It was difficult because even though we were ahead I was thinking, after winning the under-16s, this was all too crazy.
- Irish manager Brian Kerr, on his under-18 team's victory in Cyprus
I was just thinking that the whole Irish nation is watching me, they're depending on me to score this and I have to put this away. Nah, seriously, I wasn't thinking that at all. I just put the ball down on the spot and stroked the ball home.
- Liam George, scorer of the decisive penalty
My country did appalling things to your country over the past 700 years, one of which was knocking the top off Kilcoe Castle. So I am going to try to put it right.
- The British actor Jeremy Irons, on his £1 million restoration plan for the Cork castle
They want their lives to begin here. They want to receive political asylum . . . It's the only hope for them.
- A Romanian translator, on the 47 refugees who arrived in the State last week
Once again, I'm a babe magnet.
- Hugh Hefner (72), former Playboy publisher, single again and on the prowl
He moved in with his saucepans. He came and cooked, which is a very clever seduction technique.
- Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam, on how her husband-to-be courted her
I think personally that legislation would have to be very carefully thought through . . . vis-a-vis the European Convention on Human Rights and whether it would constitute any breach of those rights.
- RUC Chief Constable Ronnie Flanagan, on the Commons NI Committee report that new members be banned from joining the Orange Order
I don't want politicians to be making party political points as a result of Andrew's death. I think that some of them [politicians] are delighted that Sinn Fein might get put out.
- Maureen Kearney, whose son, Andrew, was murdered reportedly by the IRA, on unionist demands that SF be excluded from the Assembly executive
It's got a nice ring to it, hasn't it?
- Jack Cunningham, on his unofficial title of Cabinet Enforcer
We believe in our hearts that you, dear team sporting directors, and you riders, my friends, deserve to arrive on the ChampsElysees on Sunday in triumph.
- Tour de France director, Jean Marie-Leblanc, in an emotional plea amid fears the race will not finish due to the drug scandals
It must be a matter of profound and continuing regret that this mistrial occurred and that the defects we have found were not recognised at the time.
- The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Bingham, after quashing the conviction of Derek Bentley for the murder of a policeman 45 years after he was hanged
She is a bright, attractive, nice person who was caught up in dreadful circumstances. I am absolutely confident she is innocent.
- Fine Gael MEP, Mary Banotti, on Elaine Moore, the Irishwoman accused of explosives charges in Britain