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'Andrew shouldn’t be dead, I shouldn’t be putting flowers on his grave': The week in quotes
Here’s what was said and who said what this week.
I would certainly not do first strike… but I can’t take anything off the table.
Donald Trump on his attitude towards using nuclear weapons.
Today while every graduate throws their graduation hat in the sky to come down with the long waiting dream, I don’t see the sky because I’m enrolled in a different college.
A letter written by Ibrahim Halawa from his Egyptian prison was published, where he imagined what life would have been like had he not be sent to a Cairo prison.
It’s an anti-car policy run by apparatchiks in Dublin.
Fianna Fáil councillor Tim Brosnan on plans to ban cars from Cork city centre.
A lot of people here would know people who are selling drugs, but they’re afraid to say anything, because if they say anything they’ll get a bullet in the back of the head.
A resident of Dublin’s north inner city speaking at the Public Forum on Crime held earlier this week.
Andrew shouldn’t be dead, I shouldn’t be putting flowers on Andrew’s grave. And I would plead with people today to realise that a punch can and does kill.
Rosie, the mother of a young man who died after an assault during a night out, pleaded with young men to think about the consequences of violent actions.
Depression takes a hold of you and, you don’t realise you’re in this world – you think it’s the norm but you do things out of character that your close friends or your family would see.
Jason McAteer spoke about his battle with depression.
I fully respect the view of the Deputy but it is not a black and white situation. The T-shirts may be black and have white writing on them but this is about people and people have different views.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny responding to questions from Ruth Coppinger after she and her party colleagues work Repeal jumpers in the Dáil.
I used to go home with a pocketful of phone numbers – this was my fodder for the winter! I would go out on dates and to dances but had no notion of getting married.
Mick Burke, who has been attending the Lisdoonvarna matchmaking festival for 70 years, spoke of his experiences.
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