Oops, in fact, of course... Some of the best Corrections and Clarifications. Compiled by PATRICK SMYTH
  • In the Simplex crossword last Wednesday clue 20 down read "God be praised from Greek". The solution is Alleluia which is, of course, from the Hebrew. - 8/4/89
  • A reference on the weather page in Wednesday's editions to Winston Churchill adding a new phrase to the English language when he declared in March 1946 that "an iron curtain has descended across the Continent" was incorrect. According to the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, the phrase "iron curtain", in relation to the Soviet Union, occurs earlier in Ethel Snowdon's Through Bolshevik Russia (1920), where she wrote of her arrival in Petrograd with an official Labour Party delegation: "We were behind the 'iron curtain' at last!" - 3/11/89
  • In the Medical Brief column of November 28th it was inadvertently stated that a bath was "barely tolerable" at 440 C. This should, of course, have read 44C. - 1/12/89
  • It has been pointed out that while Martyn Turner's cartoon in yesterday's editions depicted a uniformed Garda, the members of the force involved in the Athy incident were, in fact, members of the force's plainclothes branch. - 19/1/90
  • A report from Lourdes in yesterday's editions referred to the grotto "where young Therese once had her visions." It was Bernadette who had the visions. - 12/5/90
  • Conor O'Clery's column in the editions of Monday, June 4th, headed "Man who gets his fix from the folk", asserted that Mr Gorbachev had not taken off his jacket or tie during his recent visit to Camp David. This was based on local misinformation. Subsequent photographs have shown the Soviet leader in his shirtsleeves. - 6/6/90
  • The Synod Diary from Rome which appeared in yesterday's editions made reference to the "ancient bishops" having chosen Cardinal Cordeiro of Karachi to give an address. The phrase should have been "Asian bishops". - 5/10/90
  • In yesterday's results of the Karpov/ Kasparov match move no 24 should have read Rd1,Rxd1. - 25/10/90
  • A profile of John Walker, one of the Birmingham Six, in yesterday's editions said that he had six sons and a daughter. In fact he has six daughters and a son. - 27/2/91
  • A line was omitted from the directions for poaching salmon in Saturday's weekend supplement. They should have included: "Pop the salmon into boiling well-salted water, bring back to the boil and simmer, tightly covered for 20 minutes. Then turn off the heat and leave it sitting in the water for about 10 minutes before serving. " - 2/7/91
  • Due to a typographical error yesterday in "In Time's Eye", a book by Marcel Pagnol was referred to as "La Gloire de Monere". This should, of course, have been "La Gloire de Mon Père." - 27/7/91
  • A caption in yesterday's editions referred to Ms Teresa Carr as wearing an Ian O'Shanlen. She was, of course, wearing a Tam O'Shanter. - 17/8/91
  • In yesterday's report of the Merriman Summer School, Professor Denis Donoghoe was quoted as seeking an openness to the "otherness" of the self. This should have read "the otherness of the Other". - 22/8/91
  • The report on the conference on rural development in yesterday's editions referred to the de Valera notion of "food and comfort". This should have been "frugal comfort." - 26/9/91
  • In a report in last Friday's editions on the refusal of a Scottish lawn tennis club to admit a woman as a member because she was Jewish, the word "not" was omitted from a sentence which should have read: "It has also promised not to repeat unlawful acts of racial discrimination." - 26/11/91
  • In the interview with Ronnie Drew in yesterday's editions the word "not" appeared as "now" in the sentence which should have read "And I certainly hope that [a premature death] is not what happens to me." - 1/8/92
  • An article on local government elections in Northern Ireland in the editions of May 10th quoted Mr Peter Robinson, deputy head of the Democratic Unionist Party, as saying that he was puzzled as to why women want equality when they already have a "privileged position". Mr Robinson states that he did not use those words, that what he said was "Women are not equal, they are special. They should not strive for equality when they have a different role, and on many occasions, a more important role in society." - 21/5/93
  • An item in the "Quidnunc" column in last Saturday's Weekend supplement referred to a gathering of Dublin county councillors in Conway's Pub after a meeting of the council. The item said "all the usual suspects gathered" and went on to list several councillors present. The Irish Times regrets any distress caused by the use of the phrase "all the usual suspects", which was used solely as a colloquialism and was not intended in any way to be a reflection on the characters of the councillors present. - 24/11/93
  • The Irish Times regrets that in a map in yesterday's early edition, Millstreet in Co Cork, was displaced some 40 miles east of where it actually is. - 29/1/94
  • In an analysis of the Northern Ireland elections, also in later editions yesterday, the sentence "I don't believe it," said the Victor Meldrews in the DUP and Sinn Fein' was altered in the editing process to read "... said Mr Victor Meldrews of the DUP and Sinn Fein." - 24/5/01
  • Jennifer Johnston was misquoted in the article on the significance of Frank McGuinness's play Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme in Wednesday's arts page. Referring to Ulster Protestants, the word "larder" was mistakenly used in the sentence "Rather like white South Africans, they went into the laager and closed the door." - 21/10/94
 
 
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