Quotes of the week.
The reality is that if young people do not get a bit of a rough time from the police, we will never address these issues.
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern appears to adopt a strict stance on anti-social behaviour.
I have the greatest confidence that, in the long run, the association will go the extra mile, as they have always done.
Archbishop Dermot Clifford, patron of the GAA, ahead of a decision on whether to open Croke Park to soccer and rugby.
At times bordering on some sort of bizarre striptease.
A passenger at Dublin airport describes the intensified security regime after the European Civil Aviation Authority had detected a number of lapses.
I regret very much the circumstances that are emerging. I would not stand over it. It is a disgrace.
Tánaiste Mary Harney on the treatment of Gama workers.
I have listened to enough of the tribunal. That is the end of me and you. I'm away now.
The Donegal publican Frank McBrearty leaves the Morris tribunal, insisting he won't be back.
One person's eyesore is another person's dream.
Minister for the Environment Dick Roche as the Government relaxes planning restrictions for one-off housing.
He couldn't have loved her. If that's love, then God help us all.
Marie Gough, mother of Mary Gough, who was murdered by her husband, Colin Whelan.
Everything is big with Elton John. He makes a lot of money and he needs to keep on making it.
Pop music accountant Cliff Dane after it was announced that the singer's overdraft has risen from €25 million to €37 million in the past 12 months.
I'm in town for a conference and thought it was an opportunity to stop by, particularly as I can get in and see it before work starts.
Angela Liotti, from Novara in northern Italy, who queued to see the Pope's tomb after it was opened by the Vatican.
I didn't think it was anything special to reach 100 years old - lots of people are reaching 100. But I'm told even if that's true, there aren't many 100-year-old IT students.
Sidney Platt, who has embarked on a computer course in east London to learn how to manage his finances better.
Time and tide have moved. I'm not a golfer, but I think the metaphor is: 'You have to play it as it lays'. And I know what the president's policy is, and I'm prepared to follow it.
John Bolton, President Bush's choice as US ambassador to the United Nations, who in the past has disagreed with Bush's policies on Taiwan.
If someone wants to hang around waiting for perfection in this business, you are unlikely to find it.
US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld urges Iraq's new government to avoid delays in writing a constitution.
In every century there are a handful of writers who help the human race to evolve. Andrea is one of them.
Feminist writer Gloria Steinem on Andrea Dworkin, fellow feminist writer, who has died at 58.