This gives the lie to those who claim that this Government is indifferent to the needs of some of the most vulnerable members of our society.
The Minister for Finance, Brian Cowen, unveils his first Budget.
If we are to have a comprehensive deal, this matter will be part of it, and I would recommend that that be the case. I do not see how we will be able to deal with it otherwise.
The Taoiseach indicates that the IRA killers of Det Garda Jerry McCabe would have to be released as part of a lasting peace agreement in the North.
The IRA needs to be humiliated. And they need to wear their sackcloth and ashes, not in a backroom but openly
DUP leader Ian Paisley.
I had the choice of being an hour late for work by waiting for the next train or getting on board and paying at the other end.
Bertrand Boisse, a DART commuter who escaped a fare evasion charge after telling a court of the archaic ticketing arrangements at his station.
A church is not an appropriate place for a Christmas concert.
Pádraig McIntyre, director of sacred music with the diocese of Kerry, which has drawn up a list of "appropriate" Christmas carols for its churches. Songs such as Frosty The Snowman and I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus didn't make the cut.
If Wal-Mart were an individual economy, it would rank as China's eighth-largest trading partner, above Russia, Australia and Canada.
Xu Jun, Wal-Mart China's director of external affairs, on news that the chain is expected to stock $18 billion worth of products from China this year.
We cannot allow a non-regulated rental market to drive every vestige of heritage off the streets of Dublin.
Lord Mayor of Dublin Cllr Michael Conaghan laments the passing of Bewley's restaurants.
What will happen if he wins the election while he's in prison? I don't think anyone really knows the answer to that.
Mokhaimer Abusada, professor at al-Azhar University in Cairo, on Marwan Barghouti, the jailed Palestinian militant.