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A cow, a goat, a sheep, a flower: The week in quotes

“There are 47 per cent who are with him, who are dependent on government, who believe they are victims.”

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IT WAS A week in which the Health Minister James Reilly came under renewed pressure as he battled to get a hold on the health service.

There was concern within government about Apple’s new map software and we finally got a date and a wording for the children’s rights referendum.

All that and more, it’s the week in quotes:

A cow, a goat, a sheep, a flower: The week in quotes
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  • Week in quotes

    “There are 47 per cent who are with him, who are dependent on government, who believe they are victims.” – US presidential candidate Mitt Romney causes controversy with secretly filmed remarks in which he says his job was “not to worry about” the 47 per cent of voters he thinks will vote for Barack Obama in November.

  • Week in quotes

    “If I were deputy Micheál Martin and I had done to this country what he did to this country and to the health service in particular I’d crawl under a tomb in The Burren and start communicating with nature for the rest of the time that I would be around.” – Pat Rabbitte slams Fianna Fáil’s motion of no confidence in James Reilly that was tabled in the Dáil this week.

  • Week in quotes

    “We wouldn't have published them [topless pictures of Kate Middleton] in the Roscommon Champion.” – NUJ Irish secretary Seamus Dooley on what makes and what doesn’t make for a story in the regional newspaper.

  • Week in quotes

    "See you on Sunday." – Mayo-man and Taoiseach Enda Kenny to independent Donegal TD Thomas Pringle in the Dáil on Tuesday ahead of the All Ireland Senior Football Final.

  • Week in quotes

    “Decisions on where staff are allocated, and where primary care centres are located, must be transparent and objective based on health need and no other consideration.” – An excerpt from Róisín Shortall’s speech which did not once refer to Reilly.

  • Week in quotes

    “If you took the €3 million [the Government] are going to spend on the Referendum and spend it on social workers for children, that would do more good than the referendum.” – The children’s rights referendum draws some criticism from the barrister Paul Anthony McDermott.

  • Week in quotes

    "There's an old adage in this country: Actions speak louder than words." – Health Minister James Reilly on Róisín Shortall's less-than-enthusiastic endorsement of him on Wednesday, referring to the fact she voted for him anyway in the no confidence vote.

  • Week in quotes

    “It will allow children who are already in the care system for lengthy periods of time to be adopted. That is to be welcomed.” – The date and wording for the children’s referendum is welcomed by the Special Rapporteur on Children, Geoffrey Shannon.

  • Week in quotes

    “We have pointed the finger, blamed people and institutions, but what we have failed to do is realise that we as a society failed. All of us failed children.” – Former governor of Mountjoy Prison, John Lonergan, comes out in support of the referendum.

  • Week in quotes

    “There are a variety of possible alternative images that could be utilised such a cow, a goat, a sheep, a flower or any indeed other type of plant as Airfield operates a nursery.” – Justice Minister Alan Shatter raises concerns about Apple’s map application for its new mobile operating system as it designates Dublin's Airfield Park as an airport.
  • “There are 47 per cent who are with him, who are dependent on government, who believe they are victims.” – US presidential candidate Mitt Romney causes controversy with secretly filmed remarks in which he says his job was “not to worry about” the 47 per cent of voters he thinks will vote for Barack Obama in November.
  • “If I were deputy Micheál Martin and I had done to this country what he did to this country and to the health service in particular I’d crawl under a tomb in The Burren and start communicating with nature for the rest of the time that I would be around.” – Pat Rabbitte slams Fianna Fáil’s motion of no confidence in James Reilly that was tabled in the Dáil this week.
  • “We wouldn't have published them [topless pictures of Kate Middleton] in the Roscommon Champion.” – NUJ Irish secretary Seamus Dooley on what makes and what doesn’t make for a story in the regional newspaper.
  • “Decisions on where staff are allocated, and where primary care centres are located, must be transparent and objective based on health need and no other consideration.” – An excerpt from Róisín Shortall’s speech which did not once refer to Reilly.
  • “If you took the €3 million [the Government] are going to spend on the Referendum and spend it on social workers for children, that would do more good than the referendum.” – The children’s rights referendum draws some criticism from the barrister Paul Anthony McDermott.
  • “It will allow children who are already in the care system for lengthy periods of time to be adopted. That is to be welcomed.” – The date and wording for the children’s referendum is welcomed by the Special Rapporteur on Children, Geoffrey Shannon.
  • “We have pointed the finger, blamed people and institutions, but what we have failed to do is realise that we as a society failed. All of us failed children.” – Former governor of Mountjoy Prison, John Lonergan, comes out in support of the referendum.
  • “There are a variety of possible alternative images that could be utilised such a cow, a goat, a sheep, a flower or any indeed other type of plant as Airfield operates a nursery.” – Justice Minister Alan Shatter raises concerns about Apple’s map application for its new mobile operating system as it designates Dublin's Airfield Park as an airport.

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