Quotes OF THE WEEK

‘Planet Earth is blue.’ Bono, responding to the news that

David Bowie had died ‘You would think that a rock star being married to a supermodel would be one of the greatest things in the world. It is.’

David Bowie, describing his relationship with wife Iman.’ ‘He thought, “If I have to work with El Diablo then I’m going to work on that and burnish that image.” He created this image of a bold, bad boy.’

Seán Duignan, formerly of RTÉ and Fianna Fáil, on how PJ Mara, who died this week aged 73, developed

an image for Charlie Haughey

‘The boom is back baby!’

Conor McGregor, UFC champion, tweeting in support of a petition (rejected by the Oireachtas) to

have his image on the €1 coin ‘Louis has told me already that we aren’t going to win.’

Nicky Byrne, who will be representing Ireland at Eurovision,

on Louis Walsh’s reaction ‘I think the second you give birth, you’re guilty. Now I feel guilty for everything. I apologise for things I’m not even involved in and I cry the whole time.’

Lucy Kennedy, mother of two young children, feels the strain

‘You start with two bathrooms. You never share a bathroom with your wife.’

Michael Caine, who has himself been married for 42 years, reveals

the secret of a happy marriage

‘ lot of people left the theatre wanting to have sex. And most of them wanted to have it with Alan Rickman.’

Actress Lindsay Duncan, recalling the allure of Alan Rickman, who died last week aged 69, when they appeared together on stage in Les Liaisons Dangereuses in the 1980s.

‘I’m basically a chaffinch now.’

Bob Mortimer, comedian, on the seed-heavy diet he has had to adopt after a triple heart bypass