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"The newspaper's editor, Aengus Fanning, has admitted that the article was in poor taste but has ignored calls to sack Synon. The newspaper said she had "endorsed" an official apology. According to Mr Fanning, the newspaper offered columnists of differing views a "platform from which to challenge, to provoke and to foster debate"".