Decided by the Press Ombudsman

The Press Ombudsman has decided not to uphold a complaint made by Mr Evert Bopp that an article published in the Irish Mail on Sunday about a charitable organization with which he was associated breached the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Periodicals.

The Press Ombudsman has decided that the Irish Daily Mail made an offer of sufficient remedial action to resolve a complaint made by a doctor about two articles published on 10 April 2010 following the Annual Conference of the Irish Medical Organization.

The Press Ombudsman has decided not to uphold a complaint made on behalf of Mr Keith Fahy that an article published in the Evening Herald on 6 February 2010 was in breach of his privacy under Principle 5 of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Periodicals.

The Press Ombudsman has decided not to uphold a complaint made on behalf of Ms Jean Treacy that an article published about her in the Evening Herald during the course of a high-profile murder trial was in breach of her privacy under Principle 5 of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Periodicals.

The Press Ombudsman has decided not to uphold a complaint made on behalf of Ms Jean Treacy that an article in the Irish Daily Mail on 30 January 2010 was in breach of her privacy under Principle 5 of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Periodicals.

The Press Ombudsman has decided not to uphold a complaint made on behalf of Ms Jean Treacy that an article in the Sunday Independent on 31 January 2010 was in breach of her privacy under Principle 5 of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Periodicals.

The Press Ombudsman has decided not to uphold a complaint made on behalf of Ms Jean Treacy that articles published in the Irish Independent on 25 January 2010 and 6 February 2010 were in breach of her privacy under Principle 5 of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Periodicals. The complainant was a witness in a murder trial during the course of which evidence was given about many details of her private life. The articles published in the Irish Independent on 31 January and 6 February included general background information about the complainant’s childhood, school and family, as well as other material based on the evidence given by her in court. Any alleged breach of privacy has to be considered on its merits in the context of the Code of Practice.

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.

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.

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.