IT WAS A week when the Government came under fire for its stance on the conflict in Gaza.
A man claimed a small part of Africa, and lamb kebabs were found not to be lamb.
All that, and more, it’s the week in quotes:
Our pain is intense and relentless. We live in a hell beyond hell. Our babies are not here with us — we need to live with this act of horror, every day and every moment for the rest of our lives.
The words of Anthony Maslin and Rin Norris, who lost their three children in the MH17 crash. [Mashable]
I think the Angelus is a part of the aural landscape of Ireland, whether you like it or not, just as spires and steeples shape the skylines of our towns and villages.
Donal O’Keeffe in favour of the Angelus being kept.
It’s damaged, yes. It’s hurting, yes. It’s in need of change, yes. It’s hungry for change, absolutely
Acting Garda Commissioner Noirin O’Sullivan said that reform is necessary within the force.
The UN Human Rights Council could have changed its name a long time ago to UN terrorist rights council. They are protecting terrorists.
The Israeli ambassador to Ireland Boaz Modai, who is facing calls for his expulsion, didn’t mince his words about Hamas on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland.
I am going into very difficult budget negotiations in the next few months to try and secure the biggest budget possible for health and having health interest groups attack me and weaken me is not good for health or people who need to use our health services.
Minister for Health Leo Varadkar lashed out at his critics.
This case raises important legal issues of the rights of every individual in this State; the conduct of committees of the Parliament and of constitutional law.
Angela Kerins on her legal action against the PAC.
I want to survive, and if I don’t, remember that I was not a Hamas man or a fighter. I wasn’t used as a human shield, either. I was home.
A tweet from a young resident of Gaza during Israeli shelling. [Al Monitor]
Nobody takes parliament seriously, including parliament itself.
Independent TD Stephen Donnelly (right) criticised the way in which the Oireachtas works, claiming that nobody takes it seriously.
My family and I sat down once we realized that legally we had a valid claim and have established a government there. I asked them, ‘How can we utilize this piece of ground for the betterment of the world?’.
Jeremiah Heaton, who claimed a small part of north-eastern Africa.
When you order a lamb kebab you expect to get a lamb kebab and not a beef and chicken kebab.
Chief executive of the Food Safety Authority Professor Alan Reilly after it was revealed that many lamb kebabs do not actually contain lamb.
If you are basically still an American company but you simply change your mailing address in order to avoid paying taxes then you are really not doing right by the country and its people.
US President Barack Obama wasn’t impressed with Ireland’s tax laws.
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