You had your husband assassinated, and you tried to assassinate his character.
- Miss Justice Mella Carroll jailing Catherine Nevin for life for the murder of her husband, Tom Nevin
Our brother Tom was a decent, kind, hardworking, gentle and honest man . . . An attempt was made to paint him in an entirely different light.
- Mr Nevin's siblings
It was never contended that Mrs Nevin pulled the trigger. We'll continue to strive to identify and gather evidence against any other person that might be involved.
- Assistant Commissioner Jim McHugh, the officer who led the investigation
I haven't taken it all in yet. I don't know all the details. I was under a lot of pressure in there.
- The former Dublin city and county assistant manager, George Redmond, contemplating the fines imposed by the Circuit Criminal Court for failing to make tax returns
We abhor the incident. It has nothing to do with rugby; it has nothing to do with Irish hospitality. Our sympathy and good wishes go to the parents and fiancee.
- Mr Gerry Maher, Roscrea RFC, of Mr Dorian Vic (32), the Welsh rugby fan who died of head injuries received in a row
People are being prosecuted for war crimes in Bosnia and Kosovo in front of an international court in The Hague, so why shouldn't we do the same to get justice?
- Mr Michael Gallagher, chairman of the Omagh Support and Self-Help Group, of the Omagh bombers
There are historical, as well as contemporary reasons for not doing this. Not least of which is our continuing concern at the criminal justice system in the North, and the existence and role of the RUC, which must inevitably be involved in any prosecutions even if information is given to the gardai.
- Mr Gerry Adams, Sinn Fein president, responding to a request by Mr Victor Barker, whose son died in the Omagh bomb, that he call upon citizens to divulge any information they might have on the perpetrators
I have looked forward to visiting this beautiful country of yours because Ireland was with us during the most significant period in our struggle and to have had a country like Ireland which produced men like de Valera was a source of tremendous inspiration to us.
- The former South African president, Mr Nelson Mandela, who is on a visit to the Republic
Irving has for his own ideological reasons persistently and deliberately misrepresented and manipulated historical evidence . . . he is an active Holocaust denier . . . he is anti-Semitic and racist.
- Mr Justice Gray, of the revisionist historian Mr David Irving who lost his libel action against US academic Prof Deborah Lipstadt and her publisher
Being totally confident in victory, I have not done what [Jonathan] Aitken did. I have not put property in any other people's names.
- Mr Irving, asked before the verdict how he would meet the defendants' enormous legal costs
It is not a fight against the whites as such, it is a fight against a very particular section of whites who hold land.
- Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, of the raids on white-owned farms
It is a great honour to have been asked to represent the finest police force in the world.
- RUC Constable Paul Slaine, who lost his legs in an IRA rocket attack, accepting the George Cross on the force's behalf from Queen Elizabeth II
We say to David Trimble: turn up for business, turn up on Monday morning and he will find republicans are ready to do business.
- Sinn Fein's Mr Mitchel McLaughlin, at the party's conference last weekend
It is entirely reasonable to ask why any political party should have access to a private army . . . if we are to uphold democratic values, those private armies must be removed from the equation.
- The Northern Ireland Secretary, Mr Peter Mandelson