A report headed "Site closure threatens waste services" in last Friday's editions quoted Mr Tony Sharkey, spokesman for Donegal Waste Management Organisations, as saying that waste contractors had collected £36 million for Donegal County Council since privatisation. The figure should have been £6 million. The error occurred in transmission.
A leading article on Monday stated erroneously that the United States Congress was controlled by the Democrats. That party now controls the Senate, following a Republican defection, but the Republicans have a majority in the House of Representatives.
A report yesterday placed Bettystown in Co Louth. It is in Co Meath.
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