Mr Brian O'Donnell and Family and the Irish Independent

Decision of the Press Council

At its meeting on July 14 the Press Council admitted the appeal from the Newspaper on the grounds that significant new information was available that could not have been or was not made available to the Press Ombudsman before he made his decision.  The Press Council considered and rejected the appeal on the grounds that the new information provided - that the address where the photograph was taken was the address of Blake O'Donnell for the purposes of the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Law Society of Ireland - was not sufficient to justify the breach of the privacy of Mr Brian O'Donnell.  The Council therefore upheld the decision of the Press Ombudsman.