QUOTES OF THE WEEK
“There needs to be a Government agency that is funded and supported and trained properly to deal with tragic situations, and there needs to be a focus on families.” Kathleen Chada, whose sons Eoghan (10) and Ruairi (5) were killed by their father, calls for more State supports for domestic violence victims.
“This was a very poor choice of words and I am very sorry to anyone who was offended by them.
The point I was trying to make was that some people coming to this country do so from very difficult circumstances and the support services they need here have a vital role in helping them.”
Fine Gael by-election candidate Verona Murphy apologises over comments about the need for some asylum seekers coming to Ireland to be “deprogrammed”, as some “carry angst” and may have been “infiltrated by Isil”.
“She’s absolutely perfect. We’re completely overwhelmed with love and gratitude for our incredible gestational surrogate, who has given us the greatest gift of all and made our family dream reality.”
Rosanna Davison announces the birth of her daughter, Sophia Rose, with husband Wes Quirke.
“I think it’s very hard to impeach when you have absolutely nothing.”
US President Donald
Trump on the ongoing impeachment inquiry, which is looking into alleged abuse of power by the president.
“It’s not being indecisive, it’s being sensible about it — we have to bring the country together, we cannot go on debating Brexit on two sides.” UK Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn rejects criticism that he is “indecisive” for not stating which side he would campaign for in a future Brexit referendum.
“We are calling on RTE management to immediately move to reduce the fees of the top presenters, so that no one in the organisation is earning more than the top civil service salary.”
RTE journalists call for a cap on fees and salaries via an NUJ resolution.
“It’s called an essential tremor and as you can see my hands are shaking. It gets better and worse, worse in the morning. Actually it’s better when you’ve had a drink, which is an interesting detail.” Julian Fellowes reveals he gave Downton Abbey’s Mr Carson the same nerve condition he suffers from to raise awareness.
“Back in the day, they tried to pretend that C-3PO was a real robot and that was a little difficult to live with. Now it’s normal to say, ‘Basically I was puppeteering.’”
Star Wars actor Anthony Daniels reveals he is delighted actors “inside the suits” of robot and alien characters are finally getting credit in films.