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I am very proud of All Hallows. Yes, I do ring All Hallows. I will ring All Hallows.

I am very proud of All Hallows. Yes, I do ring All Hallows. I will ring All Hallows.

My father has worked in All Hallows, or did for half a century. My house is called All Hallows. It is on the lands of All Hallows, so I am going to make apologies to nobody, including Liz O'Donnell, for being in touch with All Hallows. Taoiseach Bertie Ahern defending his relationship with All Hallows, a community of Vincentians based in his Dáil constituency.

The track record is such that we cannot accept that the church will be truthful or capable of self-regulation. Former minister of state Liz O'Donnell urging an end to the traditional deference shown to the Catholic Church.

It has not brought fairer competition, it has not helped independent retailers and it has not prevented the concentration of the groceries trade. Micheál Martin, Minister for Enterprise and Employment, calling time on the Groceries Order.

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Whatever our origins, we are all the children of the republic, and we can all expect the same rights. President Jacques Chirac acknowledging that the Paris riots had exposed inequalities in French society.

It is simply unthinkable that our final destination could be the cul-de-sac of complacent consumerism when we are the first generation to have within our reach the great destination of an egalitarian Republic. President McAleese warning against the negative side of materialism.

The area needs upgrading. I'm bringing a club in that is more sophisticated than the immediate area. London nightclub-owner Peter Stringfellow saying that the lap-dancing club he plans for Parnell Street in Dublin will gentrify the area.

If you are going to allow your country to be used to refuel a US plane, which is going on a bombing raid, what do you expect our reaction to be? This is not neutrality. Anjem Choudary, a London-based lawyer who believes that Ireland is a legitimate target for Islamic terror groups because it allows US military planes to refuel at Shannon airport.

There were times when I would paint all night just to get something finished because the pressure was on me for money. Ted Jones, a self-taught painter from Ballymun in Dublin, who sold €750,000 worth of paintings in four hours this week.

We have to make a protest about what he did. Dublin pub owner Charlie Chawke, who has put up posters "barring" All Blacks captain Tana Umaga in retaliation for his "spearing" of Lions captain Brian O'Driscoll.

This whole thing is skewed in favour of people who have broken the law and caused enormous damage. It has contributed towards undermining confidence in the process we are engaged in. Ulster Unionist leader Sir Reg Empey attacking British government proposals for an amnesty for on-the-run prisoners from the North.

Four-star joints that sit high on the top of a hill, without a tree in sight, which have mushroomed under the blessings of millions of euro spent without a thought to good taste and subtlety. Food writer John McKenna hitting out at "bad taste" holiday destinations in Ireland.

We are stuck between irrational American policies in the region and the crazy actions of Zarqawi. We need rational action against both these extremists. Sultan Huttab, a Jordanian journalist, speaking after the hotel bombings in Amman this week.

This is the last mile of a long road. I have been exiled, jailed and tortured on the way. Liberia's Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who is set to become the first woman president of an African country.