Unfortunately in my case, because of what I do for living, here in Ireland is very hard for me to find a… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
People were so keen to get investment. In those days, there was quite significant unemployment in Northern Ireland, and that had been… — John Hume Copy Share Image
We don't know what is going to happen with Brexit, it's not going to be good for the North anyway whatever happens.… — Adrian Dunbar Copy Share Image
Ireland is such a young society. The British were the ruling class up until they left about a hundred years ago, and… — Tana French Copy Share Image
I was raised as a Catholic. I went to a Jesuit school - obviously, being from Ireland, was brought up in quite… — Jack Reynor Copy Share Image
Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to… — Bernadette Devlin Copy Share Image
When people are faced with a choice between the Northern Ireland they have got and the perfect Northern Ireland, they complain. But… — John Reid Copy Share Image
“You may have noticed there are three things an Irishman always puts his soul in: his religion, his sports, and his politics.… — Mary Deasy Copy Share Image
When the problems in Northern Ireland started, it was not a question of Protestantism or Catholicism, because the Catholic church was the… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
I'm really not big on nationalism, to be honest with you. I really don't think it gets people anywhere except near a… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
Ireland was an idyllic place for us as children. We had all these cousins and all this green countryside. Given what I've… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
When I was a senior in high school, I went to Ireland to study Irish Gaelic. And after one semester at Trinity… — Rosemary Mahoney Copy Share Image
The re-establishment of a hard border on the island of Ireland would be a step backwards and present an opportunity for others,… — Enda Kenny Copy Share Image
I always loved my mother, felt loved, but she was judgmental. Her father in Ireland didn't approve of women generally, and she… — Julie Walters Copy Share Image
I mean Ireland, in all honesty I owe Ireland a lot because I think, and I'm not just saying this flippantly, Ireland… — John Bishop Copy Share Image
My father was the orphaned son of immigrants to the United States from Ireland. My father never knew his parents. His mother… — George J. Mitchell Copy Share Image
A number of very good managers have done well to lead Ireland to tournaments - Jack Charlton, Mick McCarthy, Giovanni Trapattoni -… — Martin O'Neill Copy Share Image
I grew up in Ireland, and the ocean was never more than an arm's length away. As lovely as the mountains are… — Roma Downey Copy Share Image
There is more talent per square metre in Ireland than there is anywhere else. We just don't harness or help them ...… — Louis Walsh Copy Share Image
In Ireland, novels and plays still have a strange force. The writing of fiction and the creation of theatrical images can affect… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
“The children looked like remnants of themselves. Spectral. Some were naked to the waist.Many of them had sores on their faces. None… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
My father was a creature of the archaic world, really. He would have been entirely at home in a Gaelic hill-fort. His… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
Many nations use language simply to convey information, but it's different in Ireland. With most conversational exchanges you get an 'added extra'… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
Many of the Victorian and Edwardian activists who campaigned for Irish home rule, for instance, also wanted what they called 'home rule… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
There's a certain status to suffering in Ireland, that the person who - if you're sitting around a table, the person with… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
In Ireland here, the Revenue Commission have always been completely independent of the state since 1923, and they are quite adamant and… — Enda Kenny Copy Share Image
We must encourage energy conservation and sustainable development. Young people are the ones who are most environmentally conscious in Ireland, so that… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
Most actors here go to the West Coast; I ended up going to Ireland. My buddies who left drama school, they had… — Brian F. O'Byrne Copy Share Image
War and peace-making, human rights, humanitarian issues have become industries, but nobody looks closely at human greed, at the arms industry and… — Haris Pasovic Copy Share Image
My husband was in the war of the Crimea. It is terrible the hardships he went through, to be two months without… — Lady Gregory Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, Belfast City Hall was surrounded by security, and we had no access to it. But now, people… — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
I live in Ireland near the sea, only one mile from where I grew up - that's good, since I've known many… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
The basis on which the Good Friday agreement was constructed was in addressing those problems in the history of Northern Ireland, the… — John Reid Copy Share Image
I do wish I could write like some of the American women, who can be clever and heartfelt and hopeful; people like… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
Ethiopia didn't just blow my mind; it opened my mind. Anyway, on our last day at this orphanage a man handed me… — Bono Copy Share Image
I was born in the island of Ireland. I have Irish traits in me - we don't all have the traits of… — Ian Paisley Copy Share Image
My dad was a militant atheist, or is a militant atheist. My mum was sort of bought up in a religious family… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
What is unique about Drogheda is the very large number of Protestants in the garrison and the fact that it's commanded, by… — Ronald Hutton Copy Share Image
Everything that we inherit, the rain, the skies, the speech, and anybody who works in the English language in Ireland knows that… — John McGahern Copy Share Image
