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"Slings and arrows are at the ready, pointed at us": The week in quotes

“The State pension is absolutely secure.”

IT WAS A week of a new year, new pastures (for one iconic footballer) and a new political party.

That, and more, it’s the week in quotes.

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It will of course be hard. Slings and arrows are at the ready, pointed at us. We will proceed and will not be deflected from our goals.

Lucinda Creighton knows starting a new political party won’t be easy.

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I don’t use bad language. I apologise if offence was taken.

Charlie Flanagan on whether he used a four-letter word about Sinn Féin.

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What’s up next?? A sitcom on The Holocaust maybe with funny fat Nazis eating victims alive? Or how about a comedy about Ebola with black kids dying on screen and doctors telling funny jokes about them?

Fianna Fáil’s David McGuinness didn’t find news of a sitcom about The Famine that funny.

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“This has been the toughest decision of my life, and one which both me and my family have agonised over for a good deal of time.”

Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard won’t be on Merseyside for much longer – he’s leaving at the end of the season.

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We believe we can resume suspended senior-level talks and hold other talks on specific issues if South Korea sincerely has a position that it wants to improve North-South relations through a dialogue.

Kim Jong-Un gave a New Year’s Day speech, calling the Sony hack a “righteous deed”.

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Never ever buy a puppy for Christmas…all you do is encourage puppy farms to breed ever more dogs.

Billy Gallagher of Athlone SPCA after puppies were abandoned on the road on Christmas Day.

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The State pension is absolutely secure.

Joan Burton on a discussion paper that suggested cutting the payment.

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    Aug 14th 2018, 7:02 PM

    Sure you need them around there

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    Aug 14th 2018, 7:39 PM

    Why no article about the 20 billion euro social welfare budget???? Was on nearly every drive time radio station…..

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    Aug 14th 2018, 8:04 PM

    @Jonathan Whelan: won’t be on here till Thursday evening I’d say

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    Aug 14th 2018, 8:10 PM

    @Jonathan Whelan: They’ve to wait for someone to write an article first. Can’t paste what you can’t copy.

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    Aug 14th 2018, 8:37 PM

    @⚡ Seánie ⚡: very true! Ohh the amount of comments that willbe removed!!

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    Aug 14th 2018, 10:57 PM

    @Jonathan Whelan: you need to have actual journalistic capacity to do that. This is a half assed amateur joke

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    Aug 15th 2018, 6:59 AM

    @Jonathan Whelan: it’s scheduled for 1am Friday morning. So it can slip through un-noticed.

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    Aug 15th 2018, 9:44 AM

    @Jonathan Whelan: That’s because they are all owned by denis.

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    Aug 14th 2018, 7:11 PM

    More like an arsenal of weapons i’d say!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm-xpDeGvXU

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    Aug 14th 2018, 8:53 PM

    Embarrassing that the police cannot police a square kilometer of the inner city.

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    Aug 14th 2018, 11:13 PM

    @G Jazz: stick to the jazz kid…

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    Aug 16th 2018, 11:38 AM

    Weapons of mass construction ! Probably should spend more time
    Building houses to get people off the streets than dog for buried rifles I mean treasure lol

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    Aug 16th 2018, 11:36 AM

    Surprised bodies weren’t found! , most fire arms are traceable anyway

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    Aug 16th 2018, 11:35 AM

    Surprised bodies weren’t found! There probably gardai rifles lol , most fire arms are traceable

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