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An accurate report of inquest proceedings did not breach the deceased's wife's right to privacy, the Press Council of Ireland has ruled. The woman complained in October to the non-statutory Press Ombudsman, the newspaper industry self-regulator, over a report in the Waterford News & Star concern
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A court report from a trial for racial abuse should not have included an uncensored racial slur, the Press Council of Ireland has ruled. A complaint was brought to the Press Ombudsman in connection with a court report published in the online edition of The Irish Times on 17 July 2019.
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A victim of domestic violence who did not realise she would be named in a court report in her local newspaper has had her complaint dismissed by the Press Ombudsman. The woman gave evidence in court in the trial of a former partner who had admitted assaulting her, and her name and address was subseq
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