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Deep unease and not an option: The week in quotes

“The Supreme Court is absolutely clear about this issue and the people have been absolutely clear.”

IT WAS A week in which the issue of abortion once again took centre-stage as the expert group’s report was finally published and the Dáil debated legislation for the X Case.

In Britain the Leveson inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the media caused a considerable storm both in the media and in the political world but it was something else British that drew the envy of the HSE chief, Tony O’Brien.

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

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    Nov 29th 2011, 5:58 PM

    RTE should suspended in its entirety along with the licence fee.

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    Nov 30th 2011, 1:54 AM

    ….and back in the real world!

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