He said he'd look into it.– Seán FitzPatrick on Brian Cowen's response to a request from the former Anglo Irish Bank chairman to get the NTMA to place more funds on deposit with the bank
Extremely serious.– Fine Gael's Alan Shatter's description of the revelations that Cowen played golf and had dinner with FitzPatrick in July 2008
Very seriously.– Green Party Senator Dan Boyle's description of how his party was taking the revelations
We're not Sherlock Holmes.– Green Party leader John Gormley after the party failed to turn up any wrongdoing by the Taoiseach
Pathetic– Sinn Féin's Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin's description of Cowen's explanation of himself
Seán left nothing to chance . . .– Former Anglo chief executive David Drumm on his predecessor, Seán FitzPatrick
I do know when to shut up.– Martin Mansergh during a lengthy interview on TV3's Tonight with Vincent Brown