Quotes of the week
“Nell had a unique gift in stirring people’s consciousness, and this made her advocacy formidable on behalf of those who had been excluded from society. A defining feature across Nell’s life was such a fierce drive to tackle repression, poverty and authoritarianism wherever she saw it.” President Michael D Higgins pays tribute to author, journalist and feminist activist Nell McCafferty, following her death at the age of 80.
“If Ireland wants to stay more of the Ireland of the welcomes and less of Ireland of the division, I think you invest in the people. That’s what you do.”
Actor Brendon Gleeson on the recent anti-immigration protests in Dublin.
“I’m lucky I don’t have people telling me what to do — I’m also a Taurus, so if they did, I’d probably get a little stubborn.”
Pop star Sabrina Carpenter, who describes herself as a “tyrant”.
“I got into farming and found it is really difficult. I’m not saving farming, I’m just reporting on it. I’ve been doing it five years and it is really difficult.”
Jeremy Clarkson at the opening of his new pub.
“The Lynch family is devastated, in shock and is being comforted and supported by family and friends. Their thoughts are with everyone affected by the tragedy... Their one request now is that their privacy be respected at this time of unspeakable grief.”
A spokesman for the Lynch family, after Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah died when the luxury yacht they were on sank off Sicily.
“After 14 years of austerity and lying by the privileged political class, Britain is in an absolute mess and the TV industry must accept part of the responsibility for that too, including the riots.” Broadcaster Carol Vorderman delivering the Alternative MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival.
“I am ashamed, and I am deeply sorry ... I have a problem”