The real mistake, for which I take responsibility, is that we lent too much for development land in Ireland

AIB chief executive Eugene Sheehy explaining to angry shareholders how the bank got itself into such financial turmoil

I think I got Che Guevara's kidney

Disgruntled AIB shareholder Gary Keogh after launching an egg attack at AIB chairman Dermot Gleeson. He recently underwent a kidney transplant

We pick heaven... please forgive us

A text message sent by Adrian Dunne shortly before he killed his entire family and then hanged himself

I'm beside myself with surprise, I wasn't expecting it

Broadcaster Ryan Tubridy (right) on being appointed as the new host of The Late Late Show

What I am proposing to my officials and to the Attorney General is to adopt a similar approach to the approach we took in the aftermath of the Omagh bombing

Justice minister Dermot Ahern on new legislative measures to combat gangland crime

The company and the union representatives have demonstrated the willingness to make difficult but necessary decisions to ensure the long-term competitiveness of Eircom

Acting CEO Cathal Magee after an announcement that the company is to shed some 1,200 jobs

If the Tánaiste were on 'The Apprentice' she would be told, 'You are fired' because of the lack of performance. Can the Tánaiste tell us what is happening on Nama and when the legislation will appear?

Labour deputy leader Joan Burton criticises the Tánaiste Mary Coughlan in the Dáil on Thursday

We don't anticipate that we are not going to do a job in the elections. We are already campaigning strongly and are communicating to the public why certain policy decisions are being made

Taoiseach Brian Cowen at his party's election manifesto launch

I feel like Alice in Wonderland, it's so surreal. I feel like a blonde nothingness, alone in my own body... today it's not drugs that fill my body, it's despair

Sixty-two-year-old actress Farrah Fawcett (left), who is battling for her life against cancer