Our news story “Bono: controversial tax laws have brought Ireland the only prosperity it’s ever known” (Last week, page 3) implied the U2 singer Bono was backing multinational tax avoidance strategies, including the “Double Irish” loophole. Bono has asked us to state that he does not support such measures. A subheading, written in the editing process, was wrong to say that Bono was “wading into the row over Apple” and alleged Irish state aid; Bono’s remarks, drawn from an interview in the New Review, were in support of the Irish government’s right to set a competitive corporate tax rate.
All peers, not just hereditary peers, are eligible to vote in byelections in the House of Lords to fill vacancies among the 92 hereditaries, contrary to “Illiterate? Criminal record? Welcome to the House of Lords” (Comment, last week, page 41).
The South Ribble constituency is in Lancashire, not Yorkshire (“Crosby under new fire over tobacco lobbying”, News, last week, page 16).
In last Sunday’s Tech Monthly, we inadvertently credited a piece on innovations in video gaming for the blind to Will Freeman. It was by Jordan Erica Webber.
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