McAleese later apologised, conceding that her comments had been unbalanced because she had criticised only the sectarianism found on one side of the community.

The funds should have only been used for politically neutral material, and Kelly apologised for breaking the rules.

This caused the Perak MB swearing-in ceremony to be cancelled and only take place after Lim Kit Siang apologised and retracted his instruction.

He later apologised to supporters, saying " I mishandled that move and I can only apologise.

Munsieville was reprieved only by the intervention of Leon Wessels, the Nationalist MP for Krugersdorp, who later apologised handsomely for apartheid.

Maehara apologised to the nation for only holding the post for 6 months and for " provoking distrust " over his political funding.

Some KMT officials have called efforts from DPP " fascist " ( a charge for which they later apologised ) and " racist ".

In response to the criticism, EastEnders apologised for offending real-life detectives and confirmed that they use a police consultant for such storylines.

The French Government in 1987 agreed to pay New Zealand compensation of NZ $ 13 million and formally apologised for the bombing.

Byers apologised in the House of Commons on 17 October 2005 for having given a " factually inaccurate " reply to the Select Committee but said that he had not intended to mislead them.

Initially it was claimed by David Cameron that Adams had accepted the title but Downing Street has since apologised for this and Adams has publicly rejected the title stating, " I have had no truck whatsoever with these antiquated and quite bizarre aspects of the British parliamentary system ".

The King was displeased at Liberal attacks on the peers, including Lloyd George's Limehouse speech and Churchill's public demand for a general election ( for which Asquith apologised to the King's adviser Lord Knollys and rebuked Churchill at a Cabinet meeting ).

Although Lord Randolph Churchill later apologised, for years afterwards the Prince of Wales refused to speak to or see him.

Mayo subsequently apologised for his comment to keyboard player Mark Kelly when he phoned the show to take part in a quiz.

On 1 May, following months of speculation, Porl Thompson, now going by the name of Pearl, confirmed via the < i > Chain of Flowers </ i > blog that he would no longer be playing with The Cure, and apologised for upsetting fans with the decision.

However, she apologised after she saw Knightmare for herself, noting that there was no gore and Treguard always made it clear that the dungeoneers still survived in " their own time ".

According to Najib, the two MPs apologised for their actions once informed of their mistake.

* In 1906, the producers claimed authenticity, but apologised to the public for dressing the police in uniforms which they would not have worn while out in the bush.

( i. e., repository or depository ) The worker then apologised for his " Miss-Marple-ism ".

Ailes apologised to a Jewish group for using the expression, although not to NPR.

After " disabling " himself in the House of Lords ( a ceremony in which the incoming Speaker apologised for his failings ) Parliament was suspended until 24 February ; Coke returned two days later, having suffered from a stomach problem.

On 19 June 2009, WH Smith apologised after promoting a book on cellar rapist Josef Fritzl as one of the " Top 50 Books for Dad " as a Father's Day gift.

:" Apart from whatever may be the general wish of the Zulu nation, it seems to me that the seizure of the two refugee women in British territory by an armed force crossing an unmistakable and well known boundary line, and carrying them off and murdering them with contemptuous disregard for the remonstrances of the Natal policemen, is itself an insult and a violation of British territory which cannot be passed over, and unless apologised and atoned for by compliance with the Lieutenant Governor ’ s demands, that the leaders of the murderous gangs shall be given up to justice, it will be necessary to send to the Zulu King an ultimatum which must put an end to pacific relations with our neighbours.

Hamilton rejected these findings, whereas Smith, who had stood down, accepted them, apologised for his conduct, and retired from politics altogether.

On 30 March 2011 he was caught by a microphone in the Chamber of the House of Commons saying " here we are, the Jews again ", when fellow Jewish Labour MP Louise Ellman rose to speak, for which he apologised.

Kent Police later apologised for the incident.

PCCW apologised on 10 February 2003 for making what were seen by some in the market as contradictory statements.

" Although David Cameron said during Prime Minister's Questions that Adams had " accepted an office for profit under the Crown ", Adams denied this ; the Prime Minister's Office stood over the claim but apologised to Adams for the public announcement, while Adams continued to simply reject the title.

Mr Hughes apologised after his outing by The Sun, saying " I gave a reply that wasn't untrue but was clearly misleading and I apologise.

Hughes apologised in the interview for not being honest about his sexuality, having denied that he was gay in an interview a week earlier, admitting that he " gave a reply that wasn't untrue but was clearly misleading " as he is in fact bisexual having " had both homosexual and heterosexual relationships in the past.

In 2003, Tom Kelly, a spokesman for British prime minister Tony Blair, publicly apologised for referring to David Kelly as " a Walter Mitty character " during a private discussion with a journalist.

The following week he assembled all of the men and demanded to know whether they would follow his orders: in response the crew nominated a spokesman, who apologised for their actions, saying " we humbly implore your honour's pardon with hearts full of gratitude and tears in our eyes for the offense we have given to the worthiest of commanders who has proved a father to us ".

He stated " I don't know whether he's a referee or a thief ", but later apologised for his choice of words.

" It later emerged that Prince Harry had personally apologised to the soldier.

Keating eventually apologised to Mahathir over the remark.

She also apologised to the victims of the riots and visited the Alexandra township.

Caine suggested the name Harry and then immediately apologised to Saltzman.

Blatter later apologised and said the reason he had shunned the presentation ceremony was because he was afraid of being whistled.

Two days later, Blatter stated that he deplored the " evident referee mistakes " in the England v Germany and Mexico v Argentina matches, and apologised to the English Football Association and the Mexican Football Federation ( the two organizations directly concerned by the referees ' mistakes ), acknowledging that Lampard had indeed scored against Germany and that Tévez's goal against Mexico had been scored from an offside position.

Ferdinand was affronted by the gesture and the Emperor apologised.

' Chamberlain subsequently apologised publicly.

Dhritarashtra crushed the statue into pieces, but later realised his folly and apologised to Bhima.

Cansu Sahin, representing Sarah Ferguson ( as she is referred to in the Turkish Court proceedings ), who was not present, told the Ankara court that his client has apologised and would like to plea bargain with the prosecution.

" Lydon re-appeared on Tom Snyder's show in 1997, and they both apologised to each other about what happened that night.

Later she apologised on public television and claimed she suffered from posttraumatic stress disorder.