The media have punished Timothy Allen before they had a right to do so.Judge Michael Pattwell declines to impose a custodial sentence on Allen after the Ballymaloe chef pleads guilty to possession of child pornography.
It smacks of someone who has money being able to get off a relatively serious offence.
John Deasy, Fine Gael spokesman on justice.
The situation is very tense and very dangerous.
Dr Hans Blix, head of the UN weapons inspectorate which uncovered evidence of undeclared military hardware in Iraq this week.
Let your guns wait in ambush.
Saddam Hussein's message to the Iraqi people.
It's a psychological war technique, and if you ask an infant in Iraq he wouldn't believe such reports.
Ali Hassan al-Majeed, of Baghdad's Revolutionary Command Council, on speculation that Saddam is negotiating possible exile in a sympathetic state.
Ordinary people know that we are now assisting the American war effort.
John Gormley, Green Party TD
There is no such thing as ... complete military neutrality.
Minister for Defence, Michael Smith.
Our army is prepared for the worst-case scenario.
South Korea defence minister Lee Jun amid escalating tension with the isolationist North.
I'm sleeping in bed with my wife and I wake up and say: 'I'm scared. I'm scared because I'm free.'
Madison Hobley, one of four death row inmates exonerated by Illinois Governor George Ryan.
Our colleagues are beginning to ask what is a garda's life worth?
Michael Kirby, president of the Garda Representative Association, after the killers of detective Jerry McCabe are granted "compassionate" temporary release.
It's like any deal one ever does - it results in a compromise at the end of the day. The only way to describe a deal like this is that it's a rollercoaster: there are good things in it and there are things that are not so good.
ICTU president Joe O'Toole on a mooted new national pay deal.
Until the elitist attitude of those who disperse public funds is changed, traditional circus will die.
Edward Fossett, managing director of Fossett's circus.
Often decisions are made on a political agenda rather than a medical need.
Dr Aidan Gleeson, consultant in emergency medicine at Beaumont Hospital,Dublin. His comments come amid reports that the Government is poised to disband the boards.
He was worried. He wanted to get out of working nights.
Rita McGowan, mother of Dublin taxi-driver Robert McGowan, who died in a head-on collision with a stolen car.
The man was despicable ... there is no respect for him here and there won't be any sadness and I am afraid I shall not shed even a thought of a tear.
John Birmingham, a Falkland Islands councillor, on the death of former Argentinian dictator Gen Leopoldo Galtieri, widely regarded as the chief architect of the Falklands war.
Huff and puff to fluff and bluff.
SDLP leader Mark Durkan after the DUP apparently softens its hardline stance to the Northern peace process, saying a new deal, supported by both communities, was possible.
The disarmament we had in mind has not occurred.
Liz O'Donnell, former minister of state for foreign affairs, says the IRA has not underpinned its commitment to peace with firm action.