Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 17 February 2022
Committee on Public Petitions
Annual Reports of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman: Press Ombudsman
Mr. Peter Feeney:
-----and the clarification appears a week later on page 27. I understand that seems to be unfair. At the moment, we have no requirement that a clarification must appear in any particular location in a newspaper as long as it is published. When the apology or correction goes into the publication, the complainant can still make another complaint to us within three months. If I uphold that complaint, then it will be published wherever the original decision was. Frequently, members of the public are satisfied, especially because where a clarification is about something that is inaccurate, the online version will also be corrected. Therefore, even though the apology may be buried on page 27, the correction will be the record that can be googled afterwards. I think that helps.
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