People like Moby or Eminem never had commercial airplay until Nova. It’s made everyone slightly more contemporary. Radio is now more focused on new music and others have changed and moved closer to Nova.

Research has a dirty name, … because people think you can’t research art. One of the common fallacies is if a song doesn’t research well, it won’t get on, but it doesn’t happen like that....

We didn’t ban it, but we probably haven’t embraced it to the degree we have in past years,

It would be fair to say we’re not going out of our way (for Idol ).

Before I would have said that characters like Niall were almost mythological, like King Arthur, but this actually puts flesh on the bones.

We used a genetic fingerprint in the Y chromosome that was sufficiently detailed that you wouldn’t expect very many men to have the same one.

I went to games back then, … I’d say it’s more exciting now.

It’s another link between profligacy and power. We’re the first generation on the planet where if you’re successful you don’t (always) have more children.

This is a great atmosphere, … You have a great town here.

Joslin admitted that the statement was false. That should be enough.

While it would be good to do it fast, it’s more important to get the right person than to do it quickly.

The frequency (of the Y chromosome) was significantly higher in that genealogical group than any other group we tested.

Everybody is always working on the bigger, faster, stronger approach. Our focus here is skills development. We concentrate on the essence of the game.

Before Nova came on, new music was not exposed a lot beyond Triple J,

It made us wonder if there could be some sort of Genghis Khan effect in Ireland and the best candidate for it was Niall.