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False years and Big Bird: The week in quotes

“The Celtic Tiger years were false years. They were built on a veneer of endless wealth without hard work.”

IT WAS A week in which the pressure on Health Minister James Reilly continued to be heaped on, with no signs of it easing.

Facebook reached a billion users, there was a widespread search for a missing five-year-old in Wales, Enda Kenny was on the cover of TIME magazine and Mitt Romney insisted that he loved Big Bird.

All that and more, it’s the week in quotes:

False years and Big Bird: The week in quotes
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