IN yesterday’s report concerning three fatal road traffic accidents, a photograph purportedly of Aoife Ivers, who was injured in an accident near Portumna, was in fact of her friend, Gemma Hayde. Ms Hayde was not involved in the accident. We are happy to correct the position and apologise for any confusion caused. A picture in [...]
The Daily Mirror would like to apologise to Julie Kirkbride and Andrew MacKay for the article which appeared in yesterday’s paper. We acknowledge that Miss Kirkbride was cleared of any wrongdoing over her expenses by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards and that Mr MacKay, whilst criticised by the Commissioner over his expense claims, acted completely [...]
In yesterday’s report of proceedings before Belfast Crown Court concerning a man accused of a driving offence arising from an incident in which Anita Russell was seriously injured, the photograph purporting to depict Ms Russell was in fact another woman who is not connected with those or any other criminal proceedings. We apologise for any [...]
ON 16 August, 2009, we published an article concerning well known businessman, Gary McCausland, which wrongly suggested that Mr McCausland may have tried to renege on his parental responsibilities and that he failed in his obligation to pay child maintenance. We accept that Mr McCausland honoured his legal and parental duties, and that it was [...]
ON June 24 last year we wrongly reported that Martin O’Neill, while manager of Aston Villa, had been secretly interviewed for the position of Liverpool manager, in breach of Premier League rules and his contract. We accept that no such interview took place. On August 10 and 11, following Mr O’Neill’s resignation as Aston Villa [...]
We wish to apologise to Darach O’Scolai, the Irish language author and dramatist, for publishing incorrect figures concerning the sales of books authored by him in the Irish language over the past number of years. We regret any offence occasioned to Mr O’Scolai from the use of the incorrect figures in question. Report an error
JUDGE? Marron QC. Following our report “Trial Off Because I’m On Hols” we now understand the judge’s holiday plans were cancelled before the trial was stopped and were not a factor in this decision. We are happy to make this clear. (page 25, July 15). Report an error
IN our article ‘eastenders extra’s killer to serve life’ we stated that Brian Atkinson, murderer of eastenders’ extra Kevlin eurie, had got eurie’s girlfriend pregnant. In fact it was the sister of one of eurie’s friends that was pregnant by Atkinson. We apologise for the mistake. (page 23, July 9). Report an error
In an article on January 18, 2011 headed "Upton No Good" we claimed that Karren Brady, vice-chairman of West Ham United, had sent text messages to a number of players encouraging them to rise up against the manager Avram Grant and demand his sacking. We now accept that Ms Brady never sent any such text [...]
IN our Birthdays column (8 March) we stated that it was Lynn Redgrave's 68th birthday. In fact, she died on 2nd May 2010. (page 44, March 8, 2011) Report an error
ON October 4 2010 we published a story about the death of the Chairman of Croydon Athletic FC, David Le Cluse. By mistake we used a picture of the former Chairman, Dean Fisher, with the story and indicated that he was David Le Cluse. We apologise to Mr Fisher and his family for our error. [...]
On 5 September 2010, we reported that Ronan Keating and his wife, Yvonne, were getting divorced and that Yvonne was in the process of calling in lawyers to launch a divorce battle against Ronan. We now accept that Ronan and Yvonne are not getting divorced and we apologise to them for this error. Link Report [...]
IN our free supplement “Britain’s worst serial killers” on 17 April 2010 and online we stated that the publisher of the James Maybrick Diary had admitted forging the diary. We now accept that this is untrue and we are happy to make clear that the publisher has never admitted to forging it. We apologise to [...]
ON June 1, we published details of and extracts from personal correspondence belonging to Ms Melanie Verwoerd, the partner of the late Gerry Ryan. Ms Verwoerd had no knowledge that any material had been discarded or was to be published. We apologise to her for any upset caused as aresult. Report an error
IN Brian Reade’s column on June 3, he suggested that oil firm Exxon is regularly responsible for spillages in West Africa on a worse scale than the current Gulf disaster. This is not the case, and we are happy to set the record straight. Report an error
A PICTURE in the Serial Killers supplement captioned as Moors murder victim Lesley Ann Downey was, in fact, her friend Linda Clarke. (April 17, 2010). Report an error
IN our article “Tory Treasurer Michael Spencer Cashed in on 9/11 by poaching staff off rivals mourning 658 dead” of 10 February, we claimed that ICAP and its Chief Executive, Michael Spencer, exploited the 9/11 tragedy by poaching staff from Cantor Fitzgerald, a rival company who had brought proceedings against ICAP in 2002. We now [...]
THE picture of Randy Jackson shows the judge from American Idol and not Randy Jackson the brother of Michael. (First edition only – corrected in later editions, page 15, February 2). Report an error
On Monday last, under the headline “Saoirse: Pupils weren’t Lovely to me”, we reported remarks attributed to actor Saoirse Ronan concerning her experience at school in which it was stated that pupils, teachers and staff at school gave her a hard time. We identified the school wrongly as being Kilkenny College. We acknowledge that, contrary [...]
ON 19 June 2008 we reported that Britain’s Next Top Model finalist Jasmia Robinson’s unnamed boyfriend, was in custody for allegedly stabbing a suspected love rival. We wish to make clear that her boyfriend David Obanobi was in fact the victim of the knife attack and not the perpetrator and was not in custody. We [...]
On November 5, 2009 we said that Ricky Hatton had paid pounds 80,000 for a copy of a waxwork of himself which was on show at Louis Tussauds Waxworks in Blackpool. We have been informed, and accept, that Ricky Hatton has not bought a copy of his own waxwork and would never contemplate spending pounds [...]
ON November 14 we published in good faith a picture of a cyclist being splashed by a lorry driver in connection with an article on page 23 headlined “80MPH winds hammer Britain as the worst storm of the year roars in.” We have since been informed the driver for R Swain and Sons Ltd of [...]
ON 17 July 2008 in our front page article “Ron the Lash” we falsely reported that whilst recovering from an operation to his ankle Cristiano Ronaldo had “gone on a bender” at a Hollywood nightclub where he splashed out pounds 10,000 on champagne and vodka and threw his crutches to the ground and tried to [...]
In yesterday’s edition of the paper in the Pat Flanagan column under the heading ‘Just Put A Cork In It’ we falsely identified Mary Black as being a self-confessed alcoholic. We accept that this allegation is absolutely untrue and has no basis or foundation in fact. We unreservedly withdraw this allegation and apologise to Mary [...]
OUR picture accompanying the story "Mum dies as paramedic refuses to go into pub" was of pub manager Michelle Doherty and not the victim, Melissa Proctor-Blain. Our apologies to Melissa’s family, and to Michelle (Page 15, September 1). Report an error
