Decisions - September 2005

The Board of the BCC considered and/or adjudicated upon 18 complaints at is meeting held on 2 September 2005.  One of these complaints was found to frivolous and vexatious under Section 24(14) of the Broadcasting Act 2001 and was therefore closed without further investigation.  Two complaint decisions were deferred.  The summaries of the fifteen complaints on which full adjudications were made are accessible below  (note, all complaint summaries are in MS word format).

Upheld Complaint:
125/05 - Mrs. Catherine Faherty - RTÉ TV1 - Advert - Lucozade, infringes general principle of decency; upheld


Rejected Complaints
78/05 - Ms. Angela Farrell - RTÉ Radio 1 - Advert - 'The Village Magazine' - infringes advertising codes 8.3 (use verbally or orally of regular presenters of news & current affairs in advertisments) ; rejected

79/05 - Ms. Maeve Smyth - RTÉ TV1 - ''Dream Team'' - slanderous comment; rejected

91/05 - Mr.Eoin Dillon - RTÉ Radio 1 - 'Morning Ireland' - biased reporting, impartiality; rejected

92/05 - Mr. Con Doherty - RTÉ TV1 - 'Prime Time' - biased reporting, impartiality; rejected.

99/05 - Mr. Michael McMahon - RTÉ Radio 1 - 'Liveline' - biased reporting and gratuitous slur; rejected.

101/05 - Mr. Peter Feeney - NewsTalk 106 - Advert - 'FBD Insurance' - infringes advertising codes, 8.4 (format of advertisements); rejected.

102/05 - an tAthair Padraig O Cuill - TG4 -  'Cogar - Rang a Dó - clúmhilleadh; diúltaíodh don ghearán.

103/05 - Mr. Brendan Price - RTÉ TV1 - News Bulletins - biased reporting, impartiality; rejected.

104/05 - Mr. Brendan Price - RTÉ Radio 1 - 'Marian Finucane', biased reporting, impartiality; rejected.

105/05 - Mr. Brendan Sheeran - RTÉ TV1 - sponsorship stings - infringes separation regulation of advertising codes; rejected.

107/05 - Mr. John Fullerton - RTÉ Radio 1 - 'News @1' - insensitive coverage of a person's death, taste & decency; rejected.

109/05 - Mr. Con Doherty - RTÉ TV1 - 'Primetime' - biased reporting, impartiality; rejected.

117, 118 & 119/05 - Mr.Sam Clements - NewsTalk 106 - use of bad language throughout schedulte, taste & decency; rejected.

132/05 - Mr.Rory Connor - RTÉ Radio 1 - 'Tonight with Vincent Browne' - biased reporting and incitement to hatred; rejected.