TCD bans Daily Mail in shocking story reprisal

Trinity College Dublin has voted to ban the Irish Daily Mail from its campus in a show of digust at its publication of a fabricated story about the death of Caolan Mulrooney.

In a story read over 7,000 times in just two days on StudentNews.ie, we described the venomous reaction the story had received from students disgusted at how low the tabloid was prepared to stoop to sell copies.

Report Marisa Lynch wrote in a piece for the paper Sunday that Mulrooney’s body had been found in the River Lee.

The story was published two days before the body was eventually discovered off Douglas Street in Cork, seemingly after the deceased sustained a 25 foot fall.

The shocking story provoked outrage from Cork residents and students alike, with outraged readers taking to Twitter, Facebook, and other social media means to promise never to buy the newspaper again.

The Irish version of the Daily Mail has its headquarters in Dublin. The newspaper has been involved in a number of controversies including the illegal obtaining of data from readers.

An apology was printed in yesterday’s edition of the paper, while TCD’s University Times reports that the editor of the paper personally travelled to Cork to express his disappointment at the piece’s publication to the family involved.

A former Mail reader from Cork, Conor Hinds, told StudentNews.ie tonight that the story was not only hurtful, but also grossly irresponsible.

“Not only was the publication of the piece grossly offensive and wrong,” he said.

“But the piece caused a great risk that people would be dissuaded from continuing the search was very real.”

The National Union of Journalists have not yet made a comment on the publication of the article.

Caolan Mulrooney’s body was discovered yesterday after a local businessman heeded a call for local residents to check their properties in a bid to find the body of the missing student.

Commenters are reminded to please adhere to the family’s request not to discuss the circumstances of the death on comments and/or social media.

By DONAL MACHENRY

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