The public deserve to know who they are bailing out in Anglo. They are entitled to know. The Taoiseach should recognise that and publish the names of the Anglo 'Golden Circle'

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny

We were not involved with this; it was an internal bank matter. It had nothing to do with members of government or any parties in the government

Brian Cowen distances himself from the 'Golden Circle'

From a political point of view, from a Fianna Fáil point of view,
it would be far better if these names were out

Minister for justice Dermot Ahern (right) on the 'Golden Circle'

It is not catastrophic in nature and does not present a threat to the coastal environment

A Russian navy spokesman following the 500-ton oil spill off the Irish coast last week

Ballymagash, tripe… It is tripe and does this House no justice

Fine Gael's Kieran O'Donnell gives his verdict on a speech by Dublin North TD Michael Kennedy on the economic crisis

I was born in this house and it's a lovely area. There's never a sound. What happened is terrible. God have mercy on his soul

Maureen Higgins, a pensioner who lives near Grumpy Jack's pub in the Coombe, where John Carroll was shot dead on Wednesday night.

For someone to come into your house – as your children are preparing for bed – with guns and hatchets, is absolutely horrendous

Galway mayor Padraig Conneely after the Flynn family were held at gunpoint at their home in Galway

From the bottom of my heart I am so sorry for what I did to you

David Power in a letter to his victim read out in court before he was handed down a life sentence for the rape of a woman in a fast-food restaurant in Nenagh, Tipperary, in 2007