QUOTES OF THE WEEK
We have 40 minutes to do an interview about this so can we talk about the issue or else I am going home. I am fed up of this... You told me this would be a fair interview. It is not a fair interview. You’re a b ***** ks. You’re a f **king b ***** ks, you can f **k off. Journalist and No campaigner John Waters stormed out of a podcast recording with Eamon Dunphy in a row over a line of questioning on the abortion referendum.
You cannot have this whooping, jeering and hollering when you are talking about such a sensitive matter that has impacted so many women and their partners in this country. Health Minister Simon Harris on the Claire Byrne Live TV debate on the forthcoming referendum.
I was never going to have an abortion but I am still voting Yes. I have seen it from all angles and I believe women should have a choice. Vicky Phelan on this week’s referendum.
If anything happens to me, tell the world what they did. Miriam O’Brien (34), a mother-of-one from Buncrana, Co Donegal, died of cervical cancer on August 25, 2013, having been given a terminal prognosis six months before.
I very much emphasised that resolving the issue of avoiding a hard Border requires more than customs, but if the UK is going to make a move in that space then it’s something we’re willing to examine, but we haven’t seen anything yet, nothing in writing. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar speaking after a meeting with UK Prime Minister Theresa May on Brexit.
Even human beings who commit heinous acts are the same species as us, not ‘animals’. Screen star John Legend attacks US President Donald Trump’s description of criminals who illegally cross the Mexican border into the US as “animals”.
A balance of sweet and tart, combined with ethereal elderflower. You get a very lovely thing happening when you take a bite. Baker Claire Ptak on the wedding cake she made for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Have a great day and have no fear, as I still intend to carry on, and God bless everyone. Actress Barbara Windsor, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s.
I would be shown clapping in slow motion. I am not exactly big, but everything wobbles in slow motion, especially if you are wearing a vest top. I am never wearing a vest top ever in my life again. Judy Murray, mother of tennis stars Andy and Jamie Murray, on being filmed at Wimbledon.
I’m just a natural flirt, but I don’t see it in a sexual way. A lot of the time I’m like an over-excited puppy. Kylie Minogue.
The human race should just slow down and think about what it is doing. TV star Michael Palin.