I see little reason to delay giving when so much good can be achieved through supporting worthwhile causes today. Besides, it's a lot more fun to give while you live than to give when you are dead. -Philanthropist Chuck Feeney on his "giving while living" philosophy as he announces the planned winding-up of his charitable operations
Nobody has a monopoly on anything in sport – certainly, we never considered we had. They played with a great intensity, with a great everything about their game. They dominated.- Kilkenny hurling manager Brian Cody after defeat in the Leinster final against Galway
Drug use among some people was open. I saw a group of guys openly snorting cocaine. They took out a big lump of it and were snorting lines of it off a key. I was just in shock.- Concert-goer Patrice Halligan describes a scene she witnessed at last weekend's Swedish House Mafia concert at which there were a number of assaults including stabbings
The events of Saturday must underline the need for us all, as a society, to acknowledge the damage which the misuse of alcohol can cause . . . I personally received reports of drugs being openly sold during the concert event, with no intervention by the personnel who were supposed to be providing security.- Minister for Justice Alan Shatter in the Dáil speaking about the same event
I regret that it did not prove possible to reach an agreement in advance of being named in Stubbs Gazette.- Minister for Health James Reilly in his Dáil statement on the "complex litigation" behind a nursing home deal in which he was involved