This Week They Said

A selection of this weeks quotes from around the world

A selection of this weeks quotes from around the world

Offhand I'm not sure. I know that there are two at least, but there may be some others.

Paul Robinson, chief executive of the North Eastern Health Board, when asked how people died as a result of "adverse incidents" at Cavan hospital.

To put it simply, we feel there was more information there than what we got.

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Mr Justice Henry Barron says the British government did not co-operate fully with his inquiry into the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings.

No European government is more capable of advancing the US-EU partnership than Ireland. With its economic and cultural links to America, and common views, Ireland is well placed to serve as a transatlantic bridge and to further strengthen the irreplaceable relationship.

James C. Kenny, the US ambassador to Ireland.

We will take whatever measures are necessary to make sure that the "pull factor" which might draw people here is closed off.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair says migrants from new EU member states will be discouraged from coming to Britain to receive government benefits. Ireland is the only existing EU state not to announce benefit restrictions.

The absence of a stockpile changes the political calculus; it changes the answer you get.

Colin Powell, US Secretary of State, says he does not know if he would have recommended invading Iraq had he been told it had no weapons of mass destruction.

If the American people give me a shot at George Bush next November, I will give them back the White House.

Senator John Kerry, US presidential hopeful, continues to dominate the Democratic primaries.

The monument is part of our history. We could leave some of the bomb scars on the nose since that was also part of our history.

Bruno Capanna, mayor of Acqualagna, north Italy, explains plans to restore a statue of Mussolini.

This was simply an effort to keep the employees safe and keep the merchandise secure.

A lawyer for Wal-Mart, the US retail giant, explains why it locked cleaners into stores.

I am sorry if anyone was offended by the wardrobe malfunction during the half-time performance.

Pop star Justin Timberlake apologises after ripping Janet Jackson's top - and exposing her right breast - at the Super Bowl.

All precautions were taken to prevent such an incident, but this is God's will. Caution isn't stronger than fate.

Iyad Madani, the Saudi Haj minister, on the stampede that killed at least 244 pilgrims during the annual Muslim pilgrimage.

France needs men of his quality.

French President Jacques Chirac on former prime minister Alain Juppé, who has received an 18-month suspended sentence for illicit fundraising.

He wanted to retire in Cornwall. He said we would be sitting in rocking chairs together, waiting for a postcard to come from Sean.

Yoko Ono on where she would be if John Lennon was still alive.