Decided by the Press Ombudsman

The Press Ombudsman has upheld a complaint that the Irish Daily Star Sunday breached Principle 5 (Privacy) and Principle 3 (Fairness and Honesty) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Periodicals in articles about Mr Wayne O’Donoghue’s private life and activities at an English university. He did not uphold three further complaints made under the same Principles.

The Press Ombudsman has decided that an offer by The Irish Times to publish an article as a right of reply by the Irish Stem Cell Foundation was sufficient remedial action on its part in response to a complaint by the Foundation about an article in the paper entitled “Killing of embryos in human stem-cell research is wrong.”

The Press Ombudsman has decided that The Irish Times took sufficient remedial action to resolve a complaint about an article published on 21 January 2010 on stem cell research that the complainant said was inaccurate and misleading.

The Press Ombudsman has decided to uphold a complaint made on behalf of Mr Martin Foley by his solicitor under Principle 2.2 (Distinguishing Fact and Comment) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Periodicals about an article in the Evening Herald on 8 December 2009. A number of other complaints about the article were not upheld.

The Press Ombudsman has decided that the publication of a statement by the Irish Mail on Sunday was sufficient remedial action on its part in relation to a number of complaints made by an Air Traffic Controller about an article based on her blog and published during a dispute by Air Traffic Controllers.

Complaint

The Press Ombudsman has upheld a complaint by Mr. Ray O’Donoghue on behalf of his son Wayne about an article in the Irish Daily Star that contained information about his son’s private life. Three other complaints about the same article were not upheld, and no decision was made in relation to two other complaints.

Complaint

The Press Ombudsman has decided to uphold a complaint by Mr. John McCamley, a bus driver and trade unionist, about an article published in the Irish Independent on 29 April 2009 concerning an unofficial dispute in Dublin Bus, and has decided not to uphold two further complaints about the same article.

The Press Ombudsman has decided to uphold two complaints by Mr. John McCamley, a bus driver and trade unionist, about articles published in the Evening Herald on 28 April 2009 concerning an unofficial dispute in Dublin Bus, and not to uphold four other complaints about the same articles.