Archbishop Empey wouldn't have much theological competence anyway. He wouldn't be regarded as one of their [Church of Ireland] high flyers . . .
Cardinal Connell on the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin during an interview for The Irish Soul: In Dialogue by Dr Stephen Costello
I referred to Archbishop Empey in a way which might have appeared to denigrate him. I want to make it as clear as I possibly can that this was never my intention.
Cardinal Connell's statement following newspaper reports of his earlier interview
It's David Trimble's policies I don't like; we are almost in a united Ireland.
Ms Pauline Armitage, UUP MLA who threatened not to support Mr Trimble in his bid to be re-elected as first minister
A one-off cynical gesture does not in the long run build either political stability or secure peace.
UUP MLA Mr Peter Weir outlining his concerns about the IRA announcement on decommissioning and why it would influence his vote on the re-election of Mr Trimble
Operations will resume as soon as market conditions allow the mine to become viable.
Statement by the management of Tara Mines Ltd announcing its closure
Outokumpu to exit base metal mining.
The statement from the mine's Finnish parent company makes clear it plans to get out of base metal mining entirely
It's a huge shock, it seems as if someone has flown in by plane, landed here and just stolen our jobs from us
Shop steward at AFL Ireland, Mr Brian Gallagher, on the news that the firm's Dundalk plant is to close with the loss of 320 jobs
We have not even begun to scratch the surface of the drink driving issue.
Chairman of the National Safety Council Mr Eddie Shaw calls on the Government to introduce measures such as random breath testing
Some of my family ended up in hospital after this. This will never leave us until the day we die, this trauma.
Donegal publican Mr Frank McBrearty calling for a public inquiry into the death of cattle dealer Richie Barron and Garda investigation into it
We cannot accept what we see on the screen every day, hundreds of innocent civilians dying.
Syria's President Bashar al Assad commenting on the bombing of Afghanistan
The war against communism took 50 years to win, and I wonder if we shouldn't be thinking of it like that.
Admiral Sir Michael Boyce, Britain's chief of defence staff on fears of a prolonged military involvement in Afghanistan
When a woman is punished so severely . . . her right to make free decisions regarding her body is violated.
Ms LaShawn Jefferson of Human Rights Watch, on a Nigerian Islamic court's sentence of a pregnant woman to death by stoning for having premarital sex.
Until Mo Mowlam, people in Northern Ireland were used to people who tended to be caricatured as plummy-voiced southern English, upper-class, governor-general types. When they got hit with a wee, fat, balding, working-class ex-Communist, Celtic-supporting, British Unionist they take a wee bit of time to figure it out.
Northern Secretary Mr John Reid on himself.
I try to avoid reading political stuff. Politics is bad for the soul. I like to keep out of it. I am New Labour, you see.
British Health Secretary Mr Alan Milburn.
I am proud and honoured to be chosen from Heaven to be invincible. I feel guilty having to put my name on the songs sometimes, because I write them, compose them and score them, and it's really the work of God.
Singer Michael Jackson speaking on the launch of his new album, Invincible