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Week in quotes
'He shoots the girl next to me, and 'I’m next, I’m dead'': The week in quotes
Here’s what was said and who said what this week.
I am Batley and Spen born and bred, and I could not be prouder of that. I am proud that I was made in Yorkshire and I am proud of the things we make in Yorkshire. Britain should be proud of that, too. I look forward to representing the great people of Batley and Spen here over the next five years.
An extract of from the maiden speech of Jo Cox, a Labour MP who was murdered in her hometown earlier this week.
Look, we’re led by a man that either is not tough, not smart, or he’s got something else in mind. And the something else in mind — you know, people can’t believe it. People cannot, they cannot believe that President Obama is acting the way he acts and can’t even mention the words radical Islamic terrorism. There’s something going on. It’s inconceivable. There’s something going on.
Donald Trump was criticised for implying President Obama ‘gets’ the Florida shooting more than the public knows.
The state needs to end the second class treatment of our Travelling community.
AAA-PBP’s Ruth Coppinger’s response to TheJournal.ie survey of TDs on Traveller ethnicity.
They are as much Irish as I am.
Fianna Fáil TD Kevin O’Keeffe was on the other side of the debate.
I thought I saw my son in town the other day but that wasn’t him. Sometimes I look around to to see him but it never happens. I keep dreaming about how he was beaten and kicked and dragged into the water. The two drag marks were there for a very long time after the day.
The words of the mother of Patryk Krupa, who was beaten unconscious and left to drown in the River Shannon, after her son’s killers were jailed.
Orlando shooting survivor: "He's shooting everyone that's already dead on the floor, making sure they're dead." https://t.co/CuQXwSigua
— ABC News (@ABC) June 14, 2016
I could hear the shotgun closer and I look over and he shoots the girl next to me. I’m just there lying down and I’m thinking ‘I’m next, I’m dead’.
Angel Colon, survivor of the Orlando LGBT nightclub shooting, described the scene in the club.
Seven minutes. From the moment I handed the salesperson my driver’s license to the moment I passed my background check. It likely will take more time than that during the forthcoming round of vigils to respectfully read the names of the more than 100 people who were killed or injured. It’s obscene. Horrifying.
American journalist Helen Ubiñas said she was able to buy a semi-automatic rifle – the same kind used in the Orlando shooting – in just seven minutes.
Towards the end of my career in Slipknot, I got really, really sick with a horrible disease called transverse myelitis. I lost my legs. I couldn’t play anymore. It was a form of multiple sclerosis, which I don’t wish on my worst enemy. I got myself back up, and I got myself in the gym, and I got myself back in fucking therapy to fucking beat this shit. And if I could do it, you could do it. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life, more than fucking anything.
Joey Jordison, the pioneering former drummer with metal band Slipknot, revealed he quit the band due to a form of multiple sclerosis (MS).
I thought it was very funny. I was sitting in the corner, and when we got the paper everyone turned around saying ‘that’s ye’.
Cathal Ó Curráin noticed a very familiar voice during his Irish aural exam – himself.
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