IT WAS A week when we were encouraged to huge trees, abortion pills were brought back from Northern Ireland, and a man was fined for writing on a coffee cup.
All that, and more, it’s the week in quotes:
Attenzione Ebola.
The words written on a coffee cup during an Aer Lingus flight, sparking a security alert.
We’ve seen the musical equivalent of a nuclear arms race as bands use bigger and louder amplifiers and full-scale drum kits to dominate spaces.
Declan O’Brien of the Temple Bar Residents’ Association hit out at buskers.
I am now homeless and in debt. Nothing about this has brought me any personal benefit.
Maíria Cahill said that going public with claims that she was raped by a senior member of the IRA has come at a great cost.
Dermot died of blood loss in front of me. He stood up for an instance, I thought he was alright, and he just looked at me. His last words to me were ‘call an ambulance, I’ve been stabbed’. I turned to grab the phone, and when I turned around, and he was gone.
Bridget O’Toole, wife of murdered Irishman Dermot O’Toole, spoke of the violent attack that led to his death.
It’s been tough and uncomfortable at times, but it has given me the confidence to be myself, to follow my own path, and to rise above adversity and bigotry. It’s also given me the skin of a rhinoceros, which comes in handy when you’re the CEO of Apple.
Tim Cook publicly acknowledged that he is gay.
I’m not willing to stand here and let my civil rights be violated when it’s not science-based.
US nurse Kaci Hickox, who treated patients with Ebola, refused to be quarantined.
I’m 65 and in excellent health, I hug a tree whenever I can.
Tom Roche, founder and co-ordinator of Just Forests, said that literal tree hugging has some health benefits.
We should be able to go to our own GPs, to have a discussion with them and get this prescribed. We don’t need a Tribunal, we don’t need an avalanche of doctors.
TD Ruth Coppinger after taking an abortion pill to demonstrate its safety.
Gone Girl. Rubbish. Absolute rubbish. I went with a couple of lads from the Irish team, but if I was on my own, honestly, I would’ve walked out.
Roy Keane wasn’t a fan of Gone Girl.
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