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How the giant Dublin Minion captured the world's attention
Erin Van Londen Erin Van Londen
YESTERDAY ALL OF our fears were realised when the Minions finally took Dublin.
At around 3pm the giant inflatable yellow monster broke from from its restraints in a Santry fairground and blew onto the Old Swords Road.
Within hours it had made news headlines worldwide, after being first reported by TheJournal.ie….
In Sydney
Sydney Morning Herald Sydney Morning Herald
In India
India.com India.com
In Hollywood
Hollywood Reporter Hollywood Reporter
In Pennsylvania
Penn Live Penn Live
In the UK
The Guardian The Guardian
Time Magazine spotted a potential pun
Time Time
People Magazine used the word ‘snarl’
People People
Mashable said what we were all thinking
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Various images were uploaded several times to the Imgur sharing website
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With captions like…
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And Twitter was all over it, of course
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Stay safe out there.
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