Nuts and takeaway: The week in quotes

12/02/12 4,258 Views 1 Comment

AS POLITICAL LEADERS wrangled over austerity in Athens, Enda Kenny ensured there would be no Greek-style tragedy in Ireland by reassuring bondholders.

In Syria violence flared yet again while here at home there was the shocking and terrible death of a young girl in a case of mistaken identity. Meanwhile in the US, former president Bill Clinton was full of the good stuff about Ireland.

Here is just some of what happened over the past week, in quotes:

Nuts and takeaway: The week in quotes

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Week in quotes
“It has almost boiled down to a takeaway menu whereby buyers will ask will they have Polish tonight, Thai or will I have Chinese tonight?” - Help group Ruhama reacts to the revelations on the RTÉ Prime Time programme 'Profiting from Prostitution.'
Week in quotes
"In a few hours our chancellor leaves for New York to make a presentation to the United Nations about the militarisation and the introduction of nuclear arms in the zone." - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez confirms that her country is complaining to the UN over the UK's action around the Falkland Islands.
Week in quotes
“This accident was caused primarily by the pilots doing the aviation equivalent of jumping three red traffic lights in fog." - the lawyer for the families and victims of the Cork air crash claims that there is no doubt about what caused the crash which happened a year ago this week.
Week in quotes
"He appreciates and admires the Irish like every other community in this wonderful cosmopolitan capital" - a spokesman for Boris Johnson clarifies remarks by the London Mayor who said he was annoyed by "lefty crap" like spending £20,000 on a dinner for Sinn Fein on St Patrick's Day.
Week in quotes
"We're talking about thousands of nurseries and schools which cannot be built in other EU countries because of the excessive pensions paid in Greece." - Georg Grodzki (not pictured), head of credit at investment firm Legal and General, explains the growing dissatisfaction with Greece's political wrangling over austerity.
Week in quotes
“You’d have to be nuts not to take advantage of this unique investment opportunity presented by one of the most business-friendly countries in the world, with the youngest, best-educated workforce in Europe and an unemployment pool of 14 per cent." - Former US president Bill Clinton lauds Ireland to a group of investors.
Week in quotes
“Neither orcas nor any other animal were included in the ‘We the people’… when the Constitution was adopted.” - SeaWorld gives short shrift to a case taken against it by PETA arguing that the right to freedom from slavery should extend to animals.
Week in quotes
"I’ve not even thought about it. I’ve got a job to do.” - Harry Redknapp - who has previously said he would never turn down the England manager's job - says he hadn't even considered it in the wake of Fabio Capello's departure.
Week in quotes
“We’ll pay our dues in full and on time" - exactly a year after Leo Varadkar's infamous "not another cent" comments, Taoiseach Enda Kenny reaffirms Ireland's intention not to impose any losses on senior bondholders to Bloomberg TV.
Week in quotes
“All violent deaths are shocking but the killing of a young person especially so." - Justice Minister Alan Shatter reacts to the shocking death of 16-year-old Melanie McCarthy-McMcNamara who was shot dead in Tallaght on Tuesday night.

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