Quotes OF THE WEEK

‘Let me say that young Minister Harris is enjoying the greatest honour of his career in dealing with the Department of Health.’ Taoiseach Enda Kenny, on Simon Harris after an embarrassing leaked Whatsapp message suggested the minister wanted to get out of his job at health and challenge for the party leadership

‘When I took my phone off airplane mode, I noticed that all my messages went from nine to 98 in seconds. I thought, “It’s either really good news, or people are enjoying telling me bad news.”’ Ruth Negga, actress, on how she learned she had been nominated

for an Oscar after a long flight

‘He couldn’t look more Irish. We joke that he looks like Annie from the musical.’ Chris O’Dowd, actor and writer, on his two-year-old son Art

‘Start with the crickets and beer, then move up to tarantula.’ Angelina Jolie, as she munches an array of bugs during a trip to Cambodia

All over south Dublin today, people will be playing a game we all enjoy in the wake of a storm, called Who Has Our Borbecue Furniture? Ross O’Carroll-Kelly, in the aftermath of Storm Doris