QUOTES OF THE WEEK
“This latest trolley crisis is a national disgrace and is intolerable for both patients and staff — but it is also absolutely predictable. After a summer when our health services were on a knife-edge, it was inevitable that winter flu and other seasonal illnesses would push our hospitals beyond breaking point.” Social Democrats TD Roisin Shortall says the hospital crisis gripping the country was inevitable.
“Austerity is the root cause of this crisis and investment, significant and urgent, is the only response.” Irish Medical Organisation president Dr Ann Hogan has said the Taoiseach’s apology for the overcrowding reflected an ignorance of health services and the impact of years of austerity.
“People have suggested I should hang myself with my own ties. That I’m a disgrace to my family.” Ahead of his return to the airwaves, broadcaster George Hook revealed the abuse he endured over comments he made about rape.
“A phony book! Full of lies, misrepresentations and sources that don’t exist.” Donald Trump savages Fire and Fury, the already bestselling book attacking the US president.
“Donald Trump has less credibility than perhaps anybody who has ever walked on Earth at this point.” Michael Wolff, author of Fire and Fury, adding that he stands by everything in the book.
“Disgraceful and laughable. The president is an incredibly strong and good leader.” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders rejects questions raised about Donald Trump’s mental health.
“I don’t talk to him.” Donald Trump on his former chief strategist Steve Bannon, who has savaged the US president’s administration in Fire and Fury.
“An absolutely clean pate — a contained island after scalp reduction surgery — surrounded by a furry circle of hair around the sides and front, from which all ends are drawn up to meet in the centre and then swept back and secured by a stiffening spray.” Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter, on his hairstyle.
“It was like having a tooth out. I have been in more pain going to the dentist.” Celebrity Big Brother star India Willoughby on her sex change.
“I always wanted to be a hairdresser.” David Beckham.
“The family already think I am nuts, but at least now I can clearly hear them discussing my many shortcomings.” TV’s Anne Robinson on her new state-of-the-art hearing aid.
“I have a large bust. How do I clean it?” Dora Thornton, a senior curator at the British Museum, on an inquiry made of her by an American lady.