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Said and done

Very conscious and the McCarthy era: The week in quotes

“This is a slippery slope we should not slide down nor encourage. It has echoes of the discredited McCarthy era of the 1950s in US politics.”

WE HAD STRONG words from the Justice Minister Alan Shatter and the make-up costs of the Taoiseach.

There was a ceasefire of sorts in Syria and a failed rocket launch in North Korea. While poor old One Direction had to contend with legal actions… from One Direction.

That and more, it’s all in the week in quotes:

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