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'I would prefer to be drunk': The week in quotes

Here’s what was said and who said what this week.

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I hope it kicks the Irish banks in the ass up and down the country.

Fianna Fáil’s John McGuinness on the action he hopes the Central Bank takes on Ulster Bank for overcharging some customers on loan repayments.

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I have some difficulties in walking. I am not drunk; I have sciatica, I would prefer to be drunk.

How European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker opened his address to the Oireachtas.

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Imagine getting a call from your six-year-old niece. She’s crying and begging me to go get her. She says, ‘I promise I’ll behave, but please get me out of here. I’m all alone.’

Civil rights lawyer Jennifer Harbury on audio released from a US detention centre.

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People need to wake up to the fact that this president and his approach jeopardises that which makes us Americans.

Former FBI director James Comey on US president Donald Trump.

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One thing I remember was having to ask for the brown paint for my self-portrait when I was in junior infants but beyond this I felt right at home.

Nicholas Ndlovu on settling into life in Ireland – he became an Irish citizen last month.

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Her mother was still living in a Magdalene Laundry, aged 50. How she was living in a derelict building dripping with damp under a corrugated tin roof. The only heat came from an open-door cooker and her mother’s thin winter coat. The year was 1998.

Anne Roper, writer, producer and director of No Country for Women, on Magdalene laundries.

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Last year I had the privilege of being elected Taoiseach, something that would have been unimaginable when I was born, and would have seemed impossible even a few short years ago.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in his speech to the Dáil marking the 25th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality.

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    Mar 20th 2014, 11:33 AM

    I just want games! Thats all!!! Right? That was the mantra last year, right??

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    Mar 20th 2014, 12:06 PM

    Games are coming too

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    Mar 20th 2014, 12:45 PM

    You’ve got Ground Zeroes and Infamous: Second Son coming out tomorrow.

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    Mar 20th 2014, 4:03 PM

    Waiting on Watch Dogs… Infamous is decent, some love it…

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    Mar 20th 2014, 5:44 PM

    The Witcher 3 is the big one on the horizon for myself

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    Mar 20th 2014, 11:09 AM

    What about streaming sports ANYONE know !!

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    Mar 20th 2014, 11:18 AM

    I like firstrowsports.eu, any match you want!

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    Mar 20th 2014, 11:19 AM

    Rupert Murdoch has it all sewn up unfortunately.

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    Mar 20th 2014, 11:22 AM

    Rights purchasing for top sports is pretty expensive.

    Original content is possibly cheaper.

    Microsoft are doing similar commissioning full ‘Halo’ series, with Spielberg & Ridley Scott attached, just as a vehicle to promote Halo 5.

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    Mar 20th 2014, 2:19 PM

    Hopefully between this the xbox effort and Netflix i can get rid of my ridiculously expensive sky subscription.

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    Mar 20th 2014, 11:05 PM

    Cancelled my sky 3 months ago. Between netflix and free to air channels no point keeping sky

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    Mar 20th 2014, 12:51 PM

    Id be happy if they’d just let me put my pen into it and watch what ive downloaded.

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    Mar 20th 2014, 1:11 PM

    Yes first row can stream on PS3 BUT not on the ps4 can you help or is this not possible

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    Mar 20th 2014, 4:18 PM

    Alan they also removed the ability to use the ps4 as a media server .. Was really handy on ps3

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    Mar 20th 2014, 8:47 PM

    Then why can’t u connect ext hardrives??

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