We had serious concerns about fathers and uncles and brothers of some of the victims and what they expressed to us they would do to Kevin Scully. This cannot be allowed to happen

Prosecuting gardaí on paedophile Scully (25) of Glounaphuca, Co Cork, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison for abusing 15 children

We have invited him to come to Newbridge to discuss what items he may want to still keep

Martin Nolan, executive director of Beverly Hills-based auction house Julien's Auctions, reacting to Michael Jackson's (right)?management company's plans to take legal action to stop the firm auctioning off items from the star's Neverland ranch

A prison officer has a demanding and challenging enough job at the best of times, but when you're operating in a situation with overcrowded prisons, it makes it a far more difficult task

General secretary of the Prison Officers' Association John Clinton following a riot in Mountjoy on Thursday

It is unacceptable to put older people in a situation where they face legal proceedings in circumstances where a right has been taken away from them

Eamonn Timmins of Age Action agreeing with the Department of Health after it said it would not prosecute pensioners who use medical cards but who no longer qualify to do so

It is intolerable that neither the Minister for Finance or the Taoiseach were not monitoring the trends in regards to the exchequer figures, given the grave state of the nation's finances at present

Fine Gael deputy leader Richard Bruton criticises the government for not knowing about the €2bn public finances shortfall until Tuesday morning's cabinet meeting.

We have to show the wider world there is a path out of our financial difficulties and I believe we can do that. The idea that we can borrow endlessly to stimulate economic growth is not correct

Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan on the latest exchequer figures

It is an April Fools' budget

Fine Gael's Alan Shatter (right) gives
his views on the mini-budget