QUOTES of the week

‘When did he suddenly become infallible? He’s not the bloody pope.’ Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary on chief medical officer Tony Holohan’s insistence on a two-week quarantine for travellers coming into Ireland.

‘With the two-metre rule still in place it’s hard to see all students being back in September.’ Education Minister Joe McHugh said it’s difficult to see all students being able to return in September as schools prepare to open on a phased basis.

‘Not a no-risk scenario but a low-risk scenario.’ Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on the current Government plan to reopen schools at the end of August.

‘I couldn’t bear the curly bits misbehaving any more.’ BBC Breakfast host Naga Munchetty after cutting her own hair – she described the result as ‘a bit messy’.

‘There’s no incentive… He [a student who works part-time at Supermacs] is on a winner; he’s won the lotto.’ Supermacs founder Pat McDonagh calls for a review of the €350 Pandemic Unemployment Payment, warning that it’s stopping staff from returning to work.

‘When the looting starts, the shooting starts.’ Donald Trump’s tweet threatening to use the military to stop protesters following the custody death of an unarmed black man in Minneapolis. It was later hidden by Twitter for glorifying violence.

‘DeliverRuth.’

Nickname given to Ruth Rogers’ famous River Cafe restaurant in London after it starts a Deliveroo-style takeaway service.