The Sunday Tribune would like to clarify its article published last Sunday in relation to the US Ireland Alliance. We have been contacted by the Alliance /Trina Vargo and are happy to clarify that events hosted by the US-Ireland Alliance are not corporate entertainment and are in accordance with its charitable objectives of promoting US-Ireland educational, cultural and economics ties. We are also happy to confirm and clarify that all funds contributed by the Irish government to the George Mitchell Scholarship Fund which is controlled by the US Ireland Alliance are applied for educational purposes only.