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Knitting on the Late Late Show and Shatter's apology: The week in quotes

“I was told there would be at least one nun sitting in the Late Late Show audience, knitting. And sure enough, there she was”.

IT WAS A week in which Justice Minister Alan Shatter faced questions over his encounters with Gardaí and London was shocked by the murder of a British soldier on a street in broad daylight.

The Oireachtas finished its second round of lengthy hearings on the proposed abortion legislation and parts of the US state of Oklahoma were left devastated by a tornado that flattened entire neighbourhoods and left 24 people dead.

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