Quotes OF THE WEEK

‘The Tánaiste does not believe that gay people will go to hell for being who they are, nor does he believe that any man or woman can make such a judgment.

A spokesman for Leo Varadkar responds to remarks made from

an altar in Co. Kerry.

‘I think this is beyond my paygrade,’

Taoiseach Micheál Martin, after being asked about the dropping this year of Dublin’s live animal crib

‘Great. Now go and do your homework.’

Singer Peter Andre admonishes daughter Princess, 15, after she posted a glamorous Instagram selfie.

‘The popping out of it, the folding, the scribbling on the crossword… I hope it never goes out of fashion in our digital age. It is too romantic.’

Pop star Katy Perry reveals her love of

newspapers.

‘I’m on page 100 and you’re still eight.’

Actor Hugh Bonneville reveals the reaction of his publisher after he delivered far too many pages for his autobiography.

‘I get out a tissue, Michael goes, “Now!” and it goes straight in the tissue and then in the dustbin.’

Delia Smith reveals how she and her husband Michael Wynn-Jones expertly dispose of ‘grey’ pork cooked in the trendy sous vide method in restaurants.

‘Quiet quitting, splooting, warm bank.’

Three of Collins Dictionary’s words of 2022. They mean carrying out only basic duties at work; lying prone on a cool surface to counter unusually high temperatures; and heated public buildings people can use to save on energy bills..