A report in last Tuesday's editions on the rescue of 17 Spanish and Portuguese fishermen off the west coast referred inadvertently to an Irish "flagship", the Alimar, which came to the crewmen's assistance. The owner has informed us that the Alimar is both Irish-registered and Irish-owned.

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