Mr. Kevin Bakhurst:

The apology that was initially asked for was completely unacceptable. It named Rory O'Neill several times and we were not prepared to do that. It also went much further in editorially dismissing what had been said and we were not prepared to do that either. As Mr. Kennedy said, this is always a process of negotiation but there was no way we were ever going to put out that initially suggested apology.