The Board of the BCC met on 19 May to consider and/or adjudicate upon 33 complaints. In relation to 6 of the complaints, the Commission received requests for anonymity. The Commission was of the view that the granting of anonymity would not be commensurate with the contents of the complaint in each case. With regard to the other 27 complaints, 7 complaints were upheld, 18 were rejected and 2 were deferred for further consideration.
The summaries of the 25 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 all can be found in the pdf document: - BCC Complaint Decisions May08 (pdf)
Upheld / Upheld in Part (ms word files)
Rejected (ms word files)
| No. |
Name |
Category |
Broadcast Item |
Station |
| 78/08 |
Mr. P. Connolly |
law & order, taste & decency - Code of Programme Standards, 3.5 factual programming; offensive & discriminatory text broadcast |
Breakfast Show with Calire & Ger (28 Feb 08) |
Newstalk 106 - 108 |
| 82/08 |
Mr. P. O'Reilly |
taste & decency - Code of Programme Standards, 3.5.2 undue distress & offence; inappropriate report on torture |
Nine O'Clock News (8 Mar 08) |
RTÉ One |
| 83/08 |
Ms. T. Ni Mhaolain |
general advertising codes, 3.2.1 discrimination against women |
Advert - Rustlers (Mar 08) |
RTÉ One |
| 135/08 |
Mrs. S. Little |
general advertising codes, 3.2.1 discrimination against women |
Advert - Rustlers (Mar 08) |
RTÉ Two |
| 87/08 |
Ms. M. Ni Laoire |
taste & decency - Code of Programme Standards, 3.5 factual programming; exploitation by programme maker & broadcaster |
Fairytale of Kathmandu (11 Mar 08) |
RTÉ One |
| 90/08 |
Mr. S. Donaghy |
taste & decency - Code of Programme Standards, 3.7 illegal drugs/drug abuse; ianppropriate comment by presenter |
Mooney & the Cheltenham Racing Festival (13 Mar 08) |
RTÉ MW |
92/08
93/08
& 94/08 |
Mr. A. Garvey |
general advertising codes - 3.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3 & 3.1.8 untruthful & misleading; slogan neither honest nor truthful |
Advert - Dunnes Stores (Mar 08) |
RTÉ Radio 1 |
| 96/08 |
Mr. K. Dolan |
fairness, objectivity & impartiality in current affairs; unfair & biased presentation |
Primetime (19 Feb 08) |
RTÉ One |
| 97/08 |
Mr. & Mrs. C. Cully |
objectivity & impartiality in news and an assertion of inaccurate facts which amonuted to an atack on a person's honour/reputation; unfair & inaccurate news report |
WLRfm News (29 Feb 08) |
WLRfm |
| 106/08 |
Ms. E. Murphy |
objectivity & impartiality in news; unfair & inaccurate news report |
WLRfm News (29 Feb 08) |
WLRfm |
| 107/08 |
Ms. E. Murphy |
an assertion of inaccurate facts which amonuted to an atack on a person's; unfair & inaccurate news report |
WLRfm News (29 Feb 08) |
WLRfm |
| 109/08 |
Mr. F. Flanagan |
general advertising codes - 3.1.2, 3.1.3 & 3.1.4 unfair & misleading; format of comeptition |
Late Late Show (28 Mar 08) |
RTÉ One |
| 121/08 |
Mr. B. Murphy |
taste & decency - Code of Programme Standards, 3.1.2 inappropriate violent content; ianppropriate reconstruction of murder |
Cracking Crime (31 Mar 08) |
RTÉ One |
| 123/08 |
Mr. J. Kelly |
fairness, objectivity & impartiality in current affairs; unfair comments |
Late Late Show (28 Mar 08) |
RTÉ One |
| 124/08 |
Mr. J. Kelly |
fairness, objectivity & impartiality in current affairs; unfair comments |
Saturday View (29 Mar 08) |
RTÉ Radio 1 |
| 125/08 |
Mr. A. McAlinden |
fairness, objectivity & impartiality in current affairs and taste & decency, Code of Programme Standards - offensive comment; unfair and offesnive comment |
Ireland AM (3 Apr 08) |
TV3 |
| 146/08 |
Ms. C. Henry |
fairness, objectivity & impartiality in current affairs; biased & inappropriate comments made by presenter |
Today with Pat Kenny (16 Apr 08) |
RTÉ Radio 1 |
