24 May 2010
Extract from remarks by the Press Ombudsman, Professor John Horgan, at the launch of the 2009 Annual Report of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, in the Mansion House, Dublin today 24th May 2010.
24 May 2010
Extracts from the speech by Mr. Dermot Ahern T.D. Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform at the Launch of the second Annual Report of the Press Council and the Office of the Press Ombudsman in Dublin on 24th May 2010.
14 May 2010
Applications and nominations are currently being sought for Independent Members of the Council and also for the position of Chairman of the Press Council of Ireland.
23 April 2010
The Chairman of the Press Council of Ireland, Professor Thomas Mitchell, today (Friday 23 April) warmly welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform that he had signed the Order conferring statutory recognition on the Council.
21 April 2010
The approval by both Houses of the Oireachtas today of a draft order recognising the Press Council of Ireland under the 2009 Defamation Act will greatly benefit the operations of the Council, the Office of the Press Ombudsman, and the press generally, according to the Chairman of the Council.
15 January 2010
The Data Protection Commissioner, Mr Billy Hawkes, the businessman Mr Ben Dunne, and the editor of the Irish Daily Mirror, Mr John Kierans, will be among the speakers at a public seminar on privacy being organized by the Press Council of Ireland in Cork on Friday, January 15th.
15 January 2010
Address given by Mr Ben Dunne to the seminar on Privacy and the Media organised by the Press Council of Ireland and held in Cork in January 2010.
28 December 2009
The Press Council of Ireland has made a submission to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment towards the new "Politics and Society" module currently under preparation.
29 September 2009
MAINTAINING FREEDOM WITH RESPONSIBILITY - The evolving role of non-statutory press councils in a changing media landscape.
Presented By Will Gore (PCC UK), Prof John Horgan (Press Ombudsman Ireland)
17 September 2009
The passage of the Defamation Act 2009 and the completion of the procedures envisaged under this Act will create a radically new system of accountability for the print media which will mean that expensive legal processes will have to be invoked much less frequently than before.