint was resolved when the newspaper clarified to the complainant, and the complainant accepted, the situation in relation to the statistic used in the report. |
A family member complained, on her own behalf and on behalf of her family, about an article published by the Irish Star Sunday in relation to the circumstances surrounding her late father’s death. The woman and her family were particularly upset at the newspaper’s decision to publish photographs of her late father’s body. The complaint was resolved following a meeting between the editor of the newspaper and the complainant, as a result of which the newspaper published an agreed apology. |
A woman complained about the Evening Herald’s coverage of a court case which stated inaccurately that her husband had been left without conviction “after paying her compensation”. The woman complained that it was totally inaccurate to state that her husband had paid her compensation. The complaint was resolved when the newspaper published an agreed clarification. |
A man complained about an article published by the Western People in 2004, which he felt affected his good name, which referred to him directly, and which remained available on the newspaper’s website. The complaint was resolved when the newspaper agreed to remove the offending article from its website. |