Complaints against Cork's Red FM radio station regarding the use of the term "bitch" on air and references to penis length have been upheld by the Broadcasting Complaints Commission.
In one complaint received by the commission TV3 was accused of becoming "a peep porn station after midnight".
Another complainant bemoaned the lack of "searching questions" asked by Eamon Dunphy on alleged continued human rights abuses by Sinn Féin/IRA when he interviewed Mr Martin McGuinness on the now defunct Dunphy Show. Neither of the complaints against TV3 was upheld.
Some four complaints were made against Mooney Goes Wild, which is broadcast on RTÉ 1, although none was upheld. The complainant in all four cases was Mr Brendan Price of the Irish Seal Sanctuary.
In one of his submissions to the commission, Mr Price complained that the programme was "not what RTÉ purports it to be, a wildlife programme," but instead a promotion for the presenter, Derek Mooney.
In response RTÉ said Mr Price "seems to direct his criticism largely at the series in general and the presenter rather than specific criticisms of this particular programme".
Just five complaints were upheld by the commission at its most recent board meeting in January.
Two were against Red FM's Victor Barry Show and its Red Rooster Show, both on the grounds of taste and decency.
In the case of Victor Barry the complaint centred on a communication received from a listener who said his girlfriend never changed her underwear. In the ensuing discussion on the show last July Barry said he would throw the woman out and referred to her as a bitch. He used the same term to describe a female panellist on the show.
A complaint against the Red Rooster show arose after a discussion was broadcast between three DJs on the possibility of "exposing the genitals of the Ulster protagonists and, whoever had the longest penis would be judged the winner".
Both of the station's broadcasts were ruled offensive by the commission.
The RTÉ Radio 1 Rhythm & Roots presenter, P.J. Curtis, was ruled by the commission to have had a "lapse of judgment" when he praised Mr Joe Higgins TD and Cllr Clare Daly after the pair were jailed for their role in the anti-bin-tax campaign.
The commission also upheld as misleading a complaint regarding an advertisement for AA Insurance. The advert was for an insurance package which was subject to a three-year no-claims or accident-free motoring record.
When the complainant rang he was informed he needed to be accident-free for five years. The company said the advert was correct, and the applicant had been misinformed when he applied.
A total of 25 of the 180 complaints received last year were referred to the board for a decision. Most complainants were satisfied by the response from the broadcaster concerned.
