This Week They Said

And they want to go into government together! – Micheál Martin as Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore squabble during the first leaders…

And they want to go into government together! – Micheál Martin as Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore squabble during the first leaders' debate on RTÉ One on Monday.

Paul Daniels [the magician] couldn't tell it the way Michéal Martin is presenting it. – Gerry Adams hits back at Martin's accusation that Sinn Féin's economic policy was "one for everyone in the audience".

He's pretending he wasn't in government for 14 years. – Gilmore on Martin.

This is like a chapter from Rip Van Winkle. – Kenny after listening to Martin.

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A recipe for disaster! – Siptu's Jack O'Connor describing the prospect of a single-party Fine Gael government.

For the love of country, I won't talk about it. Suffice it to say, that I am not worried in the least. – Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi after being ordered to stand trial for allegedly having sex with a teen prostitute.

Now he's back to himself and chasing the chickens again – Owner John Greene on Nutty, his Jack Russell pup on whom he performed mouth-to-snout resuscitation.