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GOOD WEEK
Adele: Last Sunday's Grammys were billed as a showdown between the English chanteuse and Beyoncé, and it was Adele who emerged with the most statuettes, winning in all five categories in which she was nominated.
Viola Davis: She's a shoo-in for the best-supporting-actress Oscar for her role in Fences. She warmed up for the Academy Awards by picking up that gong at the Baftas, where she also won the-best-speech-of-the-night award by common consensus, for a moving tribute to her father and the experience of black lives in the US
BAD WEEK
Michael Flynn: The firebrand general became the first casualty of the Trump administration, lasting just 24 days as national security adviser, after reports confirmed that he had discussed US sanctions with the Russian ambassador to Washington, DC, before taking office.
Owen Killian: The media-shy Irish businessman succumbed to investor pressure this week, announcing that he would step down as chief executive of the Swiss-Irish food giant Aryzta. In what must have been a stinging rebuke for the Roscommon man, shares soared 21 per cent on the news
SOUNDBITES
He and his family deserve the truth, as do all against whom allegations have been made
Taoiseach Enda Kenny on the treatment of the Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe.
We have just watched RTÉ news and listened for the first time to the HSE statement and apology. We reject both the statement and apology.
Maurice McCabe and his wife, Lorraine, respond to the Health Service Executive's public apology to McCabe.
It was the execution of a standing order that was issued a long time ago.
The apparent poisoning of Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, was long planned, according to a statement by the South Korean National Intelligence Service.
The thugs who run Irish crime have no regard for children and young people – and don't think twice of placing them in immediate danger.
Minister for Children Katherine Zappone on a "deeply disturbing" study showing criminal gangs are recruiting children as young as seven.
The people who needed to go to classes wouldn't have gone. The people who were already engaging were the people who had a fair idea what consent was.
University College Dublin student-union welfare officer Róisín O'Mara on the cancellation of sexual-consent classes because of a lack of interest. Just 20 students out of 30,000 have taken them.
GRAPHIC OF THE WEEK
SEVEN DAYS IN NUMBERS
104
Record-breaking number of “nanosatellites” that India launched into orbit aboard a single rocket on Wednesday.
200,000
Number of people who had to evacuate their homes in California as a huge dam threatened to collapse
22.7%
The market-leading share of the Irish supermarket business claimed by Dunnes Stores in the past month
26%
Growth in TV3’s viewing figures in January compared with the same month last year
306
Number of complaints RTÉ received about the Late Late Show St Valentine's Day special, featuring a dating item and a Durex-hamper giveaway
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