Quotes OF THE WEEK

‘Not long from now, some summer night, we will see our friends again.’

An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, quotes Irish pop singer Dermot Kennedy in his state of the nation address on Friday.

‘It’s fornication!’

Liveline listener Tommy, in response to Joe Duffy’s query about what was wrong with two people, over the age of consent, enjoying being naked together, in a discussion about new TV series Normal People, adapted from Sally Rooney’s novel.

‘Watched the first episode of “Normal People”. Hate to join some “backlash bandwagon”, but Sally Rooney really should have written a goalkeeper who made more of an effort with that shot. I acknowledge her gift at drawing realistic, flawed characters but that goalie…

Comedian Dara Ó Briain, sidesteps the sex in Normal People.

‘I’ve had to use all sorts of kitchen tools to get myself out of tight dresses. Barbecue tongs are a good one.’

Donna Air, the former Big Breakfast presenter on the perils of wearing figure-hugging outfits.

‘Elephant in the Zoom.’

New lockdown term, it means a glaringly obvious issue during a video-conferencing call that nobody dares mention.

‘Sorry we didn’t leave the cot but the climbing frame should still be in the garden.’

David Cameron tweets to Boris Johnson, after the UK prime minister’s fiancée Carrie Symonds gave birth to a boy.

‘Looking good and strutting around is very boring.’

Actor Colin Firth, who thinks his famous turn as Mr Darcy in Pride And Prejudice may have limited his choice of screen roles.