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'What if I had answered? Was he calling to say goodbye?': The week in quotes
“We don’t buy ‘likes’. We don’t know how to buy ‘likes’.”
IT WAS A week when Budget 2015 was announced and fears grew over Ebola.
That, and more, it’s the week in quotes.
I will never again go into that house.
Helen O’Driscoll spoke about the deaths of her three sons.
A UK Minister apologised after making the above remarks, in which he said some disabled people ‘aren’t worth the minimum wage’.
You know what Tánaiste, if anyone had any doubt as to whether or not you gave a toss about struggling families, they’ve had —by your smart-alec, dismissive and inaccurate response — they have their answer.
Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald unleashed a tirade against Joan Burton.
We don’t buy ‘likes’. We don’t know how to buy ‘likes’.
Fine Gael spokesperson on the “Facebook likes” allegations.
The night I believe he died I had a missed call at 11:03 and I’ll always wonder what if…what if I answered it. Was he saying goodbye to me? Was he telling me he needed help quick?
Former Fianna Fáil TD Charlie O’Connor spoke about how he is dealing with the death of his son, Robert O’Connor, who died in April.
It’s great that protesters are using their phones.
Tánaiste Joan Burton backtracked slightly on her previous comments about water charges protesters using expensive phones.
Austerity, as we know it, is over.
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan had some positive news on Budget Day.
They are frightened. This is a completely unprecedented crisis and people don’t know how, when, or if it is going to end.
Irish aid worker Sabrina Brett revealed what it’s like on the ground in Ebola-stricken Sierra Leone.
You will have people who have a high temperature and fear Ebola – even though they’ve never been to the region or in contact with people who have been.
Minister for Health Leo Varadkar the public could not possibly know enough about Ebola to diagnose or triage themselves.
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