The Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman
(http://www.pressombudsman.ie) 📸 Data Snapshot: May 22, 2026Inspect the JSON-LD. Is there an Organization or Person schema, and does it carry sameAs links to real external profiles (LinkedIn, socials)? Missing schema or no identity declaration signals an anonymous entity.
Authority is well-established through the listing of real-world names and professional histories for its members. The schema_json identifies the organization and an author named Pat Kennedy, though it lacks sameAs links to external professional profiles for all 13 listed council members. Technical credibility is high, with a logical heading hierarchy and structured data that largely supports the site’s regulatory claims.
The site makes no bold performance claims of the marketing variety. Instead, it demonstrates its performance through a visible archive of recent decisions, such as the March 27, 2026 decision regarding the Business Post. Every claim of ‘independence’ is backed by a breakdown of the Appointments Committee and the funding structure provided on the Press Council history page.
Identity & Authority is read from the structured data first: whether the site declares who it is in machine-readable schema, with verifiable identity links. Below is the schema captured per page, then the external proof links that support (or fail to support) that identity.
🔗 Identity & Technical Layer — schema JSON-LD: identity chains, entity gaps
Homepage schema
{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@graph": [
{
"@type": "Organization",
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/#schema-publishing-organization",
"url": "https://pressombudsman.ie",
"name": "Press Council",
"description": "Press Council of Ireland | Office of the Press Ombudsman"
},
{
"@type": "WebSite",
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/#schema-website",
"url": "https://pressombudsman.ie",
"name": "Press Council",
"encoding": "UTF-8",
"potentialAction": {
"@type": "SearchAction",
"target": "https://pressombudsman.ie/search/{search_term_string}/",
"query-input": "required name=search_term_string"
}
},
{
"@type": "BreadcrumbList",
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/#breadcrumb",
"itemListElement": [
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": 1,
"name": "Home"
}
]
},
{
"@type": "Person",
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/author/pat-kennedy/#schema-author",
"name": "Pat Kennedy",
"url": "https://pressombudsman.ie/author/pat-kennedy/"
}
]
}
/press-council-of-ireland/
{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@graph": [
{
"@type": "Organization",
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/#schema-publishing-organization",
"url": "https://pressombudsman.ie",
"name": "Press Council"
},
{
"@type": "WebSite",
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/#schema-website",
"url": "https://pressombudsman.ie",
"name": "Press Council",
"encoding": "UTF-8",
"potentialAction": {
"@type": "SearchAction",
"target": "https://pressombudsman.ie/search/{search_term_string}/",
"query-input": "required name=search_term_string"
}
},
{
"@type": "BreadcrumbList",
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/press-council-of-ireland?page&pagename=press-council-of-ireland/#breadcrumb",
"itemListElement": [
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": 1,
"name": "Home",
"item": "https://pressombudsman.ie"
},
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": 2,
"name": "Press Council of Ireland"
}
]
},
{
"@type": "Person",
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/author/pat-kennedy/#schema-author",
"name": "Pat Kennedy",
"url": "https://pressombudsman.ie/author/pat-kennedy/"
}
]
}
/code-of-practice/
{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@graph": [
{
"@type": "Organization",
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/#schema-publishing-organization",
"url": "https://pressombudsman.ie",
"name": "Press Council"
},
{
"@type": "WebSite",
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/#schema-website",
"url": "https://pressombudsman.ie",
"name": "Press Council",
"encoding": "UTF-8",
"potentialAction": {
"@type": "SearchAction",
"target": "https://pressombudsman.ie/search/{search_term_string}/",
"query-input": "required name=search_term_string"
}
},
{
"@type": "BreadcrumbList",
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/code-of-practice?page&pagename=code-of-practice/#breadcrumb",
"itemListElement": [
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": 1,
"name": "Home",
"item": "https://pressombudsman.ie"
},
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": 2,
"name": "Code of Practice"
}
]
},
{
"@type": "Person",
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/author/pat-kennedy/#schema-author",
"name": "Pat Kennedy",
"url": "https://pressombudsman.ie/author/pat-kennedy/"
}
]
}
/online-complaint-form/
{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@graph": [
{
"@type": "Organization",
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/#schema-publishing-organization",
"url": "https://pressombudsman.ie",
"name": "Press Council"
},
{
"@type": "WebSite",
