Quotes OF THE WEEK

‘Just thinking that this might be the perfect time for seven Sinn Féin MPs to suddenly take their place at Westminster, smash out some votes, tip over a table and then sashay out again.’ Dara Ó Brian, comedian, amid chaotic Brexit votes in the House of Commons this week

‘F*** knows. I’m past caring. It’s like the living dead in here.’ Unnamed British cabinet minister, on being asked by a BBC reporter why Theresa May was having a third vote on her Brexit Withdrawal Agreement even though it was certain to be defeated again

“If I were to compare Great Britain to a sphinx, the sphinx would be an open book by comparison” Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission.

I remember going to an office where they literally fished a dress out of a white plastic bag. I took it home and did my own hair and makeup, fighting Hugh for the mirror, which wasn’t even full length, in our tiny one-bedroom flat.’ Liz Hurley, on the 25th anniversary of the day she wore the safety-pin dress to the premiere of Four Weddings And A Funeral with boyfriend Hugh Grant in 1994, turning her into an instant star

‘They say Dublin people or women don’t win. Hey, a few people who said that have had to eat their words.’ Mairéad Ronan, after winning Dancing With The Stars last weekend

‘I wanted to punch him and hug him at the same time – and I didn’t know which one I wanted to do first.’ Declan Donnelly, on his reaction to the news of his TV partner Anthony McPartlin’s drinkdriving conviction.

‘I’ll be in my 40s soon but I feel like I am 15.’ Eva Green, actress