There is nothing in the proposed Bill that will provide a bail-out for borrowers, whether builders, developers or otherwise.
– Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan after publication of the draft Bill to set up Nama.
Anyone who owes money before Nama continues to owe it and is expected to repay the full amount of the debt.
– Brian Lenihan.
When he’s not arresting you, Sgt Crowley is a really likeable guy.
– Henry Louis Gates jnr, a black Harvard professor, on the white police officer who arrested him for disorderly conduct, leading to a race controversy in the US.
We’re looking at 16 to 18 degrees for the whole of August. Hopefully I’m wrong about that.
– Met Éireann forecaster Siobhán Ryan.
I’ve put my barbecue in the shed – I don’t want it to get any rustier.
– Met Office press officer in Britain giving up on hopes for fine summer weather for barbecues.
He really thinks that the poor who are already suffering should not be made to cry some more in the movies. He wants to make them happy, even if only briefly.
– A spokeswoman explaining why deposed former Philippines president Joseph Estrada is returning to film acting.
A policy of strictly controlling and being cautious to use the death penalty . . . requires judicial departments to use as few death penalties as possible, meaning you don’t kill those you don’t have to kill.
– Zhang Jun , vice-president of China’s Supreme People’s Court, calling for fewer death sentences.
If someone rings up and says they can’t come, it’s very hard to beat them over the door when there is no financial guarantee involved.
– Croke Park’s commercial and marketing manager Dermot Power responding to Australia’s decision to request a postponement of the International Rules series.
Justice has been done twice for Siobhán.
– Siobhán Kearney’s mother Deirdre after her daughter’s husband, Brian, had lost his appeal against his conviction for her murder.