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Butter no parsnips and commode: The week in quotes

“Falling bond yields butter no parsnips.”

IT WAS A week in which Fine Gael retained the Meath East seat with Helen McEntee suceeding her father and Labour suffering a disastrous collapse in their vote.

Alan Shatter was at loggerheads with the gardaí while bailed-out Cyprus was coming to terms with its bailout agreement and capital controls on its banks.

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

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