The atrocity of 15th August, 1998, was an attack on all of the people of Ireland. As we continue to build a peaceful and a better future, it remains an indelible stain on our history that will never be forgotten.- Taoiseach Brian Cowen as ceremonies are held to mark the 10th anniversary of the Omagh bombing.
The overwhelming evidence is that it [ the hijab] is not an issue in schools.- Conor Lenihan, Minister of State for Integration, says the Government has decided not to issue a directive to schools on the wearing of the Islamic hijab headscarf by pupils.
Stay out of the market. With prices on course to halve, the hundreds of thousands you save will more than cover any rent you pay for the next two or three years.- Morgan Kelly, professor of economics at UCD says that, with the properly market likely to decline further, now is not the right time to buy.
He's a good boy. He just made a hell of a mistake.- David Saunders, a former adviser to one-time US presidential hopeful John Edwards, who has admitted to an affair with a campaign worker.
Religion and cockfighting built this country.- Louisiana native Carter Kinchen as the state announces a ban on cockfighting.
Finally the literary stylite has fallen from his pedestal, and is as much a sinner as you or I.- Kafka scholar Ulrich Weinzierl on reports that the writer was a connoisseur of up-market pornography
This is not 1968 and the invasion of Czechoslovakia, where Russia can invade its neighbour, occupy a capital, overthrow a government and get away with it. Things have changed.- Condoleezza Rice on military clashes between Russia and Georgia.