This Week They Said

A reckless piece of institutionalised vandalism

A reckless piece of institutionalised vandalism.SIPTU vice president Jack O'Connor on Government moves to break-up Aer Rianta.

It's not going to stop. It's going on too long now.

John McCarthy, whose uncle John Ryan was shot this week in Limerick's gang war.

He is a party animal.

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Prof David Scramm, of Chicago University, after Prof Stephen Hawking is seen at Stringfellows nightclub in London.

Stereotyped blondes with a hyper-nationalist pride.

Stefano Stefani, Italy's deputy tourism minister, fuels the row with Germany.

Your principal mission is to throw out the invaders by uniting your ranks.

Remark attributed to Saddam Hussein, calling on Iraqis to rise up against the US- led coalition.

You've got to kill some people to stop this; it is a major problem.

Elizabeth Stone, professor of archeology at Stony Brook university New York, says looters in Iraq should be shot.

The coalition did not act in Iraq because we had discovered dramatic new evidence of Iraq's pursuit of weapons of mass destruction.

Donald Rumsfeld, United States defence secretary.

The British have become the tail of a dog, and they move whenever the Americans want to wag their tail.

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, former Iranian president.

There are a lot of weird people out there. Those ladies live in a closed environment and we wouldn't want them exposed to any vulgarity.

Wexford-based web developer Rob Bowen admits screening prayers sent by e-mail to a local order of nuns.

I go to the blood bank to meet the girls.

James Harrison, an Australian who holds the world record for most blood donated by a single individual: 480 litres in 804 visits.

I haven't any money left.

Chef Conrad Gallagher, this week cleared of stealing three paintings, won't be opening a new restaurant any time soon.

I'm sad that the division within the party is distracting attention away from the real underlying problem, which is continuing paramilitary activity.

Embattled Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble.

I for one am taking off my suit. I am ready to march.

Rock star Bono says developed nations must do more to help the Third World.

I was just on the phone when I saw a guy from accounts handing out cheques to everyone in the office. Someone burst into tears.

Anna Sofia Martin, an employee of Dublin Daily newspaper, which closed suddenly this week after only four months.

This is the Irish economy in a downturn.

ESRI economist Danny McCoy as the institute forecasts a sharp rise in unemployment.

People need to become more price sensitive. They need to be more willing to complain about prices.

The Tánaiste responds to opposition claims that traders are ripping the public off by over €1 billion a year.