The Board of the Broadcasting Complaints Commission (BCC) met on 11 June 2009 to consider and/or adjudicate upon 36 complaints. The Commission had to defer 5 of the complaints due to quorum issues.
The summaries of the 31 complaints on which full adjudications were made are accessible on this page in MS word format by clicking on the relevant link in the table below, or in the following word document: BCC Complaint Decision June 2009
Rejected (ms word files)
| No. |
Name |
Category |
Broadcast Item |
Station |
| 101/09 |
Mrs. R. McGarrigle |
24(2)(c) privacy & (f) inaccurate facts; visual of name without permission & context damaging to complainant |
Prime Time (17 Feb 09) |
RTÉ TV1 |
| 105/09 |
Mr. M. Waters |
24(2)(c) privacy & (f) inaccurate facts; visual of name without permission & context damaging to complainant |
Prime Time (17 Feb 09) |
RTÉ TV1 |
| 108/09 |
Mr. G. Curran |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality, (c) privacy & (f) inaccurate facts; content one-sided and unfair, inaccurate, allegations & innuendo went unchallenged |
Prime Time (17 Feb 09) |
RTÉ TV1 |
| 113/09 |
Mr. M. Curran |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality, (c) privacy & (f) inaccurate facts; content one-sided and unfair, inaccurate, allegations & innuendo went unchallenged |
Prime Time (17 Feb 09) |
RTÉ TV1 |
| 114/09 |
Mr. F. Curran |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality, (c) privacy & (f) inaccurate facts; content one-sided and unfair, inaccurate, allegations & innuendo went unchallenged |
Prime Time (17 Feb 09) |
RTÉ TV1 |
| 115/09 |
Mr. J. Curran |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality, (c) privacy & (f) inaccurate facts; content one-sided and unfair, inaccurate, allegations & innuendo went unchallenged |
Prime Time (17 Feb 09) |
RTÉ TV1 |
| 116/09 |
Mr. J. Curran |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality, (c) privacy & (f) inaccurate facts; content one-sided and unfair, inaccurate, allegations & innuendo went unchallenged |
Prime Time (17 Feb 09) |
RTÉ TV1 |
| 117/09 |
Ms. M. Stephens |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality, (c) privacy & (f) inaccurate facts; content one-sided and unfair, inaccurate, allegations & innuendo went unchallenged |
Prime Time (17 Feb 09) |
RTÉ TV1 |
| 118/09 |
Mr. A. Curran |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality, (c) privacy & (f) inaccurate facts; content one-sided and unfair, inaccurate, allegations & innuendo went unchallenged |
Prime Time (17 Feb 09) |
RTÉ TV1 |
| 119/09 |
Rev. T. Curran |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality, (c) privacy & (f) inaccurate facts; content one-sided and unfair, inaccurate, allegations & innuendo went unchallenged |
Prime Time (17 Feb 09) |
RTÉ TV1 |
| 120/09 |
Mr. T. Curran |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality, (c) privacy & (f) inaccurate facts; content one-sided and unfair, inaccurate, allegations & innuendo went unchallenged |
Prime Time (17 Feb 09) |
RTÉ TV1 |
| 122/09 |
Mrs. J. Curran Fowler |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality, (c) privacy & (f) inaccurate facts; content one-sided and unfair, inaccurate, allegations & innuendo went unchallenged |
Prime Time (17 Feb 09) |
RTÉ TV1 |
| 125/09 |
Mr. P. Curran |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality, (c) privacy & (f) inaccurate facts; content one-sided and unfair, inaccurate, allegations & innuendo went unchallenged |
Prime Time (17 Feb 09) |
RTÉ TV1 |
| 126/09 |
Mr. S. Curran |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality, (c) privacy & (f) inaccurate facts; content one-sided and unfair, inaccurate, allegations & innuendo went unchallenged |
Prime Time (17 Feb 09) |
RTÉ TV1 |
| 127/09 |
Mr. T. Curran |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality, (c) privacy & (f) inaccurate facts; content one-sided and unfair, inaccurate, allegations & innuendo went unchallenged |
Prime Time (17 Feb 09) |
RTÉ TV1 |
| 256/09 |
Mr. M. Meade |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality and (d) COPS, 3.5 factual programming; inappropriate content - demeaning, distasteful and unjustifiable regarding portraits of An Taoiseach |
RTÉ TV News: Nine O'Clock (23 Mar 09) |
RTÉ TV1 |
| 280/09 |
INO |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality; one-sided and misleading discussion on public sector pensions |
Today with Pat Kenny (1 April 2009) |
RTÉ Radio 1 |
| 281/09 |
INO |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality; one-sided and misleading discussion on public sector pensions |
The Week in Politics |
RTÉ Radio 1 |
294/09
295/09
296/09 |
Family & Media Association |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality; one-sided and misleading reports on US Presidential announcement |
News at Six
Drivetime Business News
RTÉ TV News - Nine O'Clock (9 March 2009) |
RTÉ Radio 1
RTÉ TV1 |
| 306/09 |
Mr. T. O'Brien |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality; unfair comment regarding Catholicism |
Today with Pat Kenny (3 April 2009) |
RTÉ Radio 1 |
| 307/09 |
Mr. P. Carr |
24(2)(d) COPS, people & groups in society: offensive remark concerning Catholicism |
The Gerry Ryan Show (1 April 2009) |
2FM |
| 308/09 |
Changing Ireland |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality; inaccurate and exaggerated statement by presenter concerning report on an incident in Limerick |
The Gerry Ryan Show (20 March 2009) |
2FM |
| 310/09 |
Mr. J. Halpin |
24(2)(e) General Advertising Codes, sponsorship/product placement; news report included product placement which is not permissible |
RTÉ TV News - Nine O'Clock (20 April 2009) |
RTÉ TV1 |
| 312/09 |
Ms. M. Clancy |
24(2)(d) COPS, 2.2 due care, 2.3 protection of children and 3.2 sexual conduct; inappropriate content for time of broadcast, adult discussion about sexual matters |
The Oprah Winfrey Show (20 April 2009) |
TV3 |
| 315/09 |
Mr. S. Brady |
24(2)(d) COPS, 3.3.1 coarse and offensive language; reference to God using bad language, gratuitous |
The Gerry Ryan Show (29 April 2009) |
2FM |
| 319/09 |
Ms. B. McLeavy |
24(2)(d) COPS, 3.5 factual programming; demeaning and gratuitous inclusion of visual of incident of Ms. Janet Jackson being disrobed at the 2004 Superbowl |
RTÉ TV News - Nine c'clock (20 April 2009) |
RTÉ TV1 |
| 330/09 |
Mr. Q. Gargan |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality; one-sided discussion on climate change & inappropriate comments concerning the Green Party, particularly given forthcoming election |
The Late Late Show (8 May 2009) |
RTÉ TV1 |
| 331/09 |
Mr. F. O Luain |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality; unfair coverage of Independent candidates in the European elections, bias for particular candidates & not granted equal coverage |
Today with Pat Kenny (12 May 2009) |
RTÉ Radio 1 |
| 333/09 |
Mr. P. O'Mahony |
24(2)(d) COPS, 2.2 due care & 2.3 protection of children); animals treated in an unethical and unfair manner, inappropriate for broadcast, not acceptable and sets a low standard of behaviour for young people dealing casually with animals |
Corrigan's Farm |
RTÉ TV1 |
