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Apology

October 16, 2009 – 8:00 am

irishindependentIN the edition of the Irish Independent of Saturday, October 10, under the headline: ‘Coughlan: I was powerless to stop board giving car to Molloy’, Tanaiste Mary Coughlan is quoted as saying that a FAS board member, Mr Niall Saul, had told her that the issue of former director general Rody Molloy’s car was going to be discussed at a meeting of the board. It has been brought to our attention that the Tanaiste did not say this. What she said was that she had heard Mr Saul discussing the matter in a recent radio interview.
We fully accept that Mr Saul had no involvement whatsoever in the negotiation of Mr Molloy’s package, or discussions of any sort with the Tanaiste or any of her officials on that topic at any point. We note that Mr Saul was not present at the FAS Board meeting at which Mr Molloy’s package was discussed. We further recognise that in the radio interview, Mr Saul was merely offering an opinion on the issue of such severance packages in general, based on his professional experience in dealing with such matters. We regret the error and apologise to Mr Saul for any embarrassment caused. Link

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Additional pain and suffering

October 15, 2009 – 8:00 am

irishindependentIn a report published in yesterday’s Irish Independent on the death of Ranelagh solicitor Nora Gallagher we published a picture purporting to be Ms Gallagher.
It has now been brought to our attention that this picture is not of Ms Gallagher. We regret the distress and upset caused by the erroneous publication of this picture. Link

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Not fair use

August 6, 2009 – 8:00 am

irishindependentOn the Letters Page of the Irish Independent on Thursday, July 23 last, a picture was used featuring a girl walking in a forest. This was a photograph entitled ‘Girl in Forest’ from the exhibition ‘No Directions’ by Anthony Byrne in the Back Loft gallery last March. We apologise to Mr Byrne for the unauthorised use of the photograph and acknowledge that he holds all copyright and licensing for it.

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Apology

January 28, 2008 – 8:00 am

IN last week’s issue we carried a report on Niall Mellon which included a statement that he had “angrily denied” reports that some of the houses built by the Niall Mellon Township Trust (NMTT) in South Africa were being rented out by their new owners.
This statement by the Sunday Independent was totally incorrect. In fact, the opposite happened. Mr Mellon dealt with that report in an (RTE) radio interview by openly confirming that between 2 and 4 per cent of the houses built were subsequently let by occupants who needed the money to fund their children’s education or for other vital purposes.
These houses have improved the lives for many poor South Africans and the charity would like us to express their appreciation for the efforts of the thousands of Irish volunteers and supporters of the charity who have helped make this project such a success.
We apologise for any hurt or embarrassment caused by our error, which we are happy to correct.

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Sorry, Dahling

January 9, 2008 – 8:00 am

In our article on November 5, headed”Fur furore”, we said that Sophie Dahl had not posed for photographs with fans at her book signing. We accept that Ms Dahl did pose for photographs taken by fans but declined photographs with photographers who had earlier photographed her being harassed by anti-fur protesters. She would like it known that she has never accepted modelling contracts for fur. We are happy to clarify this matter.

The (uncorrected) offending story is here.

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Apology

November 19, 2007 – 8:00 am

In reporting on the recent Annual General Meeting of Kenmare Resources plc we incorrectly attributed to the company secretary a certain statement concerning Donal Kinsella. We apologise to Donal Kinsella for the distress and upset caused by such reporting.

The offending story is still online, and it lacks the (rather vague) apology.

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