http://www.pressombudsman.ie/ Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman Decided by the Press Ombudsman RSS 2.0 Feed. Please visit http://www.pressombudsman.ie/ for more information. en-gb Copyright 2012 Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman. All Rights Reserved. Thu, 17 May 2012 12:25:42 GMT 60 http://www.pressombudsman.ie/images/pageElements/logoRSS.gif http://www.pressombudsman.ie/ http://www.pressombudsman.ie/decided-by-press-ombudsman/fay-and-the-sunday-independent.2266.html The Press Ombudsman has decided not to uphold a complaint by Mr Phillip Fay that an item published in the Sunday Independent on 18 December 2011 was a breach of Principle 8 (Prejudice) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Magazines. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:16:29 GMT http://www.pressombudsman.ie/decided-by-press-ombudsman/the-teaching-council-and-the-irish-independent-.2264.html The Press Ombudsman has decided to uphold a complaint by the Teaching Council that two articles in the Irish Independent on 22 November 2011 and 16 December 2011 about a survey conducted by the Teaching Council on maths teachers in secondary schools breached Principle 1 (Truth and Accuracy) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Magazines. Further complaints that the articles breached Principles 1 and 3 were not upheld. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:22:59 GMT http://www.pressombudsman.ie/decided-by-press-ombudsman/colgan-and-the-argus-.2263.html The Press Ombudsman has decided that The Argus made an offer of sufficient remedial action to resolve a complaint by Mr. William Colgan that a report of a court case of 7 December 2011, in which a charge of careless driving against him was dismissed, was in breach of Principle 7 (Court Reporting) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and magazines. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:20:08 GMT http://www.pressombudsman.ie/decided-by-press-ombudsman/a-parent-and-the-sunday-world-.2265.html The Press Ombudsman has decided to uphold a complaint from a parent made through her solicitor about an article in the Sunday World because it failed to observe the requirement of Principle 9 (Children) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Magazines that publications should take particular care in presenting information about a child under the age of 16. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:12:43 GMT http://www.pressombudsman.ie/decided-by-press-ombudsman/mcgrane-and-the-evening-herald-.2274.html The Press Ombudsman has decided to uphold a complaint under Principles 1 (Truth and Accuracy) and 2 (Distinguishing Fact and Comment) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Magazines about an article in the Evening Herald of 5 January 2012, because the headline was misleading and reported a conjecture as fact. Mon, 14 May 2012 12:00:55 GMT http://www.pressombudsman.ie/decided-by-press-ombudsman/a-man-and-the-westmeath-examiner-.2258.html The Press Ombudsman has decided that an offer made by the editor of the Westmeath Examiner was sufficient to resolve a complaint by a man about a report of a civil court case in which he was the plaintiff. Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:28:36 GMT http://www.pressombudsman.ie/decided-by-press-ombudsman/irish-traveller-movement-and-the-evening-herald-.2272.html The Press Ombudsman has decided to uphold a complaint by the Irish Traveller Movement that an article in the Evening Herald on 14 September 2011 was in breach of Principles 2 (Distinguishing Fact and Comment) and 8 (Prejudice) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Magazines. Mon, 14 May 2012 11:54:15 GMT http://www.pressombudsman.ie/decided-by-press-ombudsman/temple-bar-cultural-trust-and-the-evening-herald-.2259.html The Press Ombudsman has decided that although an article about the Temple Bar Cultural Trust in the Evening Herald on 26 September 2011 was inaccurate, this was not significant enough to amount to a breach of Principle 1 (Truth and Accuracy) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Magazines. He also decided that there was insufficient evidence that the article in question breached Principle 2 (Distinguishing Fact and Comment) of the Code. Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:32:31 GMT http://www.pressombudsman.ie/decided-by-press-ombudsman/houses-of-the-oireachtas-and-the-irish-mail-on-sunday-.2253.html The Press Ombudsman has decided not to uphold a complaint by the Parliamentary Legal Adviser to the Houses of the Oireachtas that the newspaper's publication of a decision of the Press Ombudsman, as subsequently upheld on appeal by the Press Council, was in breach of Principle 10 (Publication of the Decision of the Press Ombudsman/Press Council) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Magazines. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:23:33 GMT http://www.pressombudsman.ie/decided-by-press-ombudsman/esb-and-the-irish-independent-.2254.html The Press Ombudsman has decided that an offer made by the Irish Independent was sufficient to resolve a complaint from the ESB that a reference to it in an article on 2 September 2011 was in breach of Principles 1 (Truth and Accuracy) and 4 (Respect for Rights) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Magazines. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:25:22 GMT http://www.pressombudsman.ie/decided-by-press-ombudsman/a-man-and-the-irish-independent-.2255.html The Press Ombudsman has decided to uphold a complaint by a former public representative that a reference to him in an article in the Irish Independent was in breach of Principle 1 (Truth and Accuracy) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Magazines. The article stated that the complainant was among a number of public representatives who had privately made representations to ministers of the last government against proposals to lower the blood-alcohol limit. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:27:27 GMT http://www.pressombudsman.ie/decided-by-press-ombudsman/mccann-and-the-sunday-independent-.2261.html The Press Ombudsman has decided not to uphold a complaint by Mr Rory McCann that an article in the Sunday Independent on 30 October entitled “Loud and proud gays want to take over rest of society” was in breach of Principle 8 (Prejudice) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Magazines. Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:08:50 GMT http://www.pressombudsman.ie/decided-by-press-ombudsman/clarke-and-the-irish-independent-.2252.html The Press Ombudsman has decided to uphold a complaint by Ms Maeve Clarke that an article in the Irish Independent on 17 September 2011 about the findings of an OECD Report on teachers' pay and conditions breached Principle 1 (Truth and Accuracy) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Magazines because it stated inaccurately that the number of hours worked by Irish secondary teachers was “significantly lower” than the OECD average. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:32:19 GMT http://www.pressombudsman.ie/decided-by-press-ombudsman/watkins-and-the-irish-sun-.2251.html The Press Ombudsman has decided that there was insufficient evidence for him to make a decision that a statement in an article published in the Irish Sun on 22 August 2011 breached Principle 1 (Truth and Accuracy) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Magazines. He decided that an offer made by the newspaper represented an offer of sufficient remedial action to resolve another part of the complaint under the same Principle. A further complaint under Principle 4 (Respect for Rights) was not upheld. Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:06:21 GMT http://www.pressombudsman.ie/decided-by-press-ombudsman/meegan-and-the-irish-mail-on-sunday-.2256.html The Press Ombudsman has decided not to uphold a complaint by Mr Michael Meegan that an article in the Irish Mail on Sunday on 3 July 2011 about him and his involvement with a charity was in breach of a number of Principles of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Magazines. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:06:19 GMT