Licensed Wisdom XIX

-- a collection of notable quotes

 

 

 “I had thought of handing back the award but that would mean that Stephen McGuinness would have got it!” – Celtic Whiskey’s Ally Alpine, in accepting the Irish Whiskey of the Year Award for Celtic Cask 1999 – Tríochna a Cúig at this year’s ceremony in Powerscourt Distillery, Co Wicklow.

 

“Unfortunately, if this was a school report for the Government, it would be a disappointing one.” — Director of the Alliance for Insurance Reform Peter Boland in reviewing Government progress on multifarious insurance issues in 2021.

 

“By missing key timelines, the Government is in danger of turning an open goal into an own-goal.” — Director of the Alliance for Insurance Reform Peter Boland.