Decisions - June 2005

The Board of the BCC considered and/or adjudicated upon 23 complaints at is meeting held on 10 June 2005.  Seven of these complaints were found to frivolous and vexatious under Section 24(14) of the Broadcasting Act 2001 and were therefore closed without further investigation.  The summaries of the sixteen complaints are accessible below  (note, all complaint summaries are in MS word format).

Upheld Complaint:
49/05 - Mr. Tim Lane - RTÉ Radio 1 - Advert - The Irish Sun, misleading promotion, infringes advertising codes; upheld'.


Rejected Complaints
26/05 - Mr. Nick Park - NewsTalk 106 - 'The Orla Barry Show', offensive comments, taste & decency, privacy; rejected.

37/05 - Ms. Norah Campeau - RTÉ TV1 - 'The Afternoon Show', offensive sexual content, taste & decency; rejected.

53/05 - Mr. Seamus Berry - TG4 - 'What I Like About You', overtly sexual content, taste & decency; rejected.

56/05 - Mr. Luke Cahill - Lyric FM - Advert - 'Northern Ireland Tourism', religiously offensive, infringes the advertising codes; rejected.

57/05 - Ms. Amanda McIntyre - RTÉ TV1 - 'Prime Time', biased and unfair reporting, impartiality and slander; rejected.

60/05 - Dr. Patrick Buck - RTÉ TV1 - 'Prime Time', biased reporting, impartiality and slander; rejected.

62/05 - Ms. Marie Clancy - TV3 - 'Will and Grace', overtly sexual content, taste & decency; rejected

63/05 - Ms. Elaine Houlihan - RTÉ TV1 - Advert - Douwe Egberts Coffee, demeaning of women, infringes advertising codes; rejected.

64/05 - Mr. Patrick Murray - RTÉ Radio 1 - 'Morning Ireland', biased reporting, impartiality; rejected.

65/05 - Mr. Patrick Murray - RTÉ TV1 - '1 o'clock news', biased reporting, impartiality; rejected.

67/05 - Mr. Sam Clements - NewsTalk 106 - 'Off the Ball', offensive sexual innuendo, taste & decency; rejected.

68/05 - Mr. Sam Clements - NewsTalk 106 - 'News bulletin', use of a vulgar term, taste & decency; rejected.

75/05 - Mr. Gerard Molloy - TV3 - Station Promotion, violent content, taste & decency; rejected.

76/05 - Mr. Dnal O'Driscoll - RTÉ Radio 1, biased discussion, impartiality; rejected.

95/05 - Mr. Brendan Gorry - TV3 - 'Will and Grace', overtly sexual content, taste & decency; rejected.