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20th Dec 2016

The 13 Most Irish Things To Happen This Week

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Oh, Ireland.

Even though it’s tiny, rainy and not-so-densely populated – we sure know how to pack a punch.

Here are 13 of the most unmistakably Irish things to have happened over the past week.

1. Everything about this photo

The Craobh Chiarain’s under-nine camogie team went viral this week with this picture of the girls in their communion dresses in the ‘ready for action’ pose.

Amazing.

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2. This article from The Leinster Leader

Sex, drugs and County Kildare.

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Photo cred: www.leinsterleader.com

3. This string of Irish trending tweets this week

Go home, weather, you’re drunk.

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4. This Massey Ferguson-based charity event

”May as well do something productive while we’re at it”

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Photo cred: The West Cork Times

5. The crime of this 82-year-old

Divil.

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6. This headline

And subheading: ‘Family home was sprayed with slurry in the dead of night’

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7. An Post proving that they’re not any ordinary postal company

By doing this. The dotes.

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8. This article on roadside manicures

Paired with this truly foreboding line in the piece: “The problem is getting worse and worse”
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Photo cred: The Mayo News

9. This no-nonsense, eco-friendly mode of transport

For when you’ve no milk, and the car’s getting serviced.

10. This restaurant’s attitude to this week’s Luas strikes

Rain, despair, and a booze reference.

#Ireland

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Photo cred: www.broadsheet.ie

11. This Irish mammy trying her best

And being the catalyst for something huge.

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Photo cred: Waterford News & Star

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12. This photo of the Roses and Rosebuds of Waterford

Walking in The St. Patrick’s Day parade, no less. 

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13. And finally, this tweet

Depicting how utterly indecisive we collectively are as a nation.

Bravo.

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