It was like waking up every morning and being raped . . . I have never recovered from it and probably never will. – Martin Cullen on being hounded by sections of the media spreading lies about his private life
If these folks want a fight, it's a fight I'm ready to have . . . We should no longer allow banks to stray too far from their central mission of serving their customers. – US president Barack Obama getting tough with Wall Street
We will be here today, tomorrow and for the time ahead. – US secretary of state Hillary Clinton at Port-au-Prince airport
Sometimes with investigations, the suspicions that may have triggered them are found not to be a cause for action. – Director of Corporate Enforcement Paul Appleby throws in the towel as report on DCC is published
I asked him what he was thinking. He just kept staring and smiling . . . [He asked me what I was thinking] I put his fingers on my pulse and my pulse was racing and I said: 'that's what I'm thinking'. – Beauty therapist Jean Treacy, former lover of murder accused Eamonn Lillis, on how their affair started