Quotes OF THE WEEK

‘I was at one of my boys’ football games during the week and one of the parents said to me that it was their Glenroe: all the family were watching it.’ Nicky Byrne, on the crossgenerational popularity of Dancing With The Stars, the show he co-hosts

‘Leo’s kind of smarmy.’ Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Féin leader, describing the Taoiseach

Mary Lou trusts women. Just not Mairia Cahill. Or the McCartney sisters. Or Gerry Adams’s niece. Other women though. Anthony O’Connor, medical consultant, tweeting about the new Sinn Féin president’s position on abortion

‘It’s actually ridiculous, because it’s so physically demanding. Honest to God, every part of my body hurts.’ Deirdre O’Kane, actress, complaining about the strain of competing on Dancing With The Stars

‘Faced with very little time, can I tell you what screams out at me? Love. Nothing else has much meaning any more.’ Emma Hannigan, 45-year-old novelist who has repeatedly fought cancer and now says she does not have long to live

‘I had zero insecurities before I became a singer – and I was born with ginger hair.’ Ed Sheeran, who says he felt pressure to slim down early in his career.

‘Five-a-side team complete!’ Wayne Rooney, welcomes his fourth son, Cass, into the world

‘If you don’t know whether to take your pants off, don’t suddenly scream later, “I really didn’t want to do it.”’ Joanna Lumley, giving advice to women on the casting couch