Quotes OF THE WEEK

‘Of course, the biggest shock to come out of the McGregor story is that there’s a UFC fighter… from Dalkey.’ Ross O’Carroll Kelly, on fighter Cian Cowley, who has been charged in New York along with Conor McGregor ‘I’ve got young boys who really just want to talk about Liverpool versus Man City last night.’ Miriam O’Callaghan, RTÉ presenter, on being asked if her children would support her if she ran for the Presidency, which she has ruled out ‘I’m not sure I would be able to continue to live here. I would probably have to move.’ Arlene Foster, DUP leader, on what she would do in the event of a united Ireland ‘I find it disturbing to see a child pick up a book and try to swipe left.’ Nursery teacher Jennifer Bhambri-Lyte, speaking at a British teacher union conference on the dangers of young children being exposed to too much technology ‘I wish he’d called it On Miami Beach.’ Saoirse Ronan, actress, revealing that she caught tonsillitis during the filming of an adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel, On Chesil Beach, in Dorset

‘As a woman, you typically get over hating your body in your 40s, just as it really begins to merit your hatred.’ Sandra Newman, US novelist ‘When did Captain BirdsEye turn into a silver fox?’ Stefanie Preissner, writer, is taken by surprise by Riccardo Acerbi, the dashing Italian who has just been hired as the new face of the fish fingers firm