Quotes OF THE WEEK

‘My God, he will never be forgotten. He was the daddy of us all.’

Susan McCann, singer, paying tribute to Big Tom McBride at his funeral

‘There’s a hole in our heart that can’t be filled and there’s a hole in the culture of Ireland that has suddenly died.’

Fr Brian D’Arcy, on Big Tom

‘He’s morally unfit to be president.’

James Comey, the sacked FBI director, hits out at Donald Trump

‘I was going to the US to do some cookery demonstrations and I was worried there might be problems, so I weighed out all the ingredients – flour, sugar – and put them all in little plastic bags.’

Mary Berry, revealing how she was arrested under suspicion of drug smuggling 25 years ago on a visit to the US

‘It’s laughable that some of the Irish are giving out to someone for being an immigrant. It’ll be the same person shipping a box of Tayto off to their son in Australia.’

Leah Minto, Irish-Nigerian actress and star of TV3’s Red Rock

‘God, I can’t half pick ’em! I like them if they’ve not got a tooth in their head, tattoos, the lot. If they’ve got emotional problems, sign me up!’

Dale Winton, TV presenter who died this week aged 62, on his terrible romantic judgment

‘Even Disney princesses are terrified sometimes.’

Patti Murin, who stars in a Broadway version of Frozen, wins praise after admitting that she missed a show due to an anxiety attack