In the Fine Gael party, for the future there is no long grass. It was all cut a couple of weeks ago

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny pours cold water on claims that party dissidents are waiting for him in the long grass

We're stuck with a lot of what they've done now because a lot of it is irreversible. But my big argument with the government is that they are treating the recession as if it was a consequence of the banking crisis and the fiscal crisis when it's not

Fine Gael's new finance spokesman Michael Noonan admits his party would be stuck with Fianna Fáil policies in government

You came at the right time. Back home your police have gone on a rampage, thrown people in prison

Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin tells former US president Bill Clinton, who was visiting Moscow last week, his views on the arrest of 10 alleged Russian spies in the US

In order to have confidence in somebody's appearance, you have to know who the person is. The court came to the conclusion that it just doesn't know who these individuals are

Judge Ronald L Ellis summarising why he felt it appropriate to deny the suspects bail

Green people want to close the zoo, want to stop horseracing. They want to stop the pussycat going after the mouse. To use their logic they want us to shut up shop and go home, eat lettuce and listen to Bob Geldof

Expelled FF TD Mattie McGrath on the Greens' controversial stag-hunting legislation

I am struggling with a hamstring and a little bit of a back issue

Roger Federer is less than the perfect gentleman and an unexpectedly ungracious loser when he crashes out of Wimbledon at the hands of hitherto anonymous Czech 12th seed Tomas Berdych

We have moved from being the most reactionary to progressive country in the world in legal terms for lesbians and gay men

Kieran Rose, chairman of the gay and lesbian network, reacts to civil partnership legislation completed last week

Is the word 'bullshit' proscribed under standing orders? I have learned my lesson since last December. I have never heard such wanton balderdash in my life

Green Party TD Paul Gogarty in his latest Dáil outburst

The deputy should smoke one of his spliffs… He should take one of his chill pills from the head shop

Fine Gael TD Tom Sheahan in response to Gogarty