I should be allowed to reply without interruption and not have to listen to some of Deputy McCormack's guff. He is the gurrier-in-chief when it comes to that sort of thing

Taoiseach Brian Cowen snaps at Fine Gael TD Padraic McCormack

At every hand's turn our worst fears have been surpassed

Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan during his banks rescue speech on Tuesday

All I know is that it is becoming a Celtic Chernobyl

Dr Peter Bacon on Anglo Irish Bank

There is a provision already that the minister made yesterday for up to €10bn. I would love to say that would be the end of it but I can't with any confidence say that today and nobody can

Alan Dukes, chairman designate of Anglo Irish Bank on Wednesday

If my belief is correct, and I have not been convinced to the contrary, that decision was an act of economic treason for which this country is now paying very dearly

Labour leader Eamon Gilmore accuses Taoiseach Brian Cowen of treason for including Anglo Irish Bank in the Banks Guarantee Scheme in September 2008

I will not be accused of seeking to commit treason against my country. I consider that to be beyond the Pale

Taoiseach Brian Cowen reacts angrily to Gilmore's charge

We don't have knowledge of any bullying or other incidents before that. No one turned their back on this. I think we did everything we could

Superintendent of South Hadley High School in Massachusetts, Con Gus Sayer, on the suicide of Irish teenager Phoebe Prince, who took her life after a bullying campaign by fellow students

These hidden and vile crimes are a source of great shame. They are a contradiction of priesthood

Bishop of Derry Dr Séamus Hegarty apologises to victims of clerical child abuse

The chimneys are part of Dublin. They're not ugly, they're elegant. Like the Spike. They should definitely be preserved. They're part of our DNA

Liveline presenter Joe Duffy on the announcement that the ESB Poolbeg Towers in Dublin have closed

It's a two-week holiday with my family or presenting the show, and my family has to be my priority

Broadcaster Ray D'Arcy on his decision to no longer present the Rose of Tralee