QUOTES OF THE WEEK

My record speaks for itself. Tanaiste Frances Fitzgerald defends herself amid pressure to step down over her role in the whistleblower controversy.

I don’t want to see the Dail, our parliament, turned into a jury and I don’t want to see a good woman who I think has done an enormous service in Irish public life, who has been a real asset to Irish politics, brought down in this way. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says he will not cave in to Opposition demands for Fitzgerald to step down.

There’s nobody in their right mind in this country that would want or think that people want an election or deserve an election. We all need to cop on to ourselves and go back to the table and sort this mess out once and for all. Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty backs Frances Fitzgerald, saying no one wants to go to the polls.

There are simply no words capable of expressing my pain and disbelief and indeed my anger over what happened on that fateful day. My heart is shattered. Louise James, who lost five family members in the Buncrana pier tragedy, said in a statement read after the inquest that the slipway was an “accident waiting to happen”.

I would be fine on my own, with just me and my children, but I don’t want to live like that, I want to try and continue our marriage and live as a family. I’m not saying everything is fine and forgotten about, but we are as good as can be at this point. I’m not the type of person to put a show on and say we’re all loved-up... I’m just real. Coleen Rooney, wife of footballer Wayne, after his recent troubles.

Nowhere does it say that a fox can’t travel. RSPCA animal collection officer Jill Sanders on a fox that boarded a London sightseeing bus.

Do I like fame and fortune? Of course! Am I vain? Of course! I take chances because this is who I am. Former tennis champion Boris Becker.

It would be wrong if you didn’t bow out gracefully, or ended up like one of those stories about old actresses who can’t let go, and are really bitchy because they’re so unhappy. Top model Claudia Schiffer who is conscious of the need to “pass the baton” to the next generation.

I said some foul and offensive things at a time when I was young and proudly ignorant... views that I’ve unlearned as I’ve grown up. Grime artist Stormzy regrets allegedly homophobic tweets in the past.

I am the definition of an unwise woman. Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker.

I am not great at computers. If I were to try shopping through Google, I’d end up with 33 vests. TV baker Mary Berry.