The members of the new Irish press council, selected by an independent appointments committee following a national recruitment campaign, will be unveiled today.
Press Council and appointments committee chairman Professor Tom Mitchell will announce the names of those selected at a special conference in the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin.
Seven of the 13 places on the new council will be held by independent members.
The remaining places will be filled by representatives of the national and regional newspaper proprietors, one person from the magazine and periodical sector and a member put forward by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ).
The council will operate as an overseeing body for a new press complaints system.
It will allow for members of the public to make complaints about published articles which they believe breach a new press code of conduct.
The procedure includes a new office of Press Ombudsman, which will be financed by the newspaper industry.
The ombudsman will act as a mediator and will aim to resolve complaints as quickly as possible.
This could involve an apology or clarification from a newspaper or magazine.
The appointment committee also includes the president of the Irish Human Rights Commission Maurice Manning, the former chairman of the Broadcasting Complaints Commission Miriam Hederman O'Brien and the former ombudsman and information commissioner Kevin Murphy.