Justice Minister Michael McDowell defending his failure to declare K Club tickets just a day after announcing plans to let TDs accept gifts worth up to Euro2,000

There are bits of me in specimen jars all over the world. I just hope there will be enough of me left to put in my coffin when I die

Former 007 Roger Moore (79) on his many battles with illness

God only knows Celebrated geneticist Professor Steve Jones when asked whether there was a God

Catastrophic management errors

Environment minister Dick Roche's description of Galway City Council's handling of its water contamination problem

My wife is starting to refer to me as her first husband. It's a little disturbing

Barack Obama, Democrat candidate for the US presidency, on how his campaign is keeping him away from home

I can't stand him. I could not bear to be in the same room with him Dannii Minogue on TV host Richard Madeley