Quotes OF THE WEEK

‘I was reminded of that famous scene in Love, Actually where Hugh Grant does his dance down the stairs.’

Leo Varadkar, giddy after visiting 10 Downing Street for the first time ‘The penny kind of dropped when I walked out of the Taoiseach’s office and someone said: “Minister, I want to talk to you about seaweed.” I stood back, took a breath and thought, I’ve got work to do.’ Eoghan Murphy, newly appointed Housing Minister, whose responsibilities also include foreshore licences and kelp ‘Solar wall panels, beautiful! I mean, actually think of it, the higher it goes the more valuable it is.’ President Donald Trump, outlining his new idea to include solar panels on his border wall with Mexico ‘Daniel Day-Lewis is retiring. He thought learning air guitar, high fiving and finding his mojo for Enda Kenny biopic was beyond his range.’

Oliver Callan, comedian ‘Reaching 50 feels like an achievement but I still try to conduct myself with the abandon of a 21-year-old.’ Nicole Kidman, actress ‘Most of us are fortunate to escape looking death in the face. Richard has done it twice – and that’s two times too many.’ Mindy Hammond, wife of TV’s Richard Hammond, after his car crash while filming The Grand Tour Casey Affleck, on how he is now guarding his Best Actor Oscar more carefully after he discovered it in the bedroom of one of his young sons ‘I went into one of their rooms and I saw it actually in the corner with, like, a wet towel over it.’