A selection of this week's quotes
"We've made that decision."- Brian Cowen insists the Government will not back down from education cuts unveiled in the Budget.
"Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders' equity, myself included, are in a state of shocked disbelief."- Alan Greenspan, former US Federal Reserve chairman, on the global financial meltdown.
"Green land shouldn't be used for building houses everywhere."- Virna Bussadori, president of the European Council of Spatial Planners, is "astonished" at the rural housing sprawl in Ireland.
"Maybe this is what the revolution looks like."- An unnamed TD watches angry senior citizens march on the Oireachtas.
"Get off the stage."- Pensioners shout down Minister of State John Moloney over changes to medical card eligibility.
"Why do they always have to die or get caught before we find out?"- Blogger Andrew Sullivan as it emerges that Austria's late right-wing leader, Jorg Haider, had a male lover.