Quotes OF THE WEEK

‘We are running into real difficulties around restricting peaceful protest and free speech.’ Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, discovering it’s actually not so easy to ban protests outside venues where abortions are being performed

‘If you are going to arrest 300 activists you have to think about getting some vegan food ready. There was no soy milk either, so I had to have my tea black.’ Zack Polanski, eco-protester, moans about food in custody after his arrest in London

‘Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I’m f ***** .’ President Donald Trump, quoted in Robert Mueller’s report after learning of Mueller’s appointment to investigate Trump’s links with Russia

‘I could have seen myself being a teacher. Or going into the military. Or being some kind of do-gooder with a death wish. But more likely than anything else I would have been an alcoholic.’ Anne Hathaway, on being asked what she would have become if she hadn’t become an actress

‘Isn’t this us being told again how to parent? Most of us have common sense.’ Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh, on SafeFood’s advice that children should only be allowed one medium-sized Easter egg

‘I did try one of those electronic cigarettes but it was so heavy it kept falling out of my mouth.’ June Brown, 92, who plays Dot Cotton in EastEnders, says she won’t be giving up her 70-year smoking habit – or red wine

‘There’s been a thing where googling, “Can you have sex with a priest?” has increased.’ Andrew Scott, Dublin actor who played a priest in hit BBC comedy Fleabag, on the impact of the show, which centred on a woman falling for a priest