This Week They Said

It's time to say enough is enough

It's time to say enough is enough.- Celtic and Northern Ireland star Neil Lennon retires from international soccer after receiving death threats.

I've had a little huddle with the lads before the match and we haven't said anything. We're just in a huddle. Eventually I said 'thanks lads, it's been an honour'.

- Soccer player Jason McAteer captains Ireland for the first time.

Rot in hell forever.

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- A banner outside the courthouse where teaching assistant Maxine Carr was charged in connection with the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.

Either the guy's going to be really intimidated, or they're going to kiss your ass.

- Britney Spears on the travails of dating.

We shouldn't be raising them as pets especially because they can thrive on anything, all kinds of foods.

- Thailand's Public Health Minister, Sudarat Keyuraphan, expresses concern at the vogue for keeping giant cockroaches as pets.

We just have to wait and make sure, in fact, he did die.

- President Bush responds to Iraqi government claims that Palestinian terrorist Abu Nidal committed suicide.

My arse!

- Royle Family actor Rick Tomlinson as it emerges that MI5 files branded him a "political thug".

It was the greatest professional experience of my life.

- Actor Liam Neeson on playing Michael Collins.

It is our aspiration to shut them down.

- Anti-globalism protester Trevor Ngwane plans mayhem at the UN Earth Summit in Johannesburg.

They lead such an insular life there's not a lot to say about them.

- Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter on the movie stars who adorn his magazine.

I'm good. I'm tempting. I'm too good to share. What am I? Cadbury's Temptations or Kashmir?

- A chocolate advertisement sparks uproar in India.

It is known as a hungry river; admire it but stay away from it. If you think you can swim across you are crazy.

- Slane Castle owner Lord Mount Charles warns fans at today's concert to stay clear of the River Boyne.

We regard Ireland as our home.

- The daughter of murdered Chinese-Vietnamese national Leong Ly Min.

This is the first step in the liberation of our homeland.

- A statement by the Iraqi dissidents who occupied Baghdad's embassy in Berlin this week.

The traditional methods of burial or having ashes in an urn just didn't sit right with him.

- Dean Vanden-Biesen, whose brother runs a Chicago company that fashions jewellery from the carbon remains of people or pets.