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Sunday August 10, 2008 10:00 by Jim O'Brien
Firs class minister, second class athletes story gone from web edition
Maybe it is not the sort of anti government story Sir Anthony would want. Minister Martin Cullen padding around in his first class pajamas on his first class flight to China has vanished, replaced by:
"Cabinet opposed to across-the-board pay rises
By RONALD QUINLAN
ACROSS-the-board pay rises look like an increasingly unlikely outcome from the national pay talks as the Government attempts to rein in inflation and protect employment as the economic downturn continues."
The story not on Sunday Independent website - click to read Or was it regarded as a breach of the Minister's 'privacy'. If so, no such luck for gay gardai, who suffered a homophobic attack, masquerading as the public interest, from Jim Cusack last week. Looks like Cusack might be reported to the Press Council......
Angry at 'gay garda' article
Sunday August 10 2008
Sir -- The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors wishes to complain in the strongest possible manner at the contents of an article called 'Garda's gay club visit shows new face of the force' (Sunday Independent, August 3, 2008).
We have received complaints from our members about the article and we believe it is not only offensive to members of the garda organisation who are gay, but also to the entire gay community. This article was clearly intended to stir up anti-gay feelings in general, within the Garda Siochana and, in particular, amongst Garda Headquarters personnel and I will expanded on this point later in this letter.
The Association also condemns the article in the light of the garda organisation's good record in developing policies to prevent harassment and bullying. The article is a serious setback to the organisation where a great deal has been achieved over recent years in developing policies to ensure that minorities and individuals are not bullied or harassed because of race, colour, nationality, religion, ethnic or national origins, membership of the travelling community or sexual orientation.
In the opinion of the association, the article is in breach of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Periodicals which forms the basis for adjudications by the Press Ombudsman and Press Council of Ireland.
The particular breaches are:
Breach of Principle 3.1 -- Fairness and Honesty.
It is not fair or honest to publish an article that refers to the private life of any citizen, to how they were dressed or where they were in their own time when there is no legitimate public interest served by the publication of such details. It is not fair or honest in the course of such an article to introduce such derogatory terms as 'Garda Hindquarters' or to refer to a "'pink circle' in Phoenix Park depot".
Breach of Principle 5.1 -- The Right to Privacy.
It is a breach of the privacy of the person involved, who is obviously identifiable to at least some of his colleagues, to publish details of how they were dressed or where they were during their own time. The article has been written in a most intrusive and offensive manner about a member's behaviour that is totally unrelated to their professional role. Describing a garda member as "coming out of one of the country's best known gay bars dressed in what were described as 'tight black leather pants'" is both unnecessary and un-newsworthy. We cannot accept that what gardai legitimately do while off duty is fair game for any press reporter. A garda member's family status, marital status, sexual orientation and religious behaviour are private. They are not matters of public interest. In an organisation like An Garda Siochana it is not always necessary to name names. We believe that the article will have inevitably resulted in a great deal of speculation as to who is the officer concerned with the resultant loss of privacy.
Breach of Principle 5.2 -- Respect for Privacy
There has been a total lack of respect for the privacy and the sensibilities of this individual member and for the privacy and sensibilities of his gay colleagues. The damage is done to a small number of gay members in difficult personal domestic circumstances. It will have negative emotional and psychological consequences for these people who have done nothing wrong. We feel that members of the gay community will have been both upset and distressed by the publication of this article.
The association is particularly concerned by the intrusion into the lives of gay and lesbian members of An Garda Siochana and the homophobic insinuations in the article about 'Garda Hindquarters' and a 'pink circle' in the Phoenix Park Depot.
Joe Dirwan,
General Secretary, AGSI
The rest of the Sindo is traditional reactionary fare, save for Gene Kerrigan on the back page of course.
The story in an early (?) edition
Top story on the web - pay cuts for all (except 'Sir' Anthony of course)
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Jump To Comment: 1Considering how the Sindo got the last 'politician abroad' story wrong - claiming Liam Lawlor was with a 17 year old prostitute - maybe this one is simply wrong too. If so, equally typical of the Sindo. Lawlor couldn't sue, being dead.