I'm going out to your house and I'll break every f. . .ing bone in your body and then I'll kick the f. . .ing shite out of you and when I'm finished with you you won't have a roof over your head, and I'll put a stop to all your legal hassles.
- James Gogarty's account of alleged intimidation from Joseph Murphy jnr of JMSE
If what I say here leads to people ringing Mr Gilmartin and he says x, y or z, and then I have to come back to say he said x, y or z, or if someone rings him and says a, b, and c and I must come back here to say a, b, and c, I will be here for the rest of my life. And I will not do that.
- The Taoiseach, Mr Ahern
I think I related it to a furze bush, to be honest.
- Dunnes Stores trustee Noel Fox on how the name John Furze stuck in his mind
I'm worried about that young man, he's getting awfully bossy.
- Lady Thatcher on Tony Blair
Those who never knew him, many who didn't want to know him, would now use his death, a death which we must remember is above all a tragedy, a disaster for his wife and family.
- Father Peter McPartland, chief officiating priest at the funeral of ex-IRA man Eamon Collins
I don't like to call them punishment beatings. These things are organised paramilitary mutilations of victims.
- The RUC Chief Constable, Sir Ronnie Flanagan, on paramilitary "justice"
That wasn't about money, that was about giving back something to Ulster and to Ireland.
- Ulster hooker Allen Clarke on his team's defeat of Colomiers
I've never not said I don't believe in reincarnation.
- Glenn Hoddle, before he was sacked as England soccer coach over a slur on the disabled
Hoddle 0, Disabled 1 (Hoddle o.g.)
- the London Independent, after his sacking
He's been treated worse than Saddam Hussein.
- Eileen Drewery, faith healer, on Mr Hoddle
You play the hand you're dealt, and I think the game's worthwhile.
- Disabled actor Christopher Reeve
The Machiavellian machinations indulged by you make this one of the worse cases I have ever dealt with. These were vile acts, acts so disgusting on boys whom you pounced on. You exploited their frailty, taking control of their bodies both mentally and physically.
- Judge Frank O'Donnell, jailing Christian Brother Patrick John Kelly for eight years for sexual assault
May God forgive you, you dirty bastard.
- Shout from a group of victims and friends in court as Kelly was sentenced
The holiday of a lifetime has turned into a real horror holiday.
- Frank Coyle, one of the passengers thrown off a flight for allegedly brawling
