It's good to know that justice is still alive and kicking in this country.- Donegal nightclub owner Frank Shortt after the Court of Criminal Appeal overturned his conviction arising from the sale of drugs on his premises.
The figures are quite frightening.
- Europe Against Drugs spokeswoman Gráinne Kenny on a UN study which concluded that Ireland had the highest level of ecstasy and amphetamine use in Western Europe.
If it refers to me, it's a mistaken impression.
- Tipperary TD Michael Lowry on letters which lawyers for the Moriarty tribunal say may conceal his involvement in a British property deal.
I saw bodies without feet. I saw bodies without all sorts of things.
- An eyewitness to the bombing of Jerusalem's Hebrew University, which claimed seven lives.
Boots were melting and foot-rot was a major issue.
- A British government report warning that basic army equipment, including boots and firearms, could not stand the rigours of a desert war in Iraq.
An aspirational figure.
- Analyst Peter Frawley on plans by the embattled pharmaceuticals company Elan to raise €1.5 billion by selling off assets.
It's an extremely difficult market.
- National Pension Reserve Fund Commission member Michael Somers after the fund lost €13 million on its Elan shares.
The heavy-handed option.
- Tomás Ó Dúlaing, the principal of a Co Meath Gaelscoil, who was sacked by school patrons in a row over the teaching of religion.
It is quite possible that behind the scenes, they are applying lower standards than those which obtain in Ireland.
- Green party leader Trevor Sargent after a former European Commission accountant, Ms Marta Anderson, questioned the reliability of the commission's system of internal audits.
Obviously a mistake.
- The English Nationwide Football League after a London court ruled that it was not entitled to recover £178.5 million in unpaid television royalties from the owners of ITV Digital because the deal was not agreed in writing.
We are taking it day by day, but he is doing incredibly well.
- George Best's doctor after the former soccer star's liver transplant.
Sorry bro - wrong house, wrong fella.
- A New Zealand gunman apologising after shooting the wrong person.
I spent half an hour with Jim Bolger before the third race and he told me that his horse had no chance, so I didn't take it.
- The Taoiseach ruing a missed opportunity at the Galway Races.
I'm not going to be nasty, but I'm going to be honest.
- Louis Walsh on joining the judging panel of ITV's Popstars show.