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The Week on Twitter
The Week on Twitter
Our Topical Editor scours through Twitter every week to see what people are talking about, where the outrage or controversy is, who’s being stupid, who’s being a hero and the stories you need to know about.
The Week on Twitter: Late Late Toy Show, Jon Snow, & Cats
This week, the Toy Show was on the telly, and Twitter talked about it lots. Like, a lot. Like, it was the second highest trending topic in the world, or something. But despite all the Christmas induced excitement, overt slagging of young…
The Week on Twitter: Mali, Charlie Sheen, and International Men’s Day
This week, the good people of Twitter talked about Charlie Sheen, braced themselves for Storm Barney, and celebrated International Men's Day (kind of). We also watched as it was reported that gunmen had stormed a hotel in Mali, holding at…
The Week on Twitter: Paris, Shia LaBeouf, and Waking the Feminists
This week, Twitter watched Shia LaBeouf watch himself, protested the Abbey's 1916 centenary programme, and celebrated as the marriage equality bill was finally signed into law. We also shared our condolences for the 128 people killed in gun…
The Week on Twitter: Hearts, Christmas, and Enda Kenny
This week, Twitter said a final farewell to the Web Summit, wept at an old man on the moon, and complained about Bank of Ireland a bit. We also told Enda Kenny all about our periods, and struggled to cope with the website's new 'like'…
The Week on Twitter: Maureen O’Hara, Tony Blair, and James Bond
This week, Twitter said goodbye to Maureen O'Hara, celebrated National Cat Day, and listened to Tony Blair kind of, sort of, not really apologise for the Iraq war. We also talked about James Bond a bit, and questioned Piers Morgan's…
The Week on Twitter: Abortion Laws, Liam Neeson & the Angelus
This week, the good people of Twitter gave their thoughts on RTÉ's revamp of the Angelus, listened to Liam Neeson narrate an ad about abortion, and navigated a train-less Ireland for three hours while Irish Rail took industrial action. They…
The Week on Twitter: The Budget, Girls to Men, and Paul O’Connell
This week, Twitter said thanks to Paul O'Connell, boycotted Channel 4's transgender documentary 'Girls to Men,' and celebrated National Coming Out Day. We also had a lot to say about this year's budget, and Enda Kenny's apparent desire to…
The Week on Twitter: Shane Long, Plastic Bags, the Living Wage, & Eggs
This week, the UK was forced to pay for plastic bags, talks of a living wage reached a high in Britain and Ireland, and everybody fell in love with Shane Long.
Ireland are guaranteed a place in the Euro 2016 play-offs #COYBIG…
The Week on Twitter: Edward Snowden, Oregon Shooting & Super Blood Moon
This week, Twitter said hello to Edward Snowden, witnessed another US school shooting, watched the moon go a bit red, and panicked when Facebook was down.
Gunman kills 9 in Oregon Community College shooting #OregonShooting
Yesterday at…
The Week on Twitter: Pigs, Ploughs, and Web Summits
Lots and lots of stuff happened this week. I wrote about some of them already, but I'm going to write about them again and include some tweets too because they were pretty important, and also funny. The important one was the Shout Your…