The mother of a young man who died tragically complained about a statement in an article in the Irish Examiner about the death of another young person by suicide which stated that Gardai were examining a link between the two deaths.    She complained that there was no evidence that her son died by suicide.  The complaint was resolved when the newspaper published a correction and apology to the family, deleted the online article from its archive and requested Google to remove a headline link about which she had also complained.

A complaint from Mr Tom Cooper about a statement in an article published in the Sunday Independent which said that he was “a founder of the Irish National Congress” was resolved when the newspaper published a clarification.      

A complaint about an article in The Irish Times which stated that Tel Aviv was the capital of Israel was resolved when the newspaper published a clarification.     

The legal adviser to the Houses of the Oireachtas complained about an article in the Irish Mail on Sunday headlined ‘Secret deal gives TDs €3m a year raise’, which also referred to Oireachtas envelopes ‘stolen’ by politicians.   The complaint was resolved when the newspaper published a correction. 

A man complained about an article in the Irish Examiner which purported to show that 93% of the public decried the closure of the Irish embassy in the Vatican,   but the underlying data for the analysis was drawn from Freedom of Information requests to the Department of Foreign Affairs which revealed that 102 emails were received by the Department of which 93% were critical of the decision.    The matter was resolved when the newspaper published a clarification in its print and online editions and sent the complainant a copy to post to his personal blog.

A complaint was received about an article in the Irish Independent which the complainant said contained an inaccurate statement from a Government Minister of State.    The matter was resolved when the newspaper published a letter from the Minister of State.  

The Principal of Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál in Blarney, Co Cork, complained when the 2012 school league tables were published in The Irish Times and mistakenly reported that no students from his school went to University College Cork in 2012.  The matter was resolved when the newspaper published a correction.

A family who had requested privacy following the murder of a family member complained that a newspaper was continuing to make contact with a family member, despite their request for privacy.    The matter was resolved when the newspaper apologised for the further intrusion and gave an undertaking to circulate his views to all relevant executives.

A mother complained when an article in the Leitrim Observer reported that her son, who had died suddenly, died at home, when this was not the case.   The matter was resolved when the newspaper published a clarification.

Solicitors for Ronan Keating complained about  an article published in the Irish Mail on Sunday, which they said was inaccurate.    The complaint was resolved when the newspaper published a correction and apology.

Solicitors for a Mr Dunne complained  about the contents of an article in the Evening Herald in relation to a court case in which Mr Dunne was involved following charges against him for assaulting his ex-girlfriend, which were dismissed.  The complaint was resolved when the newspaper published a clarification stating that Mr Dunne had been fully acquitted of the charges against him.

Solicitors for the former Taoiseach, Mr Brian Cowen, complained about an article published in the Irish Mail on Sunday about Mr Cowen’s attendance  at a course in Stanford University, USA.   The complaint was resolved when the newspaper published a clarification  and  apology.

A mother complained about an article in the Laois Nationalist about the sudden death of her teenage son because the article reported that her son’s death  was being examined in connection with another local suicide, which she said was untrue.   The complaint was resolved when the newspaper published a clarification .

A woman who was the victim of serious offences that featured in a highly publicised court case over 15  years ago contacted the office to complain about  the publication of an article in a local newspaper about another court case involving the man convicted of her assault.   She complained that the republication of material from the earlier case in this article  was extremely distressing for her and her young child.  The complaint was resolved when the newspaper sent her a private letter of apology.

“In an article in the edition of August 23rd last, concerning property at Rosses Point, Co Sligo, it was stated that a Church of England vicar, Reverend Chave-Cox and his wife were claiming rights to property there through an interest in the Middleton Estate. Revd Guy Chave-Cox has not laid claim to any land in Rosses Point. In fact, it is Mrs Chave-Cox only who has an interest in the Middleton Estate.

It was also stated that a number of home-owners received solicitors’ letters containing a 28-day notice to quit their property.

Only one such letter was sent and it was not issued due to any non-ppayment of ground rent. Solicitors P O’Connor and Son have confirmed that Mr Joe Carter of Howley Carter & Co. does not represent the recipient of any 28-day notice letter.

The article also stated that Mrs Chave-Cox was at Rosses Point checking what land the Middleton Estate has rights to. Mrs Chave-Cox has pointed out that she took measurements of buildings in need of repair whilst in the locality on holiday with her family.

The article stated correctly that most of the Middleton family left Ireland up to 90 years ago. Mrs Chave-Cox has pointed out that the majority holding of the estate was in Irish hands less than 20 years ago.

Any distress caused by the error is regretted.”

A couple complained about the publication of their wedding photograph by the Irish Examiner following their civil wedding, when they were given an undertaking by the photographer present on the day that it would not be published.  The complaint was satisfactorily resolved when the editor wrote directly to the couple explaining how the error happened and apologised for it and erased the photographs from its archive.  He also undertook to provide copies of the photographs to the couple as a gesture of goodwill.

