If a resolution to the complaint cannot be achieved through conciliation, the Press Ombudsman will consider the complaint and make a decision.
If the Press Ombudsman finds a breach of the Code of Practice, the complaint will be upheld, and the publication will have to publish that part of the decision upholding the complaint.
08 March 2013
The Press Ombudsman has decided that there is insufficient evidence to allow him to make a decision on a complaint by Fr Raymond Hannon about the accuracy of an article that was published about him in the Irish Sun on 5 November 2012.
22 February 2013
The Press Ombudsman has decided not to uphold a complaint by Mr Conor J Skehan and The Wytchway Inn Limited that a review of the restaurant in the Sunday World on 7 October 2012 was in breach of Principle 4 (Respect for Rights) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Magazines. No decision could be made about a complaint under Principle 1 (Truth and Accuracy).
13 February 2013
The Press Ombudsman has found that the Irish Daily Mail offered to take sufficient remedial action to resolve part of a complaint made by the Universal Peace Federation Ireland, under Principles 1 and 2 of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Magazines, about an article published in the newspaper on 12 September last. Other parts of the complaint were not upheld.
11 January 2013
The Press Ombudsman has decided that the Irish Sun took sufficient remedial action to resolve a complaint made by Mr Liam Fay about a breach of Principle 5 (Privacy) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Magazines.
08 January 2013
The Press Ombudsman has decided to uphold a complaint by Senator Fidelma Healy Eames under Principles 1 (Truth and Accuracy) and 2 (Distinguishing Fact and Comment) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Magazines, about two articles published in the Irish Daily Mail on 20 and 21 August 2012.
07 December 2012
The Press Ombudsman has decided to uphold a complaint by Ms Áine Ni Fhloinn that an article published in the Sunday Independent on 9 September 2012 was misleading and, in that respect, breached Principle 1 (Truth and Accuracy) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Magazines. He also decided that it breached Principle 5.3 (Privacy) of the Code because it did not take the feelings of the grieving family sufficiently into account.
19 November 2012
The Press Ombudsman has decided not to uphold a number of complaints made on behalf of Keith Fahy and Jean Treacy that an article published in the Irish Daily Star on 3 August 2012 breached the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Magazines.
25 October 2012
The Press Ombudsman has decided that the Sunday World made an offer of sufficient remedial action to resolve a complaint made by Ms Denise Glynn about a breach of Principle 9 (Children) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Magazines.
24 October 2012
The Press Ombudsman has decided that The Irish Times made an offer of sufficient remedial action to resolve a large number of complaints made by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) under Principles 1 (Truth and Accuracy) and Principle 2 (Distinguishing Fact and Comment) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Magazines about nine articles published in May 2012.
23 October 2012
The Press Ombudsman has decided that an offer made by the Irish Sun was sufficient to resolve a complaint by a woman about a breach of Principle 1 (Truth and Accuracy) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Magazine. Complaints about the article under Principle 2 (Distinguishing Fact and Comment), Principle 4 (Respect for Rights) and Principle 5 (Privacy) were not upheld.