Quotes OF THE WEEK

‘Ah, we’re okay, thanks!’ Timmy Dooley, Fianna Fáil frontbencher, responding on Twitter to Peter Casey saying he was going to join Fianna Fáil ‘Could listen to Mary Robinson forever. What a legend.’ Simon Harris, Health Minister, with a tweet that suggests he should get out more ‘You can envisage a situation in which Guinness and Baileys are seriously disrupted.’ Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat leader, warning that British pubs could run out of Irish drinks after Brexit ‘People do shout “Biddy” at me and it does still drive me bonkers.’ Mary McEvoy, actress, who made her name playing Biddy in Glenroe ‘I always want to tell the truth. When I can, I tell the truth.’ President Donald Trump ‘I find it hard to relax around any man who’s got the second button on his shirt undone.’ Bill Nighy, actor ‘We were preyed upon by men. I was very good with a knee in the groin.’ Joan Collins, recalls being a young actress ‘I can tell you I’ve never given 60 seconds of my life, ever, to one of those Housewives Of Blah Blah and Kardashians.’ Jon Bon Jovi, singer, condemning the reality TV celebrity culture ‘How about a series on killing vegans, one by one? Ways to trap them? Force-feed them meat?’ William Sitwell, editor of Waitrose Food Magazine, responding to a writer’s suggestion for a feature on vegan dishes – he later resigned when the comments caused an outcry