Pope and pictures: The week in quotes

19/02/12 5,303 Views 3 Comments

THE WORLD CONTINUED to fret about the financial stability of Greece as the row over the closure of Ireland’s Vatican embassy rumbled on.

We mourned the loss of a music star and a film legend and we found out how much it costs to become president of Ireland.

That and a whole lot more. Here is the week in quotes:

Pope and pictures: The week in quotes

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Week in quotes
"If David don't fight me, I am going to physically burn him." – British heavyweight boxer Dereck Chisora also threatened to shoot former WBA heavyweight champ David Haye if he didn’t fight him as the pair became involved in a brawl in Munich on Saturday
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"We will turn over every piece of evidence we find - not just because we are obligated to but because it is the right thing to do." – News Corporation head Rupert Murdoch also informed staff of plans to launch The Sun on Sunday in an email as he arrived in London this week to deal with the ongoing fallout from the hacking scandal.
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"If [the Iranians] obtain nuclear weapons capability, then I think other nations across the Middle East will want to develop nuclear weapons.” - British Foreign Secretary William Hague warns of the consequences of nuclear proliferation in Iran.
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“But even in the midst of a recession we cannot let trade opportunities blind us to our responsibility to support courageous Chinese human rights activists risking their freedom and their lives every single day." – Amnesty International urges the government to tackle the Chinese vice president on human rights in his country.
Week in quotes
"If the government receive an indication of the intentions of the Pope to travel to Dublin for that Congress, or for any subsequent event, the government will receive the Pope with the proper decorum in respect of both his position and his status." - Taoiseach Enda Kenny explains how the government plans to receive Pope Benedict if he chooses to visit Ireland later this year.
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“It’s a fantastic website. That half of the world, from European Commissioners to ambassadors, is getting involved doesn’t interest me at all.” - far right Dutch MP Geert Wilders hit back at criticism over a website he set up which allows Dutch people to report immigrants "for nuisance, pollution and labour market displacement."
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“I got to give them kudos, cause they really stepped up and did the full monty thing and got naked.” - Kevin Young on the couples who visited his nudist colony in Jamaica to get married - in the nude - earlier this week.
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“It’s a difficult one to round the circle on and the reality is: the only real option for us was to have the game on a Sunday.” - Six Nations boss John Feehan defends the decision to reschedule the France v Ireland match for Sunday, 4 March.
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“The Taoiseach looked resplendent in all the photographs. My compliments to the photographer.” - Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin remarking on news that the Department of Taoiseach spent €30,000 on photography in 2011 - over €50,000 less than in 2008 when Martin's party were in power.
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“The hurt he has caused people is astonishing. I still see the hurt – 25 years later - that it caused my wife.” - Health Minister James Reilly, whose son is autistic, said remarks by Dr Tony Humphreys on a link between autism and parents not showing affection to their children were "utterly outrageous".

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