Quotes OF THE WEEK

‘I’ve been wondering what the special place in hell looks like for those who promoted Brexit without even a sketch of a plan of how to carry it out safely.’ Donald Tusk, European Council president

‘They’ll give you terrible trouble in the British press.’ Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, to Donald Tusk directly after Tusk’s ‘special place in hell’ comment

‘This is our Rosa Parks moment.’ Breda Jones, clinical nurse, is unafraid to exaggerate wildly

‘There are a few women in the house, so I’m sure they’ll come up with ways of spending it.’ Charlie Meehan, 84, Donegal farmer who has won €500,000 in the EuroMillions

‘Trust me, my standards aren’t high whatsoever. I will take anything going.’ Cliona Hagan, country singer and Dancing With The Stars star, is single and open to offers

‘I did it for maybe a week, hoping that some “black b ***** d” would come out of a pub and have a go at me, you know? So that I could kill him.’

Liam Neeson, actor, tells how he walked around with a cosh after a friend of his was raped many years ago by a black man

‘This ginger guy just took my parking spot. It made me sooo angry so I headbutted Ronald McDonald.’ Dom Joly, comedian, reveals his own Liam Neeson moment

‘Bezos Exposes Pecker.’

Headline from the New York Post, on how Amazon boss Jeff Bezos was taking on National Enquirer owner David Pecker

‘In the public square, the days of fat, balding Irish bishops are over.’ Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, says he’s not the best person to defend the Catholic Church