The stigma that the branding together of all the residents, all 10,000, in the Magdalene laundries, needs to be removed, and should have been removed long before this. And I really am sorry that that never happened, and I regret that it never happened. - Taoiseach Enda Kenny reacts to the report on the Magdalene laundries; his response was not the apology survivors had been expecting
As soon as the information relating to the proposal to liquidate IBRC was made public, there was an immediate risk to the bank. Given this position, I as Minister for Finance, took immediate action to secure the stability of the bank and the value of its assets. - Minister for Finance Michael Noonan announces the liquidation of IBRC in the Dáil
I found acid disconcerting. Acid, magic mushrooms and psychedelic drugs are drugs that people underestimate at their peril. - Luke Ming Flanagan on past drug use
He was a king, but just one of the dead. He lived in very violent times, and these deaths would not have been pretty or quick. - Michael Ibsen, a descendant of King Richard III, whose remains were revealed this week to have been discovered in Leicester last year
No matter who you are and who you love, we are all equal. - Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg after the British House of Commons passed a Bill allowing gay marriage
The people are truly revolutionary, they have really sacrificed. We don't have to prove it, history will. Fifty years of the blockade and they haven't given in. - Fidel Castro, who made his first public appearance since 2010 when voting in Cuba's general election last weekend