We are always obliged to act with respect for the inherent right to life of both the mother and the unborn child in the mother's womb. – Cardinal Brady seeks to assert his moral authority
By 1985 the Archdiocese [of Dublin] knew [Fr Tony Walsh] was a serial abuser . . .yet the welfare of children did not arise for consideration . . . [the bishops] discussed informing the gardaí but did not do so. –
Murphy Commission report, Chapter 19
I wish to inform you that the provision of further State funding to AIB will be conditional, inter alia, on the non-payment of any bonuses, no matter when they may have been earned. – Brian Lenihan discovers it is possible to be tough with a bank, especially when it is owned by the people of Ireland
The board of AIB . . . is relieved to be in a position not to pay these bonuses. – AIB chairman David Hodgkinson knows who is boss
[Kevin] Cardiff echoed the regulator and pointed out that the auditors contracted by his department to look at the books of at least two of the institutions under pressure came away with "a favourable impression of the loan books". – Department of Finance number two official Kevin Cardiff's perspective on the banks, according to an official at the US embassy in Dublin just after the September 2008 blanket guarantee given by the Government to the banks, as revealed by WikiLeaks. Cardiff has since been promoted to overall charge of the department
. . it may be that government officials are being a bit optimistic in their assessment of the level of impaired assets. – Then US ambassador Thomas Foley's take on Cardiff's grasp of the situation, as revealed by WikiLeaks