Before I was so rudely interrupted . . .– Bruce Springsteen opens his Dublin concert on Tuesday, taking up where he left off in London when the power supply was cut off because he was running too late.
We only got into these things because we were told we couldn't do it by the rest of the world . . . Every day you want to stop. You get so sick of swimming.– Irish swimmer Stephen Redmond after completing the Ocean's Seven challenge of swimming seven channels around the world.
Throwing up conspiracies like a man standing at the bar in a pub is quite unacceptable and beneath your office.– Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin, rebuking Taoiseach Enda Kenny for remarks about the last government's files on the bank guarantee.
I read the few pieces of paper that are available. There was nothing there of any consequence at all.– Mr Kenny on what he found in the file in the Department of the Taoiseach on government meetings with banks and the rationale behind the guarantee.
This Government has a track record of launching job initiatives that don't deliver any new jobs and this announcement seems to be no different.– Fianna Fáil's Dara Calleary on the Government's stimulus plan.
It is an important step in Ireland's recovery.– Irish Congress of Trade Unions chief economist Paul Sweeney responds.
I am ultimately responsible, but the issue is complex and I don't think my job is at risk. It was outside my direct control.– Ulster Bank chief executive Jim Brown ruling out resigning over the bank's technical problems