The week that was in words...
Although I have been out of the country for this week, engaged in intensive work . . . I have kept abreast of and I am sensitive to the current comment and debate about my pension arrangements . . . Therefore, I have decided to waive my option to retire on pension at age 55. – Bank of Ireland chief executive Richie Boucher apparently giving up his €1.5 million top-up on his €367,570 a year pension
I am not going to pass moral judgments. – Gerry McGinn, Irish Nationwide chief executive, on his predecessor Michael Fingleton's "well below standard" stewardship of the building society and his failure to return, as promised, his €1 million bonus
Reimbursement will be limited . . . to the original fare paid by each passenger. – Michael O'Leary announcing on Wednesday that Ryanair won't obey the law
There is no ambiguity or no wriggle room here. The law is the law. – Commission for Aviation Regulation spokeswoman Patricia Barton speaks plainly
When you're in a hole, stop digging. – O'Leary, on Thursday, stops digging
. . . the hotel decided we were eating too many salads, because we didn't have that many euros left, so they said they would fix us dinner for just €8 every night. I thought "Oh! We are so special!" – Doris Hill from North Carolina, stranded with 72 other older tourists, on one of many acts of kindness they received while stuck in Dublin
I don't have a sort-of theological opposition to nuclear power. I just think it's extraordinarily expensive. – Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg
I want us to be in Europe, but I don't want us to be run by Europe. – Tory leader David Cameron
. . . nutters, anti-Semites, people who deny climate change exists, homophobes . . . – Clegg describes Cameron's allies in the European parliament
These two guys remind me of my two boys at bath time – they are squabbling. – Brown tries to project himself as an ordinary bloke