Press Releases

Speech given by Seán Donlon, Chairperson of the Press Council of Ireland, to the Association of European Journalists in Ireland on 13 October 2017.

The recent publication on the Facebook page of KildareNow (an online-only news service for County Kildare) of an image of a man falsely accused of being a threat to children has received extensive coverage in the media.  

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