A family complained about an article relating to the circumstances surrounding the death of two family members some 30 years previously.   Reference to the deaths was made in the context of an article about the recent imprisonment of the person responsible.    The complaint was resolved when the newspaper published a clarification.

A man complained about the accuracy of a report published in the Irish Independent relating to an ongoing dispute between the Government and pharmacists.  The newspaper initially offered to publish a letter from the complainant giving his side of the story, but the complaint was resolved when the newspaper agreed to contact the complainant by telephone to hear his side of the argument.

A businessman complained through his solicitors about three articles published in the Irish Mail on Sunday which he said contained personal and intimate information and (which he said contained) a number of factual inaccuracies which were damaging to his personal and professional reputation.  The complaint was resolved when the newspaper, after being contacted by the Office of the Press Ombudsman, successfully concluded direct negotiations with the complainant’s solicitors.

A woman complained about a number of statements, which she said were inaccurate or misleading, contained in an article about foreign adoptions published in the Irish Independent. The complaint was resolved when the newspaper and the complainant agreed to the publication of a letter from her setting out her views on the matter.

A man complained that an article published in The Kerryman which included a reference to him contained a number of inaccuracies. The complaint was resolved satisfactory when the newspaper very swiftly gave an undertaking to publish a further article clarifying the matters under complaint.

A man complained through his solicitors about an item which appeared in the newspaper referring to the circumstances in which his late wife was taken to hospital, which he said caused him and his family deep upset and severe insult.

The complaint was resolved when the newspaper published a clarification and an apology for any offence caused to the woman’s relatives and friends.

A company complained that an article published by the newspaper alleged that its website was owned by a former director of the company who no longer had any involvement with the business.

The newspaper had, in response to a direct complaint from the company some weeks prior to its approach to the Office of the Press Ombudsman, immediately deleted the article from its website and marked its cuttings library accordingly. When the complainant searched the internet some weeks later she accessed the article on an external website. On receipt of this further complaint the newspaper immediately undertook to contact the website in question, and the complainant accepted that the newspaper had done everything within its power to have the article deleted from all external websites.

A husband and wife complained about the publication of their names and their children’s names and their full address by the newspaper following an incident in which they were the victims of criminal activity.

The complaint was resolved when the newspaper deleted the article from its website and from Google’s cached pages.

A man complained about calls to his family home by one of the newspaper’s reporters following the death of his daughter in tragic circumstances.

The newspaper explained the background to the newspaper’s efforts to contact the complainant, and indicated that it was never its intention to harass the complainant or his family.

The complaint was resolved when the newspaper immediately confirmed that it would not make any further attempts to contact the complainant or his family.

A man complained about a particular reference to him in an article which he said was derogatory and embarrassing. While the newspaper offered to publish a letter from the complainant, this offer was not accepted by him.

The newspaper published an item which accepted that the language used was offensive and unwarranted. The man complained about the size and positioning of the item on the page, and the complaint was resolved when the paper re-published the item more prominently the following week after representations were made to this effect.

A man complained about a front page article headlined “Orange marches spark attacks on police officers” published in the Sunday Times on 13 July which, he believed, gave a misleading and inaccurate impression of what occurred on the day in question.

The complaint was resolved when the newspaper wrote to the complainant accepting that part of the article may have been misleading, and by subsequently publishing an agreed correction.

A man complained through his solicitors that an article published by the Irish Daily Mail made an inaccurate report of the death of his late wife.

The complaint was resolved when the newspaper published a clarification which was acceptable to the complainant.

A man complained about three articles published by the Sunday Tribune between 2001 and 2003, which he felt affected his good name and which remained available on the newspaper’s website.

The complaint was resolved when the newspaper very speedily agreed to remove the offending articles from its website.

A man complained about a crime statistic used in an article published in the Sunday Independent.

The complaint was resolved when the newspaper clarified to the complainant, and the complainant accepted, the situation in relation to the statistic used in the report.

A family member complained, on her own behalf and on behalf of her family, about an article published by the Irish Star Sunday in relation to the circumstances surrounding her late father’s death. The woman and her family were particularly upset at the newspaper’s decision to publish photographs of her late father’s body.

The complaint was resolved following a meeting between the editor of the newspaper and the complainant, as a result of which the newspaper published an agreed apology.

A woman complained about the Evening Herald’s coverage of a court case which stated inaccurately that her husband had been left without conviction “after paying her compensation”. The woman complained that it was totally inaccurate to state that her husband had paid her compensation.

The complaint was resolved when the newspaper published an agreed clarification.

A man complained about an article published by the Western People in 2004, which he felt affected his good name, which referred to him directly, and which remained available on the newspaper’s website.

The complaint was resolved when the newspaper agreed to remove the offending article from its website.