This week they said

If you behave as if you’re 70, you’re done for. – Lady Miranda Iveagh, celebrating her 70th birthday this week

If you behave as if you're 70, you're done for. – Lady Miranda Iveagh, celebrating her 70th birthday this week

I had a lot on my plate because I was school captain and heavily involved in the scouts, so it was mainly down to compartmentalising my time and saying this time is for study and this time is for this and that. – Killian Donovan of Gonzaga College, after getting nine A1s in his Leaving Cert, the best set of results in the exam this year

The loss is almost too much to even think about. We can only trust in God for the future. – Mohammed Saddique, after the floods in Pakistan swept away his family's 14 cattle

It's quite a bizarre feeling to sit at a piano on the high street with buses and people flying by, playing anything that comes to mind. – Office worker in Belfast on 10 second-hand pianos scattered around the city for anyone to play as part of Craft Month

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The pricing of general entry tickets reflects the enhanced offering to patrons in the new Aviva Stadium with its modern design giving greater standards in terms of seating, views of the pitch, as well as access to a greater number of concession stands, restaurants and bars. – Irish Rugby Football Union statement, explaining rises in ticket prices for international rugby matches

These people are clowns. It makes me die of laughter. – Nicolas Anelka, on the French Football Federation's disciplinary commission which banned him for 18 games for his role in the French team's revolt during the World Cup in South Africa