Said and done

Dropping like flies and dominant ideology: The week in quotes

“There is nothing so blind as the blindness imposed by a dominant ideology, and a subservient State. A blindness that can subvert what our human intuition knows to be right and wrong.”
7.00pm, 24 Feb 2013
4.2k
4

IT WAS A week in which the women of the Magdalene Laundries finally got the State apology they had fought so hard and waited so long for.

In South Africa, Oscar Pistorius’ bail hearing dominated and here in Ireland the talks on a new pay deal for public sector workers continued to be fraught with no certain outcome.

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

Dropping like flies and dominant ideology: The week in quotes
1 / 10

  • Week in quotes

  • Week in quotes

  • Week in quotes

  • Week in quotes

  • Week in quotes

  • Week in quotes

  • Week in quotes

    "As Ronald Reagan used to say, 'We took one for the team.' And I think the team owes us now." - Finance Minister Michael Noonan told Bloomberg TV that he believes Ireland deserves help from Europe to cut the ties between sovereign and banking debt.

  • Week in quotes

    "You need petrol in the tank just as much as you need morale in your belly." - John Parker, president of the Garda Representative Association, as its members embarked on a work-to-rule style industrial action in protest at proposed cuts to Garda pay.

  • Week in quotes

    "The recent resignation by Pope Ratzinger is the best thing about his papacy." - Alex Gibney, director of Oscar-nominated doc Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, in an interview with TheJournal.ie this week on what the Vatican needs to do to move forward on the subject of clerical sex abuse.

  • Week in quotes

    "Tá Éire fíorálainn! Land of green hills and dark beer. With capital Dublin glowing in the Irish night." Astronaut and flight engineer Commander Chris Hadfield impressed the nation with his 'as Gaeilge' message from aboard the International Space Station on Monday. He tweeted it with this photo of Dublin at night.

Pictures: Photocall Ireland/Press Association

Read previous weeks in quotes >

Author
View 4 comments
Send Tip or Correction
Close
4 Comments
    Submit a report
    Please help us understand how this comment violates our community guidelines.
    Thank you for the feedback
    Your feedback has been sent to our team for review.
    JournalTv
    News in 60 seconds
    The Journal supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and the Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at https://www.presscouncil.ie, PH: (01) 6489130, Lo-Call 1800 208 080 or email: mailto:info@presscouncil.ie