Sisters seek removal of Virgin Media's 'First Timers on the Frontline' footage showing brother lying dead on apartment floor

"Members of the family of a man filmed as he lay dead during an ambulance call out to his apartment are seeking a High Court injunction requiring Virgin Media and a film company to take the footage off air and off social media."

"Jennifer McCaffrey and Alison Lynch say they "explicitly refused consent" for the broadcast and that the airing of the footage has had a catastrophic impact on their ability to process their brother's death."

"Bernard Slean suffered from addiction issues and when the ambulance service responded to an emergency call to the apartment owned by him and his two sisters in Ayrfield, Dublin, on October 8, 2025, he was already dead."

A man was filmed while lying dead during an ambulance response to an emergency call at an apartment in Ayrfield, Dublin. The footage was broadcast and shared online. His sisters, Jennifer McCaffrey and Alison Lynch, state they explicitly refused consent for the broadcast. They say the airing of the footage has had a catastrophic impact on their ability to process their brother’s death. The family is seeking a High Court injunction requiring Virgin Media and a film company to take the footage off air and off social media. The man, Bernard Slean, had addiction issues and was already dead when the ambulance service arrived on October 8, 2025.

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