Quotes of the week
By misusing the bitter incident of September 11th they have created a warlike and rough atmosphere in the world.
- Iranian President Mohammad Khatami on US foreign policy in the wake of the Twin Towers attacks
I wanted something bright, not gloomy. It feels right because there were so many children and young people who died.
- A woman lays a wreath in Omagh on the fourth anniversary of the bombing which claimed 29 lives
We've stopped making predictions how far it will go, we don't even have the means to measure it properly.
- A spokeswoman for the Saxony interior ministry as floods sweep Dresden
A small fish.
- The FBI's assessment of Jose Padilla, undermining claims by US Attorney General John Ashcroft that he was a key al-Qaeda operative who planned to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb" in the country
I am very sad, they are very sad.
-The Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, asks six Traveller families to vacate his front lawn
For Mr Karadzic, the noose is closing.
- Scott Lundy, spokesman for the Nato-led Sfor mission in Bosnia as it closes in on alleged Serb war criminal Radovan Karadzic
There is simply no excuse for some gurrier, even if he was drunk, to treat it in such a disgraceful manager.
- A former Galway football star after it is alleged that the Sam Maguire trophy was kicked up a street in Tuam
I would describe myself as a swotty person.
- Mayo student Emer McGrath scores the highest grades in this year's Leaving Certificate
We just got on with the business like any normal human beings.
- Loyalist leader John White after talks with Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Belfast, Alex Maskey, aimed at cooling sectarian tensions in the city
I find it unbelievably crazy that one must have a certificate for all forms of video art before it can be shown to the public.
- Nathalie Weadick, director of the Butler Gallery in Kilkenny, after a graphic performance-art video caused controversy
I don't think we should get involved with retribution and vengeance.
- Burma's Nobel Peace Prize-winning opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, says she is willing to compromise with the country's military rulers in their talks to achieve national reconciliation
We are all in it together.
- Controversial Manchester United captain Roy Keane makes a rare show of empathy with team mates after a shock loss in the Champions League
If we don't turn up, what will happen to him?
- Helen Rose, who journeyed from Melbourne to participate in a vigil at Elvis Presley's grave in Memphis