Under the South-East heading in yesterday's reports on "The Explosion of Dublin" a reference was made to institutes of technology at Clonmel and Waterford. This should have read Carlow and Waterford.

FAS did not sponsor the Back to Work Fair in the RDS this week as stated in Wednesday's report headed "Brennan criticised for `flouting' guidelines". It was organised by S & L Promotions Ltd in association with the Irish Independent and supported by CPID and IBEC.

In Vincent Browne's column yesterday, it was stated that in 1995 Denis O'Brien donated £15,000 to Fine Gael during a by-election in Co Wicklow. In fact, the amount was £5,000.

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