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Paddy doesn’t know and lubricant of credit: The week in quotes

“Take off like a rocket”

18/03/12 6,800 Views 4 Comments

THERE WAS CARNAGE in Afghanistan and tragedy in Switzerland.

Here at home, we had more from the ongoing ‘tweetgate’ saga. The issue of the promissory note was never far from our minds and at Cheltenham, the Gold Cup favourite was nowhere near the finish line.

Here’s the week, in quotes:

Paddy doesn’t know and lubricant of credit: The week in quotes
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  • Week in quotes

    “Unofficially named by some using a phrase that can be viewed as inappropriate and insensitive.” Nike, sort of, apologises for the ‘unofficial’ name given to its latest runners – Black and Tan.

  • Week in quotes

    “The rationale behind it is that every single Tuesday there seems to be a flurry of speculation: ‘Will this be the day that Mahon will release its report?’” – Fine Gael TD Simon Harris explains why he has called for an end to speculation about when the long-awaited tribunal report will be published.

  • Week in quotes

    “We feel that the security wasn’t sufficient. There weren’t enough guards on there. This was reckless endangerment.” - The Garda Representative Association says that not enough gardaí were deployed on a flight in which one of their number was slashed by a deportee.

  • Week in quotes

    "How quickly the lubricant of credit turns into the millstone of debt, the slingshot of leverage into a lethal boomerang" - Central Bank governor Patrick Honohan may have overdone the analogies while addressing the Limerick Law Society.

  • Week in quotes

    "The Irish Prison Service and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence regret any upset or distress caused to the family and colleagues of Garda Gary McLoughlin” – the Minister for Justice responds to news that a garda killer escaped from prison. He was later rearrested.

  • Week in quotes

    “Take off like a rocket.” - what Finance Minister Michael Noonan reckoned the Irish economy could do… provided the world economy returns to growth.

  • Week in quotes

    “Taoiseach, with the greatest of respect, and in the nicest possible way, Paddy doesn’t know. Paddy doesn’t have a clue what’s going on in this issue.” – Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin takes issue with Enda Kenny’s ‘Paddy wants to know what’s going on’ pledge during the last election.

  • Week in quotes

    "He certainly wasn't agitated. I don't think he knows a lot of the facts that are being alleged." – the lawyer for the US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghans over a week ago tries to explain the circumstances of his client's alleged actions.

  • Week in quotes

    “They’re put in an atmosphere of continual drinking, they’re encouraged to behave licentiously, they compete to bring people home to bed them.” – Senator David Norris is not a fan of TV3’s Tallafornia.

  • Week in quotes

    “The bus trip was very smooth. There was little traffic. We watched the movie Avatar (and) no one became car sick on the climb” – an earlier blog entry from a teacher who was among the 28 people, including 22 children, who died in bus crash in Switzerland on Tuesday.
  • “Unofficially named by some using a phrase that can be viewed as inappropriate and insensitive.” Nike, sort of, apologises for the ‘unofficial’ name given to its latest runners – Black and Tan.
  • “The rationale behind it is that every single Tuesday there seems to be a flurry of speculation: ‘Will this be the day that Mahon will release its report?’” – Fine Gael TD Simon Harris explains why he has called for an end to speculation about when the long-awaited tribunal report will be published.
  • “We feel that the security wasn’t sufficient. There weren’t enough guards on there. This was reckless endangerment.” - The Garda Representative Association says that not enough gardaí were deployed on a flight in which one of their number was slashed by a deportee.
  • “Take off like a rocket.” - what Finance Minister Michael Noonan reckoned the Irish economy could do… provided the world economy returns to growth.
  • “Taoiseach, with the greatest of respect, and in the nicest possible way, Paddy doesn’t know. Paddy doesn’t have a clue what’s going on in this issue.” – Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin takes issue with Enda Kenny’s ‘Paddy wants to know what’s going on’ pledge during the last election.
  • “They’re put in an atmosphere of continual drinking, they’re encouraged to behave licentiously, they compete to bring people home to bed them.” – Senator David Norris is not a fan of TV3’s Tallafornia.
  • “The bus trip was very smooth. There was little traffic. We watched the movie Avatar (and) no one became car sick on the climb” – an earlier blog entry from a teacher who was among the 28 people, including 22 children, who died in bus crash in Switzerland on Tuesday.

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