The headings "Friday" and "Saturday" were inadvertently omitted from the What's On columns in yesterday's editions, giving the impression that all events, other than those listed under Sunday, were to take place yesterday. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused.

The explorer Ernest Shackleton was born in Kilkea, Co Kildare, not Wicklow, as stated in Thursday's television page.

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