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'They’re f*****g cheats. It’s simple as that': The week in quotes
Here’s what was said and who said what this week.
You cannot go out and steal a child and expect that the society will accept that, or the courts will accept that, or the general public will accept that.
A South African prosecutor lays down some truths after a woman was jailed for 10 years after kidnapping a newborn baby from a hospital and raising her.
In general, Shane Ross needs “to be put back in his box”. You should say that at the moment an Irishman has been charged by the Brazilian authorities and is fundamentally entitled to due process and to the presumption of innocence.
A legal advisor Olympic Council of Ireland gives some rather questionable advice about how to treat the Minister for Sport.
The AIBA are cheats. They’re fucking cheats. It’s simple as that. That’s me. I’ll never box for anyone again. They’re cheating bastards, they’re paying everybody.
Irish boxer Michael Conlan rages at amateur boxing authorities after judges decided he lost to his Russian opponent Vladimir Nikitin at the Rio Olympics.
A rare apology from Donald Trump as his poll numbers continue to plummet and his campaign team gets a shake up.
Sometimes in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don’t choose the right words or you say the wrong thing. I have done that. And believe it or not, I regret it. I do regret it. Particularly, where it may have caused personal pain.
I saw a man walking up wearing a hoodie. I thought it was strange because it was roasting. I saw him pull out a gun.
The partner of an Irishman murdered in Majorca speaks of the moment the father was gunned down on front of his children.
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TDs Mick Wallace and Clare Daly launch their new namaleaks.com website for people to submit confidential information about their dealings with the State’s bad bank.
We agree that we reject the burqa, we agree that we want to introduce a legal requirement to show one’s face in places where it is necessary for our society’s coexistence — at the wheel, at public offices, at the registry office, in schools and universities, in the civil service, in court.
Germany’s interior minister comes out in favour of a partial ban on the Islamic burqa.
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