As usual, there was a lot of talk, but certain people rose above the din. Here are some of the quotes that stood out for us - for a variety of reasons.
"Kids don't remember nice hotels or any of that stuff. They remember the friendships and the great times."
Brian O'Driscoll opens up on the simple joys of parenting on the Tommy Tiernan Show.
"I feel like a f****** failure, that it's like, a third f****** marriage. I feel like a f****** loser. But I can't even think about that, like, I want to be happy."
Kim Kardashian West breaks down in tears over her failed marriage to Kanye West on her family's reality TV show, Keeping up with the Kardashians.
"I've gotten older and I'm tired. So it's time for me to hang up my nipple tassels, having truly given my all."
Sinéad O'Connor announces her retirement from the music business, both in terms of recording and performing.
"There is simply no excuse for my past horrible tweets. My targets didn't deserve them. No one does. Many of them needed empathy, kindness, understanding and support, not my meanness masquerading as a kind of casual, edgy humour. I was a troll, full stop. And I am so sorry."
Chrissy Teigen returns to social media and apologises for cyberbullying.
"I was so surprised by all of it. Listen, if any of us Hollywood types knew that, you'd see everybody turning up with those SuperValu bags wandering around trying to get their picture taken."
Matt Damon joins the Dalkey Book Festival to reflect on his local hero status in the midst of his Irish lockdown.
"I've lived in this village, or next to this village, for 30 years - this f***** is there for three months and they make him the king of Dalkey! I mean, it's unbelievable. He's caught in some kind of local photoshoot with a SuperValu plastic bag, and the rumour that he's carrying cans, and suddenly he's got all this credibility that some of us just are incapable of ever achieving."
Bono 'fumes' about friend Matt Damon's local hero status.
"I just want my life back."
Britney Spears asks a judge to end her conservatorship and the court-ordered legal arrangement controlling her life.
"We were in relationships, it was always never the right time. And it wouldn't have worked."
Jennifer Aniston clears up speculation about her relationship with her Friends co-star David Schwimmer following rumours that the pair were romantically involved during the making of the show.
"5 2 ... what it do ..."
Jennifer Lopez makes her rekindled romance with Ben Affleck Instagram official by posting a photo of them kissing to celebrate her 52nd birthday.
"I had some amazing people, but I had other people who were not serving my best interests always. But you don't have time to figure those things out if you are just going with blinders on - you're in the tunnel. For me, I just really wanted to make my life manageable by me."
Cameron Diaz explains her decision to step away from acting, saying her career on the big screen was preventing her from managing other parts of her life.
"The happiest day of my life was meeting my wife. I fell in love with her the minute I saw her. It's true, I did."
Marty Whelan tells RTÉ's My First Ride podcast about his fateful first dance with wife Maria in the legendary Dublin teenage disco The Grove.
"We have given each other trust and freedom, with the belief that everybody has to find their own way. And marriage for us can't be a prison."
Will Smith reveals wife Jada Pinkett Smith was not the only one to have had an extramarital affair.
"I always tell people this, especially wealthy people: you take nothing with you, ok? You take with you the love you've shared in your life. Not necessarily a marriage; it's like any moment where you have connected with another human being that there was a real sense of connection and love. And the difference you made. And that's it - that's what you take with you."
Jane Seymour tells The Meaning of Life presenter Joe Duffy about her experience of being brought back from the dead.
"I always felt when I went away I was representing Ireland in some way. I mean, I wasn't wearing the jersey and stuff and it wasn't a competition, but I always felt people were really decent with me when I got home. Like, they really were. I've said this before: I expected a couple of slaps, or a couple of digs at some stage in a pub - some night someone would just want to get one over on me! But everyone was always very decent and I always felt that there was a little bit of pride or something."
Colin Farrell reflects on coming home during an interview at the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival.
"It only took 35 different attempts - but we got there!"
Charlene McKenna captures the experience of many as she tells the Ray D'Arcy Show about finally walking down the aisle during the pandemic.
"I don't have to worry about making money anymore because there's none. I sold a lot of records, but sure, I didn't see a penny of that. But that's what it's like when you sign a record deal. Every can of coke cost fifty quid."
Paddy Casey tells RTÉ Entertainment that he never saw the fruits of the massive success he enjoyed in the mid-noughties.
"I told my mother - that was the hurdle for me. I don't care what anyone has to say. You're either with me or simply move out of the way."
Billy Porter opens up about being diagnosed as HIV-positive over a decade ago, saying that a deep-rooted shame compelled him to hide his condition.
"Our fertility journey has been long and we know only too well the heartbreak of the hope that turned to hopelessness, the elation that turned to devastation and the strain putting this often-secretive journey before your job, your friends, and your life. I know many brave parents-in-waiting who, like us, have struggled for a long time, so today we share this magical news in the hope it can inspire and offer a light at the end of the tunnel."
Amanda Byram announces that she has given birth to a baby boy with her husband, Julian Okines.
"My reaction at the end of it was pretty awful really. Because I was actually so stunned that Gay had said 'F-off'! He never cursed! He never cursed in real life, and to actually curse on television... And I just stood there like an idiot because I couldn't believe, 'Gay's after cursing at me - on television!'"
Mike Murphy tells RTÉ One's Today that he's still smarting over his reaction to the classic TV prank he pulled on Gay Byrne in Trinity College.
"The five won't happen just simply from demand, I don't think... If five shows would happen, it would be ten times more the miracle than it was in 2014. But me, I don't care. One show, five shows - it's all about playing for those people that the music seems to make a difference for."
Garth Brooks tells RTÉ News that he would love to play five concerts at Croke Park but thinks that it would be impossible.
"I'm not the only one going through this. There are thousands of people waiting for hospitals, for operations, for everything. They're all facing the same challenge in a way as me. And all I ask is that, as a country, as a people, we make sure that we look after everybody who's ill and sick."
Charlie Bird tells the Late Late Show about being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease and thanks the public for the outpouring of support he has received.
