A court report in Tuesday's editions said a man who had been given £50,000 compensation had been sexually assaulted by an uncle and another man. We are informed that, in fact, the relative involved was not an uncle but a more distant relative.

In the coverage of the Flood tribunal in Wednesday's editions, Mr George Redmond's title was given incorrectly. He is a former assistant Dublin city and county manager.

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