The Board of the Broadcasting Complaints Commission (BCC) met on 24 March 2009 to consider and/or adjudicate upon 24 complaints, 13 of which were deferred from the Commission's February meeting. All the complaints were rejected.
The summaries of the 24 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 Decisions March 2009
Rejected (ms word files)
| No. |
Name |
Category |
Broadcast Item |
Station |
| 468/08 |
M Sood & K Fahy, Wigwam |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality, (c) unwarranted invasion of privacy and (f) inaccurate facts consituted an attack on person's honour or reputtation; unfair treatment of company Wigwam, inaccurate and damaging |
Prime Time Investigates (1 Dec 08) |
RTÉ One |
481/08
&
482/08 |
Mr. S Murtagh, IRHA |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality; inaccurate, misleading & sensationalist, unfair to Irish haulage industry |
Morning Ireland(1 Dec 08)
Prime Time Investigates (1 Dec 08) |
RTÉ Radio 1 |
| 1/09 |
Mr. J. Quinn, James Quinn Transport & IRHA |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality, (c) unwarranted invasion of privacy and (f) inaccurate facts constituted an attack on person's honour or reputation; unfair treatment of Mr. Quinn, inaccurate and damaging |
Prime Time Investigates (1 Dec 08) |
RTÉ One |
08/09
&
09/09 |
Ballinalard Transport |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality and (f) inaccurate facts constituted an attack on person's honour or reputation; unfair treatment of company, inaccurate and damaging |
Prime Time Investigates (1 Dec 08)
Prime Time (2 Dec 08) |
RTÉ One |
475/08
&
476/08 |
Mr. F. Curly, Pure H2O Company |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality and (f) inaccurate facts constituted an attack on person's honour or reputation; unfair treatment of company, biased, inaccurate and damaging |
Buyer Beware (4 Dec 08) |
RTÉ One |
| 477/08 |
Mr. T. Ryan, Pure Irish Water Brand Systems |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality; facts & statements made were not factual, were misleading and cause for distress |
Buyer Beware (4 Dec 08) |
RTÉ One |
| 478/08 |
Mr. T. Ryan, Pure Irish Water Brand Systems |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality; facts & statements made were not factual, were misleading and cause for distress |
The Keith Finnegan Show (5 Dec 08) |
Galway Bay FM |
| 14/09 |
Mr. L. Power |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality; one-sided discussion, inaccurate content |
Today with Pat Kenny (23 Dec 08) |
RTÉ Radio 1 |
20/09
&
21/09 |
Mr. & Mrs. Rossiter |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality; unfair treatment of the subject matter and of Mr. & Mrs. Rossiter, |
Prime Time (16 Dec 08) |
RTÉ One |
| 22/09 |
Mr. J. Ryan |
Code of Programme Standards, sexual content; pornographic content inappropriate |
Film: Road Trip (15 Jan 09) |
RTÉ Two |
| 24/09 |
Mr. D. Lee |
24(2)(a) objectivity & impartiality in news; one sided and inaccurate report |
Tipp FM News (15 Dec 08) |
Tipp FM |
| 33/09 |
Mr. E. Ryan |
Code of Programme Standards, 3.7 alcohol; content condoned abuse of alcohol |
Coronation Street (11 Jan 09) |
TV3 |
35/09
&
35/09 |
Mr. D. Doyle |
Code of Programme Standards, 3.5.2 factual programming; report in news inappropriate and distressful |
Six One News (25 Jan 09)
Nine O'Clock News (25 Jan 09) |
RTÉ One |
| 39/09 |
Mr. J. Bolger |
Code of Programme Standards, 3.4 persons & groups in society; discriminatory remark re english accents |
The All Ireland Talent Show (25 Jan 09) |
RTÉ One |
| 40/09 |
Mr. D. Connolly |
Code of Programme Standards, 3.2 sexual conduct, 3.3 coarse & offensive language and 3.4 persons & groups in society; inappropriate sketches/jokes |
Tommy Tiernan Live in Chicago (29 Dec 08) |
RTÉ Two |
61/09
&
62/09 |
Ballinalard Transport |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality and (f) inaccurate facts constituted an attack on person's honour or reputation; unfair treatment of company, inaccurate and damaging |
Prime Time (10 Feb 09) |
RTÉ Two |
| 63/09 |
Mr. N. Bresnan |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality; one sided discussion, partisan guest |
Mooney (10 Feb 09) |
RTÉ Radio 1 |
| 65/09 |
Mr. D. O'Driscoll |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality; one sided discussion |
This Week (15 Feb 09) |
RTÉ Radio 1 |
| 68/09 |
Mr. D. Donnelly |
24(2)(a) fairness, objectivity & impartiality; one sided discussion |
The Late Late Show (23 Jan 09) |
RTÉ One |
| 84/09 |
Ms. A. Fitzgerald |
Code of Programme Standards, 3.5 factual programming; details of murder too graphic |
News @ 1.30pm (16 Feb 09) |
RTÉ Lyric FM |
