Quotes of the week
Every single one of us in this House needs to give political leadership and there is a lack of that at the moment in regards to every single Government department. – Sacked minister of state John McGuinness sticks it to his former boss, the Taoiseach.
Mary has her views on things and I have mine . . . – and also to the Tánaiste.
Frankly I did not create this particular difficulty. I came into office and I had to deal with this problem and now I am dealing with it. – John Gormley on putting us out of our e-voting machine misery
They are speculating. There is still much evidence to examine and we cannot prove or deny such claims. – Bolivian public prosecutor Marcelo Sosa on claims by the country's vice-president that Irishman Michael Dwyer, shot dead by paramilitary police in Santa Cruz, was a mercenary terrorist involved in a plot to assassinate President Evo Morales.
I'm pretty sure she probably knew. Moms are pretty smart. – Levi Johnston telling America's Tyra Banks Show of Sarah Palin's awareness that he and her daughter, Bristol, were having sex in Mrs Palin's house (safe sex "most of the time", he added).
Flat-out lies . . .
Governor Palin’s spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton