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Nauseating and conspiracies: The week in quotes

“I think throwing out conspiracies like a man standing at the bar in a pub is quite unacceptable.”

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IT WAS A week in which various senior government figures north and south of the border expressed outrage at the publication of images of the body of Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius.

While the government launched a stimulus to much fanfare and also much criticism in a week which also saw the head of the HSE decide to resign.

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

Nauseating and conspiracies: The week in quotes
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  • Week in quotes

    “It is not something that the government has to follow, it’s not part of the programme.” – Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore plays down IMF comments about means-testing child benefit and reviewing the provision of medical cards for over 70s.

  • Week in quotes

    “I think throwing out conspiracies like a man standing at the bar in a pub is quite unacceptable, it’s beneath your office and I think you should have the decency to withdraw your statement fully and without equivocation.” – Micheál Martin slams the Taoiseach for suggesting that a file on the bank guarantee may have been shredded.

  • Week in quotes

    “It is difficult to take lectures from people who never employed anyone in their lives. Many of them never did a day’s manual work. It has been a bit nauseating.” – Mick Wallace hits back at United Left Alliance TDs who criticised him over his company’s controversial VAT settlement with the Revenue.

  • Week in quotes

    “I think it’s an appropriate time for me to flag that I’m willing to step down at this point, because there’s a new structure being put in place with a very different role.” – HSE chief executive Cathal Magee talks about his resignation from the health service.

  • Week in quotes

    “No, we will not apologise.” – President Barack Obama says his campaign will not be apologising to Mitt Romney over attacks on his record at the private equity firm, Bain Capital.

  • Week in quotes

    “I first of all think that the first priority and main focus is how a retrial can be brought into place.” – Northern Ireland deputy first minister Martin McGuinness says a Mauritian court’s acquittal of two men for the murder of Michaela McAreavey is “perverse”.

  • Week in quotes

    "I thought it was pretty much the end of the world.” – One witness describes the scene at a cinema in Aurora, Colorado where 12 people died and dozens were injured in a shooting at a screening of the new Batman movie.

  • Week in quotes

    "I firmly believe that abortion will present a greater challenge than austerity for this Government " – An unnamed Fine Gael TD outlines the challenges that abortion legislation may pose for the coalition government in an interview with the Irish Times.

  • Week in quotes

    “Having to wait up to six years to see key elements of this programme is of no use to the almost 15 per cent of the workforce that’s on the live register, or the record numbers of youth unemployed.” – Fianna Fáil’s Seán Fleming says the government’s €2bn stimulus announcement is “spin-driven”.

  • Week in quotes

    “Eight years was awesome, and I was famous and I was powerful. But I have no desire for fame and power any more.” – Former US president George W Bush is done with the old fame and power lark.
  • “It is not something that the government has to follow, it’s not part of the programme.” – Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore plays down IMF comments about means-testing child benefit and reviewing the provision of medical cards for over 70s.
  • “I think throwing out conspiracies like a man standing at the bar in a pub is quite unacceptable, it’s beneath your office and I think you should have the decency to withdraw your statement fully and without equivocation.” – Micheál Martin slams the Taoiseach for suggesting that a file on the bank guarantee may have been shredded.
  • “It is difficult to take lectures from people who never employed anyone in their lives. Many of them never did a day’s manual work. It has been a bit nauseating.” – Mick Wallace hits back at United Left Alliance TDs who criticised him over his company’s controversial VAT settlement with the Revenue.
  • “I think it’s an appropriate time for me to flag that I’m willing to step down at this point, because there’s a new structure being put in place with a very different role.” – HSE chief executive Cathal Magee talks about his resignation from the health service.
  • “No, we will not apologise.” – President Barack Obama says his campaign will not be apologising to Mitt Romney over attacks on his record at the private equity firm, Bain Capital.
  • “I first of all think that the first priority and main focus is how a retrial can be brought into place.” – Northern Ireland deputy first minister Martin McGuinness says a Mauritian court’s acquittal of two men for the murder of Michaela McAreavey is “perverse”.
  • “Having to wait up to six years to see key elements of this programme is of no use to the almost 15 per cent of the workforce that’s on the live register, or the record numbers of youth unemployed.” – Fianna Fáil’s Seán Fleming says the government’s €2bn stimulus announcement is “spin-driven”.
  • “Eight years was awesome, and I was famous and I was powerful. But I have no desire for fame and power any more.” – Former US president George W Bush is done with the old fame and power lark.

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