Quotes OF THE WEEK

‘We do need to integrate these people in a way that they almost have to be reprogrammed… I am under no illusion that Isis is a big part of the migrant population.’

Verona Murphy, Wexford byelection candidate, comments on migrants reported on Monday ‘Their stories were harrowing and have had a profound impact on my understanding of the issue. All they want is the chance to live safely and without fear. I understand that… and I apologise wholeheartedly.’

Verona Murphy, later on Monday, changes her tune on migrants ‘When it comes to this kind of issue, I have never been found wanting and that continues to be the case.’

Ryan Tubridy, RTÉ’s highest earner on the 15% pay cut planned by director general Dee Forbes Don’t know if there’s something in the air tonight but this baby Jesus looks like Phil Collins.’

Twitter user, jokes about the similarity between a 22ft statue and the Genesis singer. ‘If it was done as a means of crisis management, then all they have done is manage to create another crisis.’

Former royal press secretary Dickie Arbiter, after Prince Andrew’s disastrous Newsnight interview. ‘‘If Facebook were around in the 1930s, it would have allowed Hitler to post 30-second ads on his “solution” to the “Jewish problem”.’

Comedian Sacha Baron

Cohen, rebukes the social-media giant for allowing the spread of misinformation. ‘No hair, a pacemaker, no tonsils, no prostate, no appendix… I’m like Steve Austin.’ Elton John, says there’s so little left of his body, he’s turning into the bionic Six Million Dollar Man.