This Week They Said

Life is nothing without him. Geraldine Leamy, mother of murdered Limerick man Eric Leamy

Life is nothing without him.Geraldine Leamy, mother of murdered Limerick man Eric Leamy. The trial for his killing collapsed this week

Some will demand that the tribunals be allowed continue, but to what end, at what cost, and for how long?

John McGuinness, the Fianna Fáil TD, says the Mahon and Moriarty Tribunals should be wound down as they are costly and ineffective

I thought I was here to talk about Bloody Sunday. It appears to me that I am talking about everything but Bloody Sunday.

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Martin McGuinness, the Sinn Féin chief negotiator, appears at the Saville inquiry into the Bloody Sunday killings

This allegation is untrue.

Prince Charles rebuffs rumours he was involved in a sexual indiscretion

We were looking ahead in terms of legally fireproofing ourselves against potential challenges to the edifice.

The Minister for Health, Micheál Martin,announces the smoking ban in pubs will be delayed for several weeks to iron out confusion over how it will apply to prisons and nursing homes.

Relaxed . . . like he was just walking his dog.

Richard Latham, prosecuting counsel, describes the behaviour of Ian Huntley, on trial for the murder of British schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, as police searched for the bodies

I had my first in hospital, and the birth was speeded up because it wasn't happening quickly enough for the hospital. Having Elva at home was incredible. I felt so empowered. The pain wasn't anything I couldn't manage.

Monica O'Connor, a campaigner for home births, after the Supreme Court ruled that health boards are not legally obliged to facilitate women having their babies at home

It's dawning on everyone that, if the biggest capitalist can be arrested on totally flimsy charges, there's no rule of law.

One of the lawyers for Yukos, the Russian oil company run by the billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky, arrested on embezzlement and tax-evasion charges

I want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pick-up trucks.

Howard Dean, Democrat presidential hopeful

It's a very sad day for artistic freedom.

Barbara Streisand, actress and left-wing campaigner, on reports that CBS has bowed to Republican pressure and canned a controversial mini-series about the Reagans

Rape, homosexuality, racism, drugs, domestic violence, revenge killings, arson, Aids, mastectomies, crazed gunmen, bodies under the patio, flesh-eating super bugs.

A BBC news epitaph of soap opera Brookside, which ended after 21 years this week

Once a Palestinian collaborates with the Israeli agencies, he knows that maybe he will not die as an old man.

An Israeli agent says that turning traitor can be a perilous career move for disgruntled Palestinians.