Quotes OF THE WEEK

‘I think sometimes when people don’t see a red warning, they assume everything will be fine.’ Simon Coveney, Tánaiste, after complaints that Met Éireann did not issue red warnings for Storm Ali during the week

‘Terrified, screaming passengers, everyone throwing up. Never experienced anything like it.’ Rosie Connolly-Quinn, Irish beauty blogger, who was on a Ryanair flight that made two abortive attempts to land at Dublin Airport during Storm Ali before diverting to Liverpool

‘My husband and friends think it’s beyond odd, the fact that I’m so comfortable moving in with not only strangers but famous strangers, sleeping in their beds, using their loo, their showers, borrowing their shampoo.’ Lucy Kennedy, presenter of TV show Living With Lucy

‘It may have been the least impressive sex I’d ever had, but clearly he didn’t share that opinion.’ Stormy Daniels, porn actress, on her night with Donald Trump

‘We have to be careful, like two loving hedgehogs. When two hedgehogs hug each other, you have to be careful that there will be no scratches.’ Jean-Claude Juncker, EU Commission president, on how the EU and UK should conduct relations during Brexit talks

‘A man who waits to see which way the crowd is running and then dashes in front and says, ‘Follow me!”’ Michael Heseltine, former Tory minister, on Boris Johnson

‘Any interview we did, it was always, “Do you live near U2? You’re from Finglas and U2 are from Finglas.”’ Christy Dignam, Aslan frontman, on his band’s early days