Quotes OF THE WEEK

‘First I ask is he Irish, then I put him on a wait list and then I put him at a tiny table. Honestly, what is wrong with me?’ Emma Kelly, Dubliner waitressing in Chicago on her J-1, on failing to recognise diner Leo Varadkar ‘A triumph of commerce over competitors.’ Shane Ross, Sports Minister, condemning the way the Olympic Council of Ireland was run under Pat Hickey’s leadership ‘I always leave myself a little bit hungry rather than going for the custard and buns.’ Dáithí Ó Sé, on how he has managed to lose a stone in the run-up to the Rose of Tralee by keeping his dinners frugal ‘I’ve got candles on my mantelpiece that look more like Conor McGregor.’ One of many harsh online reviews of the Conor McGregor waxwork that was unveiled during the week at the National Wax Museum in Dublin ‘You can take back control of a gun but it doesn’t mean you use it to shoot your foot off.’ William Hague, former Conservative Party leader, compares dealing with Brexit to dealing with a firearm ‘I feel jacked up. Now I’m free. I’ve got my hands back on my weapons.’ Steve Bannon, returning to run his alt-right website Breitbart after losing his White House job ‘You used to go in a cafe and buy a black coffee, but now with gentrification and political correctness, you go in a café and buy an “African Americano”.’ Stoph Demetriou, comedian, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival