Press Releases

There is a major anomaly, in Ireland as elsewhere, in the way in which organisations which provide news are treated. Newspapers and magazines and some online-only news publications are subject to a Code of Practice which is implemented by the Press Council, a body independent of Government and the press.

Launch of the 2016 Annual Report of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman  - Remarks of Chairman, Seán Donlon

Launch of 2016 Annual Report of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman - Remarks of the Press Ombudsman Peter Feeney. 

Launch of the 2016 Annual Report of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman by Denis Naughten TD, Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Press Release; Press Council of Ireland makes submission to Department of Justice on review of the Defamation Act

Review of the Defamation Act 2009 – Public consultation

Seán Donlon appointed new Chair of the Press Council

Remarks by Mr Roy Greenslade at the Launch of the 2015 Annual Report 

Press Ombudsman address for 2015 Annual Report Launch 

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