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# Said and done

All time
Butter no parsnips and commode: The week in quotes
It was different in the 1970s and Robbie Keane: The week in quotes
May God forgive you and horrific step: The week in quotes
Money tree and immaterial: The week in quotes
Swallow hard and testosterone boost: The week in quotes
Dropping like flies and dominant ideology: The week in quotes
Gravity of this act and ripped us apart: The week in quotes
Taking note and Dáil bar: The week in quotes
Hot whiskey and cover your ass: The week in quotes
We'll see about that and in/out referendum: The week in quotes
Proper title and people's bedrooms: The week in quotes
Groomed the nation and bulging disc: The week in quotes
Disposable items and Mrs Merkel: The week in quotes
'A logistical, logarithmic progression' : The year in 46 quotes
Double-think and out of touch: The week in quotes
Latin phrases and Rocky: The week in quotes
Disturbing and undemocratic: The week in quotes
Deep unease and not an option: The week in quotes
Soft target and no way to live: The week in quotes
Catholic country and contrition: The week in quotes
Cop-on and women of a certain age: The week in quotes
Postponing Halloween and heinous act: The week in quotes
Inherent wickedness and tweak my ears: The week in quotes
Binders and crossing the Alps barefoot: The week in quotes
Chillaxing and Playboy: The week in quotes
False years and Big Bird: The week in quotes
Creepy feeling and red lines: The week in quotes
A cow, a goat, a sheep, a flower: The week in quotes
Diamond bazooka and not be afraid: The week in quotes
Silly season and big new bazooka: The week in quotes
Flagrant abuse and void of principle: The week in quotes
Legitimate rape and nonsense: The week in quotes
Celebration and frustration: The week in quotes
Astronomical figures and Dáil drinks: The week in quotes
Glistening like wet otters: The week in quotes
Unreasonable and outrageous: The week in quotes
Nauseating and conspiracies: The week in quotes
Box ticking and trees in the city: The week in quotes
John Terry and hind tit: The week in quotes
Euro 2012: The good, the bad and the frustratingly inconsistent