It will be the cabinet that will decide what day the election will...

Tánaiste Mary Coughlan replies to a question about the date for the December Budget with a response about the 'election'

The bottom line is that there is not enough money coming in from taxpayers to make the payments on all of these fronts... there will be a tough budget

Taoiseach Brian Cowen warns of public sector pay cuts ahead in a tough December budget

(It) enshrines our shared commitment to the goal of a world without nuclear weapons

US President Barack Obama made history following a unanimous UN Security Council vote on a resolution for the disarmament and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons

It wasn't a good wedding, it was a great wedding

RTÉ sports presenter Bill O'Herlihy on the marriage of long-time colleague Eamon Dunphy and Jane Gogan last Thursday

I'm heartbroken. We are all so shocked. He was such a wonderful boy, so full of life

Former MEP Kathy Sinnott commenting on the death of her son Kevin who drowned in the US last week

[It was] offensive to the Jewish community and offensive to all who feel revulsion concerning the Holocaust, one of the most horrific events in human history

Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin commenting on controversial remarks recently made by comedian Tommy Tiernan

The river was fairly high because they had just had a lot of rain out there. They weren't aware at all (of the dangers). They thought they were quite safe

The sister of Cork native Michael O'Sullivan who drowned in Laos while on honeymoon earlier this month

Inside I'm just shattered but I have to go on, I've two young children to look after

Mags Purtill whose partner Robert Delaney was shot in the face and left in a vegetative state in hospital after intervening in a pub fight. His family last week offered €20,000 for information leading to the arrest of his attacker

He is a failed politician who wants to be Dana

Ryanair boss and 'Yes to Lisbon' campaigner Michael O'Leary on Libertas leader Declan Ganley