A national agreement cannot have credibility in the wider society if it fails to address situations such as the fact that one in every five people has an income equivalent to less than €200 a week.
Fr Seán Healy, Cori Justice Commission spokesman, as the Taoiseach moots a 10-year national agreement.
Surely we can learn the lessons of decades of conflict in Northern Ireland, that it is better to bring children together, rather than to keep them apart.
Labour leader Pat Rabbitte says religious denominations should not control publicly funded primary schools.
Our response has got to be not to walk away from the situation but to redouble our efforts to make sure the people of Afghanistan and Iraq achieve the democracy they want.
British prime minister Tony Blair as the 100th British serviceman is killed in Iraq.
Today's teens want faster, deeper information about music and can now satisfy their hunger by accessing information on a whole range of new platforms including TV, the internet, mobile and so on.
Mark Frith, former editor of Smash Hits magazine, which is to close.
We are reaching a critical phase but it is not a crisis.
Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, on the standoff between the UN and Iran over Tehran's nuclear programme.
It seems like, to me, if you recognise the fact that being dependent upon oil is a problem for the long term, why don't we figure out how to drive our cars using a different type of fuel?
President George Bush says the US must break its dependence on oil.
At its height, in the late 19th century, Western Union's telegraph network was the nervous system of American business, just like the internet is today.
Tom Standage, technology editor of The Economist magazine, as Western Union calls time on the telegram.
My opinion is that if these intelligence agents are expelled, they [ the UK] will send new ones. These new people may prove to be smart. In this case, we will have to go to much trouble spotting them. Think about it.
Russian president Vladimir Putin says four British diplomats accused of espionage should not be expelled.
I embellished many details about my past experiences, and altered others in order to serve what I felt was the greater purpose of the book.
James Frey, author of the best-selling, but recently discredited memoir, A Million Little Pieces.
There is a world of difference between the wife who perhaps works part-time in the family business or cooks, cleans, works hard looking after children and has the dinner on the table, and what has been described as a Harvey Nichols wife.
James Turner QC for Alan Miller. Mr Miller is appealing a £5 million divorce settlement in the House of Lords.
The trophy wife. But which does the husband more value: the trophy wife or the workaday wife? The trophy wife, of course.
Lady Hale, one of the five law lords hearing the case, adds her voice to the discussion.
Austria is a paradise for Nazi war criminals. Its investigation of suspects is inadequate and the legal position is outrageous. In Austria, war criminals are freely able to talk about their crimes.
Efraim Zuroff, director of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre's Jerusalem branch.
I could tell you stories about Iraq that would make the hair stand up on the back of your neck. And I could tell you things that were great over there. But that would still not tell you what it was actually like. You had to be there and go through it to really understand.
US Marine Lance-Corporal Blake Miller, who became known as Marlboro Man, when he was photographed during the battle for Fallujah 15 months ago.