Ireland Quotes

After seeing Matt Holland and Stephen Ireland in action, I was wondering if a team could be comprised consisting entirely of national teams? - Timothy Smith

After a while, I just got fed up with waiting, I wasn't improving. As I did a little more training, I didn't feel like the symptoms were going away, but I felt fitter and healthier, so that just kind of motivated me more. - Mike Ireland

Advice and consent does not mean rubber stamp in the Senate. - Patricia Ireland

A step of unparalleled magnitude in the recent history of Northern Ireland. - Tony Blair

A lot of people outside Ireland are seeing the message sent home to Sinn Fein is that it's not just the McCartney sisters expecting justice, it's the whole world. - Paula McCartney

A friend of mine in Ireland emailed me. - Anthony Lucas

A foreign government has more say over Northern Ireland than the people of Northern Ireland. - Ian Paisley

A day like today is not a day for soundbites, really. But I feel the hand of history upon our shoulders. I really do. - Tony Blair

[The Scottish Football Association gave the first indication yesterday it is prepared to drop opposition to a united British team but they still do not want its players involved in it.] Our stance on being part of any such team has not wavered but, the way the wind is blowing, a British team in 2012 may pan out... If so, Scotland will step aside. If England, Northern Ireland and Wales want this, we would not stand in their way. - Andy Mitchell

[The agreement] opens a new future for all in Ireland... It is now up to political leaders on all sides to move decisively to fulfill the mandate of the people. - John Hume