In The Irish Times published on December 11th, 1997, Kevin Myers, in an Irishman's Diary, commented on the trial and conviction of Patrick Eugene Holland. The Irish Times wishes to make it clear that it was never its intention and it had not understood the piece to suggest that any of the gardai involved in the investigation or successful prosecution of Mr Holland had been guilty of any impropriety.
This notice is published as part of the settlement by The Irish Times of claims in defamation by Det Sgt Fergus Treanor and Det Garda Sean O'Brien.