THEY SAID WHAT?

“How could they keep this from us? ...to hear this from them shows that they have not been candid with us at all and takes us back to those terrible days when they were trying to kick this all under the carpet. We are determined to make sure that this never happens to another family again”

- Charlotte Charles, mother of Harry Dunn, criticises the Government following reports her son’s alleged killer had served as a spy with the CIA.

“We really do need to ask the Conservatives why is it that you haven’t, like everybody else, ensured that the speaker of the House is given a peerage? Otherwise I think that is a form of bullying too”

- Labour deputy leadership candidate Dawn Butler says John Bercow may himself be a victim of bullying after the Tories refused to award him a peerage.

“I want us to have a government for the people. I want us to have ideally a government with no Fianna Fail or Fine Gael in it. I have started the contact with other parties to explore over the next days whether that is a possibility”

- Sinn Fein’s president Mary Lou McDonald, above, vows to work with like-minded parties to form Ireland’s next government after a sensational General Election performance.

“Speedos are designed to get wet and mine are absolutely soaking in this weather. The wind is whipping my back, and it feels like I am getting flogged. I really wouldn’t advise anybody else to do this - I can’t believe I am out in this myself - but I am doing this for a really good cause”

- Fundraiser Michael Cullen, better known as Speedo Mick, braves Storm Ciara to continue a charity walk from John O’Groats to Land’s End.