Decisions - April 2007

The Board of the BCC met on 16 April 2007 to consider and/or adjudicate upon twenty-four complaints, four of which related to discussions over a series of broadcasts. The Commission deferred the adjudication on one complaint for further consideration to the next meeting of the Board.

 

The summaries of the twenty-three complaints on which full adjudications were made are accessible on this page (note, all complaint summaries are in MS word format).

 

Upheld

No.	Name	Category	Broadcast Item	Station	Decision
267/06	Mr. L. Fennelly	Gerneral advert codes & impartiality; indirect advertising & inaccurate discussion	Ireland AM	TV3	Upheld
39/07	Dr. K. Arthur	General adverts codes; violent content	Advert for Halifax	TV3	Upheld
58/07	Mrs. M. Moriarty	Impartiality; unbalanced discussion	Liveline	RTÉ Radio 1	Upheld
59/07	Mr. M. O'Driscoll	Impartiality; unbalanced discussion	Liveline	RTÉ Radio 1	Upheld
67/07	Ms. R. Wright, Headline	General advert codes; misleading	Advert for comedy shows	Q103	Upheld
80/07	Mr. B. Richardson	Taste & decency; inappropriate sexual content	The Ray D'Arcy	Today FM	Upheld

 

Rejected

No.	Name	Category	Broadcast Item	Station	Decision
258/06	Mrs. U. Caulfied	Impartiality; inaccurate statements	Ireland AM	TV3	Rejected
13/07 & 34/07	Mr. P. Cassidy	General advert codes & law & order; inappropriate content	Advert for Alfa Romeo	TV3	Rejected
25/07	Mr. C. Walshe	Impartiality & racist; unfair comments	The Breakfast Show	Newstalk	Rejected
26/07	Ms. M. Ward	Taste & decency; inappropriate sexual content	Coas ar Ghneas	TG4	Rejected
35/07	Ms. J, Cotter	Impartiality, racism; unfair discussion & comments	Cork Talks Back	Red FM	Rejected
37/07	Ms. J, Cotter	Taste & decency; inappropriate sexual content	Cork Talks Back	Red FM	Invalid
38/07	Mr. A. Nazum	Law & order; encourage fraud	The Rick O'Shea Show	2FM	Rejected
41/07	Ms. J. Cotter	Impartiality; unbalanced & unfair discussion	West Cork Today	Cork's 96 & 103FM	Rejected
42/07	Mr. C. O'Riordan	General advert codes; inappropriate use of religious words	Advert -11890	RTÉ Radio 1	Rejected
46/07	Mr. R. Barrett	Impartiality; unbalanced reporting	Six One News	RTÉ TV1	Rejected
50/07 51/07 52/07 53/07	Dunmay Promotions Association	Impartiality; unfair & unbalanced reporting	West Cork Today	Cork's 96 & 103FM	Rejected
69/07	Mr. D. Lamont	Impartiality; unbalanced discussion	Morning Ireland	RTÉ Radio 1	Rejected
73/07	Mr. M. Smith, HEAT	Impartiality; unbalanced discussion	Late Late Show	RTÉ TV 1	Rejected