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THE PUBLISHER OF Britain’s Sunday Mirror newspaper said that it is being investigated for alleged phone-hacking by former staff.
Trinity Mirror said police were examining whether its subsidiary MGN Limited, which publishes its five national newspapers, could be held criminally liable over allegations that Sunday Mirror journalists illegally accessed celebrities’ voicemail messages.
“The group does not accept wrongdoing within its business and takes these allegations seriously,” a Trinity Mirror spokesman said.
The police investigation is at a “very early stage”, he added.
With a circulation of over one million, the celebrity-heavy Sunday Mirror is the weekly sister newspaper of the left-leaning Daily Mirror tabloid.
News of the World hacking
The Sunday Mirror’s rival the News of the World, owned by Rupert Murdoch, was engulfed in 2011 by revelations that its journalists had hacked the phone of a murdered schoolgirl as well as hundreds of celebrities and public figures.
Murdoch was forced to close down the 168-year-old newspaper in July 2011 following a huge public outcry.
Dan Evans, a former journalist with both the Sunday Mirror and the News of the World, is among 16 people who have been charged over alleged phone-hacking.
Four Trinity Mirror journalists were arrested over suspected phone-hacking in March, including former Sunday Mirror editor Tina Weaver. All four were released on bail.
Trinity Mirror publishes more than a hundred regional titles in Britain and two Scottish newspapers as well as the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People.
Arrests
More than a hundred people have been arrested under three police probes launched in the wake of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.
The scandal also sparked a judicial inquiry into the ethics of the famously raucous British press, which recommended an overhaul of the newspapers’ system of self-regulation.
- © AFP 2013.
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I don’t get the sign “my home is not a hotel”…ok…so don’t rent it out…?
I think they are residents of an apartment block, where they see the unsocial behaviour of some air bnb guests in their lobby, etc. So they dont necessarily rent out their place but have some knock on effects from their neighbours doing so.
Thanks Neil. I was also confused by the protesters.
you have no control when your landlord turns the building you’ve been living in for 25+ years into a hotel .. that’s what it means!
I have had nothing but good experiences as an Air B&B guest! Every stay has lended much more character than staying in a hotel.
AirBnb is great. Stay in a Manhattan apartment for a fraction of the price of a small hotel room.
Have stayed in airbnb accommodation twice. Very pleased with our hosts and accommodation, however for our first trip I had booked accommodation and had money debited from my Visa account and next day Aer Lingus changed their flight schedule, despite numerous efforts to contact airbnb we never heard back from them and ended up paying for 4 nights and due to flight changes could only stay for 3. The next time I tried booking all went well until they wanted a copy of either my passport or my drivers licence ‘for verification ‘ purposes. That took 2 days and numerous phone calls to sort out, this was despite the fact that they had my email address, my mobile number, my Visa account and a very good testimonial from my previous host.
I have found them to be impossible to communicate with as they never respond to emails. However in both of my experiences the accommodation was as described and the hosts were excellent
Spot on just another “rent seeking” operation like Uber.
Would a hotel refund you one night if your flights change? Each room on Airbnb has a cancellation policy chosen by the owner or host. Surely the airline should be responsible for that loss?
There is no excuse for poor customer service with the fees that they charge however.
btw if you dont like airbnb service charges homeaway is a better alternative
Can you get a legal document drafted and have all liability transferred to the guest for duration of their stay?
You could …but if potential guests see red tape,they could go elsewhere
Obviously this would take place after they’ve already paid in full and arrived at your property. They’d have nothing to worry about if they didn’t intend to cause damage etc.
“One Dublin homeowner, who asked not to be identified…
I don’t see it as a business as such, it’s just a few extra people coming to stay with me”
Yeah, you can drop the children of the world act. You’re dodging tax.
“One Dublin homeowner, who asked not to be identified…
I don’t see it as a business as such, it’s just a few extra people coming to stay with me”
Yeah, you can drop the children of the world act. You’re dodging tax. .
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