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Soft target and no way to live: The week in quotes

“We just can’t believe that in the 21st century something like this would happen.”

FOR THE SECOND week in a row, the death of Savita Halappanavar dominated the news agenda as two inquiries into her the circumstances surrounding the case began.

Abroad, there was trouble in the Middle East as Israel and Gaza fought relentlessly until a ceasefire was agreed with the help of Egypt and back here at home a shocking tale of crime in rural Ireland emerged.

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

Soft target and no way to live: The week in quotes
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  • Week in quotes

    “I would appeal directly to Praveen Halappanavar, who is a decent man, to meet with the chairperson of investigation team without prejudice because it is very necessary that the truth of these circumstances be found out.” – Taoiseach Enda Kenny urges the grieving husband to meet with a HSE team investigating his wife’s death in an unusual intervention in the Dáil.
  • Week in quotes

    “There is nothing we can do about it. They should be looking for their money from the contractor. We’re a soft target, the school is a soft target.” – Kilfinane school principal Siobhan O’Flynn on the subcontractors who removed fittings from the school after they weren’t paid. The dispute was later resolved and the fittings restored.
  • Week in quotes

    “The legal team is enthusiastic and the support for the challenge is growing.” – No campaigner Kathy Sinnott outlines plans to challenge the result of the children’s referendum
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    “People are so afraid that some people living on their own are leaving 50 quid out on the kitchen table in case they are burgled. That’s no way to live.” – Independent TD Thomas Pringle says that residents in parts of the country are leaving money out in case they are robbed following rural cuts to garda forces.
  • Week in quotes

    “Well, in parliamentary language they would be unprintable, but: insane, stupid, harebrained.” – Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary’s response to questions from British MPs about a proposal for an airport to be built in the Thames Estuary in London.
  • Week in quotes

    "My wish, frankly, is that there be some form of investigation which meets the needs of the concerned public and meets the needs of the family and meets the need of the State." – President Michael D Higgins makes unprecedented public remarks on the Savita case.
  • Week in quotes

    “We need to flatten entire neighborhoods in Gaza. Flatten all of Gaza. The Americans didn’t stop with Hiroshima – the Japanese weren’t surrendering fast enough, so they hit Nagasaki, too.” – The son of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon issues a strongly-worded condemnation of Gaza as conflict flares in the Middle East once more.
  • Week in quotes

    “We just can’t believe that in the 21st century something like this would happen.” – Praveen Halappanavar, husband of Savita Halappanavar, in his first television interview since his wife died at Galway University Hospital in October.
  • Week in quotes

    “It’s on Google Earth and other maps so we went to check and there was no island. We’re really puzzled. It’s quite bizarre.” – Scientist Dr Maria Seton expresses her puzzlement at a seemingly non-existent island that has appeared on world maps.
  • Week in quotes

    “Let’s hope some good comes out of the tragedy of Ms Halappanavar’s death and Ireland’s outdated abortion laws are changed,” – Entrepreneur Richard Branson speaks about his experience of trying to sell condoms in Ireland when they were outlawed as he blogs about the Savita case.

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