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Get a grip and into a wooden box: The week in quotes

“Just shy of 7,000 job losses a month. That’s their record.”

IT WAS A week dominated by the abortion debate as the government appeared to get itself in a muddle over the implementation of X Case legislation.

The Luis Suarez biting incident had plenty of people talking while the Taoiseach took aim at Fianna Fáil’s jobs record and Michael Healy-Rae had an interesting and controversial idea.

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

Get a grip and into a wooden box: The week in quotes
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