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Quotes of the week
'How was this woman told her baby was dead, but there's a heartbeat?': The week in quotes
“It saddens me to be part of a parliament that created legislation that would bring about the type of grief that I heard explained to me yesterday.”
IT WAS A week of renewed debate on the 8th Amendment, anger in Sydney over a violent siege, and one where we said goodbye to the Metro Herald.
All that, and more, it’s the week in quotes:
It saddens me to be part of a parliament that created legislation that would bring about the type of grief that I heard explained to me yesterday. I just wonder how, as parliamentarians and legislators, we can correct that.
Fianna Fáil TD John McGuiness on Nama.
They all just kept looking at each other [as if to say] how was this woman told that her baby was dead, and we can all clearly see that there’s still a heartbeat there.
The words of Aimee Nolan, who was told her baby had died, only to discover two days later that the hospital made a mistake
I’m thinking ‘God I wish I didn’t have go into work today’, feeling miserable, and then you see this big smile, and someone says hello and wishes you a good day.
One Dubliner on the Metro-Herald ‘merchandisers’, who will be disappearing from Dublin’s streets.
We can never say ‘never again’ and think to mean it. We need to face up to that and be honest about it. There is no perfect abortion law and never will be.
Minister Leo Varadkar’s comments this week sparked renewed debate on abortion in Ireland.
I’m not sure I could rival Ryan in the song and dance department.
Pat Kenny explained why he doesn’t miss the Toy Show.
I hear the elves had to get an extra helping of hot chocolate because of the cold — to kind of get them going.
Met Éireann’s Gerald Fleming had some words of reassurance for our younger readers, when he dropped by to give us an update on the weather at North Pole heading into Christmas week.
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Our Platero was literally squashed by a man.
A statement from Spanish animal rights groups after a man was charged after a donkey he sat on died.
Democracy allows anyone to object to anything, but you’d have to ask — is there no room at the inn?
Dublin Lord Mayor Christy Burke criticised the businesses objecting to the opening of a new hostel for the homeless in Dublin city.
Love and the strength of womanhood. Let me say it again, love and the strength of womanhood. And, you could reverse it, the strength of womanhood and love.
Bill Cosby on how he has weathered abuse allegations.
I will not rest until I am confident that you are as safe as any government can possibly make you.
Australian PM Tony Abbott following this week’s cafe siege in Sydney.
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