Quick quips

A SUPER smooth looking Pierce Brosnan arrived at the Michael Collins premiere causing the fans at the barricades and the TV camera…

A SUPER smooth looking Pierce Brosnan arrived at the Michael Collins premiere causing the fans at the barricades and the TV camera crews outside the Savoy to spring into action.

The very tanned ex Bond with the Colgate smile is in Dublin to begin at Ardmore, and was accompanied on the night not by his long time girlfriend Keely Shay Smith but by the spectacular looking producer of his new film, Beau St Clair.

The kids manning the barricades were quick with the quips. When Sean McGinley walked past them, looking unaccustomedly suave in black tie, one teenager shouted - "Give us a dig there, Charlo."

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