It isn't in the gift of the party leadership to take away the chairmanship of the party; it's a gift of the grassroots of the party and Eamon Gilmore would want to be cognisant of the fact- Labour Party chairman Colm Keaveney
There's no health issue here. But I'm not comfortable eating horse meat like lots of others. But that's not the issue. The issue is if someone has consumed a burger and something was in that burger that they did not know about. -Minister for Agriculture and Food Simon Coveney on the horse burger scandal
There should be an isolated community of them some place – and give them houses and keep them all together- Donegal Fianna Fáil councillor Sean McEniff outlines his thoughts on Travellers during a radio interview
None of us are here forever, so if you're not disappointed when something is taken from you, then you're not human. It's a word that describes how you feel, it's not a word that describes how you act.- Ireland coach Declan Kidney on Brian O'Driscoll's reaction to Kidney's selection of Jamie Heaslip as captain