Sportspeak

"It is now the party line that we seriously question the spending of £1 billion on what we believe could become a white elephant…

"It is now the party line that we seriously question the spending of £1 billion on what we believe could become a white elephant."

- Fine Gael spokesman on sport Bernard Allen on the proposed National Stadium.

"There was no longer a threat if it was in a bucket."

- Leinster rugby captain Liam Toland candidly describing his return to the game after the removal of a crushed disc.

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"The first scan found a two-inch cyst on my brain, but today the doctor couldn't see anything."

- A confused and frightened Wayne McCullough following conflicting medical evidence relating to brain scans taken in Dublin and Belfast.

Brian O'Connor

Brian O'Connor

Brian O'Connor is the racing correspondent of The Irish Times. He also writes the Tipping Point column