5% increase in complaints to Press Council

THE Press Council of Ireland received 351 complaints last year, mostly for alleged breaches of the code of practice, including truth, accuracy and privacy issues.

The council published its second annual report yesterday detailing the complaints, the number of which increased by almost 5% compared with 2008.

Almost 140 complaints related to truth and accuracy, a higher number in that category than in the previous year. The category with the next highest number of complaints was privacy.