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J: You don't seem to understand, I'm here to make the girls look good!

J: "Any fool knows you don't tell Irish girls what to do."

When it comes to his sisters, he says he gave up telling them what to do years ago when they realized he had no right to.
J: They're all pretty headstrong and although we do have the usual sibling disputes and inter-band fights all decisions are made as a group.It makes me laugh when people ask me if I'm all protective. They can look after themselves and half the time they are the ones looking out for me. If I tried to persuade one of them to go on a date with some guy, they'd just laugh. I'm used to having no time in the bathroom - if you know what I mean."

-----Sunday Mirror, November 1998, Ian Hyland, Transcribed by Adam O'Loughlin

J: Of course we have fights, we are like any normal family, though thankfully they never get physical, otherwise I'd have a sore nose.

-----Scottish Daily Record, 4 December 1998, John Dingwall, Transcribed by Adam O'Loughlin

"When we were shooting the video in Times Square for 'Irresistible' Andrea did get accosted by a group of Italian guys. I was watching and I could see that she was starting to get distressed so I had to go over and had to start pushing them away and shouting at them." --- Jim Corr on seeing his sisters with guys all over the world adoring them (Hot Press, Niall Stokes, Dec 2000)