That is a disgraceful comment and I absolutely reject it.- Mahon tribunal chairman Judge Alan Mahon rejects what he says is an accusation by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern's lawyers that the tribunal was on "some twisted, illegal, corrupt frolic" with an agenda against Mr Ahern.
A political donation, for my personal use.
- Taoiseach Bertie Ahern tells the Mahon tribunal about a £5,000 donation he received while minister for finance in 1994.
We can now say for certain that the Taoiseach, when minister for finance in the early 1990s, did not pay his taxes - he was a tax dodger.
- Fine Gael tribunal spokesman Senator Eugene Regan.
The Taoiseach is a statesman respected at home and abroad . . . Respect your betters!
- Fianna Fáil TD Martin Mansergh gets excited at Senator Regan on Morning Ireland.
He's a man of great character.
- Cindy McCain, wife of US presidential candidate John McCain, following rumours he had a fling with a female lobbyist.
They finished [ Diana], they murdered her and now she is happy. [ Charles] married his crocodile wife and he is happy with that.
- Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed claims the British royals orchestrated the death of Princess Diana and his son Dodi so that Prince Charles would be free to remarry.
Whatever happens - we're going to be fine.
- Hillary Clinton, appearing to acknowledge for the first time that she may lose the Democratic primary race to Barack Obama.
A certain western director was very naive and made an unreasonable move toward the issue of the Beijing Olympics.
- The People's Daily, the Communist Party's official newspaper, criticises Stephen Spielberg's announcement that he is resigning as an adviser to the Beijing Olympics.
As they say in Texas, that's bull.
- President George W Bush dismisses accusations that the US is constructing military bases in Africa.
We have to move forward in a way that we bring about stable democratic government to Pakistan.
- Pervez Musharraf, president of Pakistan, is adamant he will remain in office despite his party's overwhelming defeat in parliamentary elections.
This is about reducing the risk to human life on Earth - nothing more.
- Bryan Whitman, a Pentagon spokesman, rejects claims that the US navy's $60 million attempt to destroy a broken satellite is in fact intended to test the nation's missile defence systems.
Now that Cuban president Fidel Castro has resigned, he'll likely be succeeded by his brother Raul . . . or his idiot son Fidel W Castro.
- Chat show host David Letterman delivering one of his TV monologues.
Kosovo is ours! Kosovo is Serbia.
- Serb protesters gathering at the US embassy in Belgrade to protest the independence of Kosovo.
We have too many foreign players playing in Ireland. We only have three teams really and a lot of foreign players in those.
- Ireland rugby great Keith Wood fears for the future of Irish rugby.
I cannot express strongly enough that I am not going because of some hidden, or some revealed, wrongdoing on my part.
- Ian Paisley jnr steps down as a junior minister in the North following speculation about his ties to business.