Irish America magazine - Oct/Nov '08 issue: The Legacy of the San Patricios Lives On , Stars of the South, The Legal 100, Roots: The Mighty Mahers, All Hail The Humble Spud! , Music: Still Fiddlin’ Away , The Real Bill , The Battle over Ulysses, Broadway's Irish Colleen

“For a long time, he has been a regular worshiper at Mass with his family, and in recent months he has been following a program of formation to prepare for his reception into full communion. My prayers are with him, his wife and family in this joyful moment in their journey of faith together.”

Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor who received Tony Blair into the Catholic Church.
- The New York Times

“One always feels a bit nervous when you spend a great deal of money. But I don't feel as nervous as I would with other books at these figures because it touches on so many audiences, and I think we can get them all.”

Jamie Raab, publisher of Grand Central Publishing who declined to comment specifically on the size of the advance to Senator Edward Kennedy for his memoirs, which is said to be more than $8 million. - The New York Times

“He broke a lot of people’s hearts.
But he was a pioneer.”

Jim Flaherty, 70, a Brooklynite, commenting on Walter O'Malley’s posthumous election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame half a century after he “ripped the heart out of Brooklyn” by moving the Dodgers to Los Angeles - The New York Times Right: The 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers

“We had heard about it, read about it and talked about it, but seeing the two old enemies together in the cold light of day was something else altogether. It was one of the most extraordinary sights I have witnessed in my career.”

Niall O'Dowd writing in The Irish Voice on the joint visit to New York of N. I. First Minister Ian Paisley and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness.

“I couldn't leave this city in a better frame of mind. It's a very happy way we leave. This has been a tremendous meeting for us. This has been a cracker of a meeting.”

N.I. First Minister Ian Paisley after a White House meeting with President George W. Bush.