Dúirt Siad...

Considering the importance of the revenue generated by these supplements - six pages of property ads bring in as much revenue as a day's newspaper sales - it is not surprising that the editorial content is so sympathetic to the advertisers, but it certainly isn't news. — Chekov Feeney, Village magazine, 23 November on the symbiotic relationship between the Irish newspaper industry and property developers.

If the Provos were involved it'd be better organised. — Shell to Sea campaigner responding to a question by journalist Warren Swords about Michael McDowell's claims of 'Provo' involvement in the campaign. Irish Mail on Sunday, 26 November.

The religious fundamentalist who propelled the DUP to power may, in time, lead to the implosion of what had been a political monolith. — Colm Heatley, The Sunday Business Post, 26 November.

The brother of a Catholic man who was murdered by loyalist hitman Michael Stone has branded him a "publicity seeker" and a "Walter Mitty character" after his botched attack in Stormont on Friday. — Conor McMorrow, Sunday Tribune, 26 November referring to comments by Roddy Hackett, brother of Dermott Hackett, shot dead by the UFF in 1987.

The rising tide of gangland violence in this state is indicative of the failure of this Government to tackle the issue of drugs from which these gangs derive their funding. The gang culture of guns and paid assassinations is not restricted to those people involved in crime. — Sinn Féin Dublin City Councillor and Vice Chair of the Dublin City Joint Policing Committee Cllr Larry O'Toole 27 November.

The HSE has seemingly used poetic licence in its definition of a bed, and the vast majority aren't beds at all but simply a piece of furniture or equipment like a trolley where someone is being treated, she said. — Allison Bray, Irish Independent, 27 November, quoting consultant Maeve Ann Wren on government claims that hundreds of new hospital beds have been added to A&E units.