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Complaints

All time
Dublin
Complaints from people staying in Dublin homeless hostels jump from 34 in 2020 to 122 in 2021
11 Dec 2021
23.6k
Complaints
Portobello Plaza will no longer be closed off at weekends
8 Jun 2021
16.6k
11
Mental Health
Loophole means 'voluntary' mental health patients have diminished right to appeal detention
20 Apr 2021
14.5k
2
Complaints
Ombudsman ordered bank to reimburse money to child's account after father withdrew €66,000
3 Feb 2021
82.4k
44
Complaints
RTÉ received 27 formal complaints after contributor to US inauguration coverage called Joe Biden a 'criminal'
21 Jan 2021
79.3k
47
Allegations
Nursing home complaints during Covid: Concerns over isolation and lack of social distancing
2 Jan 2021
30.9k
25
Streaming
RTÉ says it's striving to improve Player amid complaints about 'frustrating' and 'ridiculous' service
25 Dec 2020
67.9k
82
year in weather
'Ridiculous' forecasting and 'offensive' lack of Northern Irish coverage: The complaints sent to Met Éireann in 2020
24 Dec 2020
47.3k
37
Children's Rights
Children with disabilities waiting years for assessment a violation of their rights, committee to be told
1 Dec 2020
9.8k
9
Complaints
Eir CEO says it was a 'mistake' to locate customer care centre in Sligo
Updated 25 Nov 2020
119k
163
legal argument
Over 600 complaints made against barristers and solicitors in six-month period
5 Oct 2020
33.7k
38
Bai
Broadcasting regulator rejects 12 complaints made against RTÉ and Newstalk since December
29 Jul 2020
26.3k
10
Complaints
Gsoc has received 169 complaints from the public over Covid policing measures
Updated 9 Jun 2020
26.3k
39
Not happy
Over 50 viewers contact RTÉ over 'disappointment and unhappiness' with Normal People
21 May 2020
90.4k
90
Annual Report
Complaint to Ombudsman after social housing tenant deemed to have sent 'insulting' tweet about neighbour
20 May 2020
26.8k
14
TV
RTÉ received 37 informal complaints about first two episodes of Normal People
1 May 2020
93.8k
132
eff em radio
Five separate complaints over use of 'f*ck', 'sh*t' and 'Jesus Christ' rejected by watchdog
15 Apr 2020
33.5k
45
Food Safety
A caterpillar in pork chops and a snail in a whole chicken: Last year was a busy one for the food safety authority
24 Feb 2020
29.4k
13
Complaints
Irish Rail introducing measures to deal with reservations not appearing over pre-booked seats
6 Jan 2020
27.9k
34
Workplace issues
11 gardaí investigated for bullying following HR complaints in 2019
5 Jan 2020
23.8k
13
HIQA
Nursing home complaints: Allegations of abusive staff and unexplained injuries
3 Jan 2020
48.8k
29
by-election controversy
'I expect more from you': Letters of complaint sent to the Taoiseach called on him to drop Verona Murphy
24 Dec 2019
15.3k
42
Complaints
'Abysmal' forecasting and 'embarrassing' alerts: The complaints sent to Met Éireann in 2019
21 Dec 2019
39.2k
62
Complaints
RTÉ 'committed' to improving Player after complaints about 'frustrating' and 'unusable' service
15 Dec 2019
55.4k
98
Bullying
Multiple senior gardaí under investigation for alleged bullying and harassment
11 Dec 2019
28.7k
Complaints
'A volatile and dangerous situation': Passengers file complaints about security staff on the Luas
4 Dec 2019
68.9k
44
Weather Warning
Met Éireann blames media for 'over-sensationalising' Storm Lorenzo after receiving complaints
11 Nov 2019
35.9k
55
Complaints
Council warns National Children's Hospital contractor about working hour breaches on site
2 Nov 2019
30.0k
FOI
Bus Éireann received more than 12,200 complaints from customers last year
15 Oct 2019
21.1k
37
Complaints
Ciara Kelly calls for Medical Council reform after 'vexatious' complaints over HPV vaccine support
1 Oct 2019
43.4k
48
Bai
Three complaints about RTÉ Prime Time's report on transgender issues rejected by BAI
24 Sep 2019
19.1k
21
ASAI
Two complaints against online bank upheld over offensive use of word 'bulls**t' in ad campaign
6 Sep 2019
18.6k
36
Complaints
Toyota hybrid campaign falls foul of ad watchdog after misleading cost-saving claim
Updated 5 Sep 2019
32.3k
33
Confidential recipient
'They feel there's an unreasonable effort to control them': Watchdog concern over HSE treatment of people with disabilities
3 Sep 2019
13.1k
8
off the rails
Topless teens, sexual harassment and aerosol flamethrowers: Dart users' complaints to Irish Rail
1 Sep 2019
89.7k
42
tracker mortgage scandal
Lenders expected to row back after rebuke from ombudsman over tracker mortgage complaints
25 Aug 2019
20.8k
29
Allegations
Nursing home complaints: Allegations of sexual assault and unexplained injuries
22 Aug 2019
48.1k
23
Tracker Scandal
Banks use time limit to challenge tracker mortgage complaints to Ombudsman
19 Aug 2019
17.6k
31
Odour
Bad smells at waste sites led to hundreds of complaints to the EPA last year
18 Jul 2019
7.3k
1
ASAI
Sunday Business Post ad about 'young and dynamic team of journalists' was ageist, watchdog rules
26 Jun 2019
10.6k
18
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