Donal McKeown

"After a long period when politicians weren't even sitting in the same building together, there actually was the churches working together, who in many ways provided the fabric that held society together."

"The public education system has to be focused on doing the best for the largest number of people. It can end up ceasing to be primarily a test of academic ability and more become a measure of those who are financially able. I hope our politicians could grapple with that reality - when business enters education we have to ask questions."

"The future belongs to those who can generate hope from the past rather than despair."