Quotes from the week that was...
If the Taoiseach goes ahead with this . . . his leadership will be questioned. – Fianna Fáil backbench TD on the proposal for 12 days' unpaid leave for public sector workers as a way of saving €1.3 billion
Those who don't know what we're talking about should keep their mouths shut. – Liam Doran, general secretary of the Irish Nurses' Organisation, tells the backbenchers to back off
Only two bishops lifted the phone and asked 'Are you okay?' – Archbishop Diarmuid Martin on lack of solidarity among his colleagues over his efforts to deal with implications of the Murray report
All bishops mentioned in the report should resign immediately from their current pastoral positions. – Fr Vincent Twomey
[Fifa president Sepp Blatter is] a bit of a loose cannon and an embarrassment to Fifa . . . I think my country deserves a bit more recognition from Blatter than the way he presented it to the press conference. – Ireland assistant manager Liam Brady reacts to Blatter's guffawing dismissal of the FAI's request for the Ireland team to be allowed into the World Cup play-offs
I would like to express my regrets to a wrong interpretation of what I said and, to the FAI, I'm sorry about the headlines going around the world. – Blatter apologises, apparently
A feckless ditherer who pissed away Ireland's recent economic success. – Michael O'Leary on Bertie Ahern