"Bertie should start listening to the people he can't ignore it any longer and Brian Cowen needs to be a bit more forthcoming about what the Government position is" - Carlos Bruin, Dublin
"Bertie has pushed Ireland into being a participant in war" - Anthony Kennedy, Co Galway
"The message from this rally today is that the Irish people want US planes out of Shannon now because we don't want war with Iraq" - Polly Donnellan, Co Kilkenny
"The war is for an economic purpose. Bush is heavily funded by oil companies and you can see their strategic interests in a war" - Aisling Flynn, Co Kildare
"Many would say the plot to attack Iraq is prompted by the pro-Israeli lobby in the US. This is all about reconfiguring the Middle East. We're all very worried about what Sharon will do while we our attention is turned to the bombings on television" - Jim Bowen, Cork Palestinian Solidarity Campaign
"We don't a war but our leader, Aznar, is pushing us into it, he is putting our hands in Iraqi blood and we need people here in Ireland to help us stop it" - Eloise Urete, Alicante, Spain
"How can we go to war when there is no threat to us from Iraq? The only thing Iraq ever did to us was buy our beef but now we are helping the United States rape Iraq of its resources and kill thousands of their people" - Rachel Dwyer, Dublin
"It's not the American people we're directing this protest at. There are people marching over there today and we're with them" - Eamonn Dunne, Co Meath
"The protest won't make any difference, Bush will do whatever he wants, but at the same time I'd like to do something to show the Iraqi people we don't want them attacked" - Pat O'Riordan, Co Wexford
"I've come here because I want to stop the killing that will happen in the name of oil and money. I'm also paying tribute to my friend Maggie Bach who died recently. She was an American and strongly anti-war and protested against it all her life. She left America 30 years ago in protest at the Vietnam war" - Angela Tinney, Dublin