Quotes OF THE WEEK

‘The president held up a Bible. If he opened it instead of brandishing it he could have learned something.’ US Presidential hopeful Joe Biden after Donald Trump’s photo opportunity amid riots over George Floyd’s death.

‘Since I was a baby I have suffered from racism from adults and children who are white. I have been called the N word so many times. I have been told to go back to Africa. I have been called chocolate face, monkey, I’m burnt and that I’m a little slave boy. Tré Jones, an 11-year-old boy from Meath, reads out a letter he wrote for his teacher, on Joe Duffy’s Liveline this week.

‘The only wrong thing to say is to say nothing.’ Meghan Markle speaks out against racism in a video message to her old school in Los Angeles.

‘Summer is not lost.’ Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, on announcing the early lifting of some lockdown measures.

‘I bore my family with how much running has changed me as a person… before I hit the fridge for some pies and wine. ’Comedian Dom Joly reveals how lockdown has transformed his fitness.

‘It’s been like the liberation of Paris in 1944. If we had flags we’d wave them, just like they did then.’ Singer Monsieur Untel as cafes reopen in Paris.

‘I pointed out that the rhinestone suits, which he wore off stage as well as on, the massive hair, sideburns and the huge glasses were not necessarily helping.’ Tom Jones recalls his advice to Elvis, who complained about being recognised in restaurants.