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/#schema-website",
"url": "https://pressombudsman.ie",
"name": "Press Council",
"encoding": "UTF-8",
"potentialAction": {
"@type": "SearchAction",
"target": "https://pressombudsman.ie/search/{search_term_string}/",
"query-input": "required name=search_term_string"
}
},
{
"@type": "BreadcrumbList",
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/online-complaint-form?page&pagename=online-complaint-form/#breadcrumb",
"itemListElement": [
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": 1,
"name": "Home",
"item": "https://pressombudsman.ie"
},
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": 2,
"name": "Online Complaint Form"
}
]
},
{
"@type": "Person",
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/author/pat-kennedy/#schema-author",
"name": "Pat Kennedy",
"url": "https://pressombudsman.ie/author/pat-kennedy/"
}
]
}
/member-publications/
{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@graph": [
{
"@type": "Organization",
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/#schema-publishing-organization",
"url": "https://pressombudsman.ie",
"name": "Press Council"
},
{
"@type": "WebSite",
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/#schema-website",
"url": "https://pressombudsman.ie",
"name": "Press Council",
"encoding": "UTF-8",
"potentialAction": {
"@type": "SearchAction",
"target": "https://pressombudsman.ie/search/{search_term_string}/",
"query-input": "required name=search_term_string"
}
},
{
"@type": "BreadcrumbList",
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/member-publications?page&pagename=member-publications/#breadcrumb",
"itemListElement": [
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": 1,
"name": "Home",
"item": "https://pressombudsman.ie"
},
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": 2,
"name": "Member Publications"
}
]
},
{
"@type": "Person",
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/author/pat-kennedy/#schema-author",
"name": "Pat Kennedy",
"url": "https://pressombudsman.ie/author/pat-kennedy/"
}
]
}
/category/outcome-of-complaints/decisions/
{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@graph": [
{
"@type": "Organization",
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/#schema-publishing-organization",
"url": "https://pressombudsman.ie",
"name": "Press Council"
},
{
"@type": "WebSite",
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/#schema-website",
"url": "https://pressombudsman.ie",
"name": "Press Council",
"encoding": "UTF-8",
"potentialAction": {
"@type": "SearchAction",
"target": "https://pressombudsman.ie/search/{search_term_string}/",
"query-input": "required name=search_term_string"
}
},
{
"@type": "CollectionPage",
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/category/outcome-of-complaints/decisions/#schema-webpage",
"isPartOf": {
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/#schema-website"
},
"publisher": {
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/#schema-publishing-organization"
},
"url": "https://pressombudsman.ie/category/outcome-of-complaints/decisions/",
"mainEntity": {
"@type": "ItemList",
"itemListElement": [
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": "1",
"url": "https://pressombudsman.ie/omb-2504-2026-a-couple-and-waterfordlive-ie/"
},
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": "2",
"url": "https://pressombudsman.ie/omb-2436-2025-ms-viktoria-okeeffe-and-the-business-post/"
},
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": "3",
"url": "https://pressombudsman.ie/omb-2437-2025-a-woman-and-the-business-post/"
},
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": "4",
"url": "https://pressombudsman.ie/omb-2496-2026-a-man-and-the-irish-times/"
},
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": "5",
"url": "https://pressombudsman.ie/omb-2509-2026-mr-michael-blount-and-crime-world/"
},
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": "6",
"url": "https://pressombudsman.ie/omb-2512-2026-a-man-and-the-kerryman/"
}
]
}
},
{
"@type": "BreadcrumbList",
"@id": "https://pressombudsman.ie/category/outcome-of-complaints/decisions?category_name=outcome-of-complaints/decisions/#breadcrumb",
"itemListElement": [
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": 1,
"name": "Home",
"item": "https://pressombudsman.ie"
},
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": 2,
"name": "Outcome of Complaints",
"item": "https://pressombudsman.ie/category/outcome-of-complaints/"
},
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": 3,
"name": "Archive for Decisions"
}
]
}
]
}
🛡️ Trust Signals — external proof links that back the declared identity
| Page | Reviews | Proof links |
|---|---|---|
| / (home) | 3 | 0 |
| /press-council-of-ireland/ | 3 | 0 |
| /code-of-practice/ | 4 | 0 |
| /online-complaint-form/ | 4 | 0 |
| /member-publications/ | 4 | 0 |
| /category/outcome-of-complaints/decisions/ | 3 | 0 |
This page presents a snapshot of public data from The Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, captured on May 22, 2026, to show how machine logic reads Identity & Authority signals into an AI reputation evaluation.
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