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Little babies and a trail of devastation: The week in quotes

“This is all, obviously, a bit of a shock to me.”
7.00pm, 14 Jul 2013
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IT WAS A week dominated by the abortion debate as the Dáil passed the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill, but not without casualties as Lucinda Creighton voted against the government.

Elsewhere the murder of two brothers in Mayo shocked the country and one late night Dáil sitting led to accusations of TDs drinking on the job, again.

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

Little babies and a trail of devastation: The week in quotes
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