In a report headed "£7m revamp for Irish College in Paris" in last Thursday's editions, Mgr Brendan Devlin was described as head of the French department at NUI Maynooth. In fact, Mgr Devlin is the former head of the department. The current holder of the position is Prof Ruth Whelan.

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