Happy Father's Day! – Rory McIlroy to his dad on winning the US Open golf masters in Bethesda, Maryland
The motive was purely sectarian, with each man being murdered purely because he was a Protestant. – Historical Enquiries Team on the Kingsmill Massacre of January 1976, in which the IRA shot dead 10 workers
What happened in Kingsmill was wrong and should not have happened. – Sinn Féin statement extending "sympathy to the families"
I intend to have a very energetic campaign that will bring me all over the country. – Labour Party presidential nominee Michael D Higgins (70)
[A] preening peacock prima donna showman. – Take That member Robbie Williams's description of himself before the Croke Park audience had him "proper floored"
Bono's 'cock drives me nuts – Sunnewspaper heading on front page story about how the singer's peahen (as opposed to peacock) was allegedly annoying a neighbour
We are thinking of printing T-shirts in the Department of Finance – they won't be given out free, they will be for sale of course – saying "Ireland is not Greece" . . . across the front and back of them. – Minister for Finance Michael Noonan does his bit for Ireland
His predominant characteristic seems to be a calculating and ruthless ambition: there is no secret that the office of taoiseach has been the over-riding objective of his life . . . He seems to have few real friends, but appears to surround himself with a close-knit and faithful coterie of associates, whom he dominates by force of character . – British ambassador Robin Haydon's 1980 assessment of Charles Haughey, disclosed in UK official papers published this week
The most difficult challenges for any editor are the internal and external threats to our journalism. They range from the mundane, such as operating within our diminished means, which is hugely challenging in the current economic and internet environment, to the daily and incessant demand from diverse interests to control our editorial content. – Retiring I rish TimesEditor, Geraldine Kennedy