I do not consider that the best interests of Irish football will be served by my returning to the World Cup. The damage has been done.- Former Ireland captain Roy Keane dashes hope of an 11th hour reconciliation with manager Mick McCarthy
I'll always regret that I didn't intervene when Roy started up that night in Saipan.
- Niall Quinn reflects on the bust-up that led to Keane's departure
You get up in the morning so you can head off and motivate the lads and deep down the one that needs motivating most of all is you.
- Mick McCarthy on how the saga has damaged morale within the squad
After five minutes we were all looking around thinking, 'What's happening here?' I don't think we impressed them too much.
- England striker Michael Owen after 36,000 Japanese supporters watched the team's draw with Cameroon in eerie silence. There are fears that this may be the quietest World Cup yet
With this collection the National Library of Ireland will become a globally important and pre-eminent centre for the study of Joyce's work.
- Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht, Ms de Valera after the National Library paid €12.6 million for an archive of Joyce manuscripts
Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.
- Mr Tom Parlon TD, a member of the PD team negotiating a programme for government with Fianna Fáil
Aer Lingus is trying to have pilots work more days pressed together with less rest. When you put those things together it spells disaster in our eyes.
- Airline pilot John Darrah, a spokesman for the Oneworld Cockpit Crew Coalition, which represents over 30,000 pilots worldwide
We will keep the fleet on the ground until we are satisfied we can operate a schedule without further disruption.
- Aer Lingus chief executive Willie Walsh taking a tough line on the stoppage
There are people who would expect to be appointed and they will not.
- Taoiseach Bertie Ahern hints at a radical shake up in his new Cabinet
We have all been enriched by his talent and his personality and while his death robs us of the latter, I have no doubt that his writing will endure for decades.
- Druid Theatre artistic director Garry Hynes in a tribute to John B. Keane