CORRECTIONS
Every correction we have published
Every outlet gets things wrong. What distinguishes them is what happens next.
What we do
When we publish something factually wrong, we correct the story, add a notice to it saying what was wrong and what it now says, and list the correction publicly on the corrections page. The notice stays on the story permanently. We do not quietly edit a page and hope nobody noticed.
A correction and an update are not the same thing
An update is new information — a vote that has since happened, a figure that has since been published. It is added with a timestamp saying what changed and when.
A correction is us having been wrong. It gets a notice at the top of the story and an entry in the public log. Treating the second as the first is the most common way an outlet avoids admitting a mistake, and it is the thing this distinction exists to prevent.
What counts
- A fact that is wrong: a figure, a date, a name, a quotation, a sequence of events.
- A headline that says something the story does not support.
- A claim attributed to the wrong person or organisation.
- Context missing in a way that leaves a false impression, even where every individual sentence is accurate.
What does not
Disagreeing with a conclusion, or with the decision to cover something at all, is not a correction — but it may well be a complaint, and the complaints page is the right place for it. Both get an answer.
Telling us
Use the complaints form, or email [corrections@cleareire.ie]. You do not need to prove anything or write formally; pointing at the sentence is enough. We aim to reply within three days, including when the answer is that we think the story is right — in which case we will say why.
The log
Council meeting: what was decided
An earlier version said the rezoning was agreed. It was deferred.
It now reads: The rezoning was deferred to the next meeting.