There is not a snowball's chance in hell that I would even involve myself in an incident like that. - Gerard Davison, a senior republican, denying involvement in the murder of Belfast man Robert McCartney
He seems very keen to exonerate himself. The best way to do that is in court, not in a newspaper.
- The response of Mr McCartney's sister Catherine
The grant agreement with the Government was a key factor in our decision to invest in Fab 24-2 and we will have to factor in this decision on aid when considering future investments.
- A spokeswoman for the technology giant Intel after the Government failed to secure EU approval for State grant aid for its Fab 24-2 project in Leixlip
What you'll see is that where there's a sense that a case can be taken to the High Court, people will do so rather than go to the redress board.
- Colm O'Gorman, director of the One in Four agency, after the High Court awarded €370,000 to a man who was abused at a Kilkenny industrial school. This was almost €300,000 more than the Residential Institutions Redress Board's average award
A cautious, prudent and patientfocused step.
- Kelly Martin, chief executive of the Irish pharmaceuticals company Elan, announcing the withdrawal of a new multiple sclerosis treatment following the death of a patient
For the young person walking around Ireland somewhere with a great big bit of concrete in his stomach who can't face tomorrow, maybe - just maybe - he would know that all this is is a bad patch.
- President McAleese calling on health professionals to help lift the taboo on suicide and strengthen support for those at risk
It doesn't leave a good impression.
- Aidan Brady, chief executive of Citygroup Ireland, making the point that Dublin's chaotic traffic is perplexing and off-putting to foreign investors
Plundering made it impossible for National Museum staff to date and properly recover artefacts or identify sites.
- Eamonn Kelly, keeper of antiquities at the National Museum, saying that professional gangs are routinely looting heritage sites across the country
To the people who say I'm cashing in on this trial, the answer is - you're damn right I am.
- Michael Clayton, whose house in Santa Maria, California, is across the road from the courthouse where Michael Jackson is being tried, offering to rent spots on his roof to media crews
People were queuing up to be checked medically in order to become policemen. A car came and exploded, killing more than 50 people. More than you would expect.
- Ammar Mosa recalling the scene as a bomber blew himself up in a car close to a crowd of would-be police recruits south of Baghdad
It is the case of all the horrors.
- French lawyer Monika Pasquini as the country's largest child abuse trial got under way. Sixty-six adults are accused of serially abusing 45 children
Today's decision is a victory for all Muslims who wish to preserve their identity and values despite prejudices and bigotry.
- Shabina Begum (15), a Muslim schoolgirl in Britain, who won her battle to wear a traditional "head-to-toe" dress in the classroom when the Court of Appeal ruled that her school had acted unlawfully in barring her