Quotes OF THE WEEK

‘“Banking for life, we are with you every step of the way”: that’s what your website proclaims, and you most certainly are, sir, you are bleeding us dry.’

Sarah Hogan, Permanent TSB mortgage holder, attacks chief executive Jeremy Masding at the bank’s AGM over its high rates of interest on its variable rate mortgages

‘I will tie myself to the rungs of the Department of Education. I will go on hunger strike. But I will not assess my own students.’

Marian Wallis, teacher and ASTI delegate, isn’t keen on reform plans

for the Junior Cert

‘I remember being at the airport and I couldn’t take my jacket off at security. My fat oozed out over my trousers and I burst into tears. I thought, “This has to stop”.’

Lisa Fitzpatrick, stylist, on the moment when she decided to get back in shape having put on a lot of

weight

‘I went out with him a lot at the start but now I generally stay in. I think if I was worried about him I’d be out with him and not at home in bed in a onesie!’

Nicola Hughes, Irish model and reality TV star, on her relationship with boyfriend Alex Mytton, the notorious ladies’ man from Made

In Chelsea

‘I am quite independent, but I’d be honoured to carry the Keating name.’

Storm Uechtritz, drops Ronan

a hint.

‘Went there from Vegas for a couple of hours. Nothing special.’

A TripAdvisor user, sums up the Grand Canyon, one of the world’s

greatest attractions.

‘People would say I looked like a man or something called a ‘buttaface’, which means everything good but her face.’

Rumer Willis, recalls being bullied as a

teenager