This Week They Said

You're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. That's old Europe

You're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. That's old Europe.US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dismisses German and French opposition to war in Iraq.

There is no evidence that would justify a war in Iraq.

The Russian Foreign Minister, Igor Ivanov.

I think the most frightening thing about these people is the possible coming together of fanaticism and the technology capable of delivering mass destruction, mass death.

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British Prime Minister Tony Blair believes a terrorist attack on Britain is "inevitable".

It looks like a great engineering job and a much better thing to have on the main street than an old foreign admiral with a broken arm and a missing leg.

Liam Sutcliffe, who claims to have blown up Nelson's Pillar, on the Dublin Spire which was erected in its place this week.

If I have transgressed in some way, god knows I've paid for it.

Michael Keating, former Lord Mayor of Dublin, who reached a €220,000 settlement with the Criminal Assets Bureau.

People are worried they are going to be deported. They are confused.

Nigerian immigrant Tajudeen Busari after the Supreme Court ruled that the parents of children born in Ireland do not have an automatic right of residence.

He knew where he was going. He knew what he had to do and obviously he was doing what he was told - to get me there as quick as possible.

Minister of State Noel Treacy as it emerges his driver was convicted for travelling at 95 miles per hour in a 60-mile zone.

A lot of hurt has been caused to an awful lot of people and it was allowed to fester because the parties were 6,000 miles apart.

Kerry county chairman Sean Walsh as Kingdom manager Paidí Ó Sé mends his differences with trainer John O'Keeffe.

I predict the growth of the Jew as Monster in the next few years' films.

Playwright and film-maker David Mamet says films will increasingly reflect anti-Israeli sentiments.

All information was welcome on the night.

Remarks attributed to a Munster rugby official amid rumours that a Limerick taxi-driver passed on the match plan of Heineken Cup rivals Gloucester ahead of the Irish side's surprise runaway victory.

They not only denied my access to education in the weeks leading to my exams but they made me feel like a second class citizen.

Margaret McCluskey, who successfully sued the school that excluded her from class when she became pregnant.

What I did was wrong . . . I will live with the shame of it for the rest of my life.

Chef Tim Allen, who was last week convicted of possessing child pornography.

Loyalist should not be an adjective always used in the context of violence.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.

Times have changed, people have changed and we have to update.

Jane Garrard, vice president of Tupperware, calls time on Tupperware parties.

Racism has increased a lot in the last year. Society has become less open and people are afraid to speak out.

Cyriel Triesscheign, director of the anti-discrimination action council in Rotterdam, on the enduring influence of Dutch right-wing party LPF, which received a drubbing in this week's general election.

We will fade into obscurity.

Fine Gael TD Phil Hogan warns that the party must stop soul-searching and concentrate on developing new policies.