Once an investigation starts it will probably be too late and the consequences in that event can be very serious for the person concerned.
Revenue chairman Frank Daly turns up the heat on offshore tax evaders.
This won't be done without some pain and that pain is the loss of the luxury of a consultation period.
Transport Minister Séamus Brennan says a Dublin metro can be built in less than a year.
You should never underestimate the dexterity of politicians in a tight corner.
Minister for Health Micheál Martin outlining health service reforms.
The system must work in a way that recognises the importance of spending tax-payers' money in the most tax efficient way.
Prof Niamh Brennan, whose report helped lay the groundwork for the Government's overhaul of the health services.
I think that things went on that of course I wouldn't have been happy with.
David Beckham is finally squeezed out of Manchester United.
People will be scandalised by the fact that we now have . . . millionaires arising from the tribunals.
Fine Gael deputy leader Richard Bruton as it emerges three tribunal barristers shared €8.5 million in fees.
A win is a win, and when you are in this game you either win or you lose.
Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy says Jeffrey Donaldson's failure to oust David Trimble will boost hopes of putting the peace process back on track.
I know he survived the war.
Raghad Hussein, daughter of Saddam.
He misled every one of us.
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry questions the intelligence used by President Bush to justify war.
We're not down here for politics. We're here for a game of football.
Peadar Heffron, captain of the PSNI Gaelic football team which trounced an Oireachtas XV this week.
I never dreamt this would happen. My realistic side had allowed myself to think that I might get one good review. That was my idea of a peak. So everything else really has been like stepping into Wonderland for me
Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling. The latest Potter instalment was released this week.
She should have been released long ago. Whether it is her birthday or not is not the issue - she should be released.
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on the Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who celebrated her 58th birthday under house arrest this week.
How dare you do this to me. Who do you think you are?
Cuban leader Fidel Castro, realising he had been duped into appearing on a Miami radio chat show.
It's extraordinary. I have never heard of such a thing in Europe or anywhere else. It brings us back to the Middle Ages.
Chrisophe Baert, Mastercard vice-president, on the Government's controversial credit-card levy.
The word ceasefire is not in our dictionary. Resistance will continue until we uproot the Israelis from our homeland.
Hamas leader, Abdel Aziz Rantissi.