At a glance
The Irish will have to vote again. - Quote attributed to French president Nicolas Sarkozy during a private meeting with parliamentary deputies to discuss the Irish rejection of the Lisbon Treaty.
We're not entertaining any prospect or any bullying from anybody. - Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin responds to speculation that France may push for a second Lisbon vote here.
There is no future for Donegal; there's no future for Galway; there's absolutely no future for Waterford; there's no future for Sligo, and Knock, despite the fact that we fly there, is pretty flakey. - A torrid future awaits Ireland's regional airports says Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary.
Nerves don't play a part in this. - Miss USA Crystle Stewart speaking before the Miss Universe 2008 finals. Stewart stumbled and crashed to the ground during the evening-gown part of the competition.
I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 per cent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years. - Al Gore challenges the United States to commit to meeting all its electricity needs with renewable sources by 2018.
For me, this is . . . the most complex crisis we've ever seen. - Spain's economy minister Pedro Solbes as the collapse of the property market drags it towards recession.
Our world has grown weary of greed, exploitation and division, of the tedium of false idols and piecemeal responses, and the pain of false promises. - Pope Benedict XVI on the perils of materialism.
It could lead to a situation where the cost of private health insurance is prohibitive, at a time when public health services for older people are inadequate. - Age Action Ireland spokesman Eamon Timmins as the Supreme Court strikes down risk equalisation between health insurers.
May the cheaters get caught. May they go away. - Christian Prudhomme, director of the Tour de France, after stage winner Riccardo Riccò tests positive for blood-booster EPO.