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25 good things that have happened since the last budget
IT CAN BE difficult to be positive around budget time. The news seems to be all bad, and lots of people question why they even live here anymore.
Having said that, life does go on and happy things continue to happen. Like all of these things, which have happened in the period since the last budget.
We had an actual Summer filled with sunshine
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Amy Huberman and Brian O’Driscoll had a baby
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Undoubtedly a superior human being.
Breaking Bad gave us some of the best television of all time
Tayto chocolate came into existence
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Whether you liked it or not is immaterial. What’s important is that we finally had an answer to the age old question of what it might be like to have a product like this.
Commander Hadfield made us all feel special with his tweets from space
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HMV came back to us
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This poor tourist gave us a laugh
Lovely hurling
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Aengus MacGrianna became Ireland’s favourite newsreader
Kanye’s tweeted this to Jimmy Kimmel
The Junior Cert exam gave us gtúit
An attempt to be down with the kids resulted in lots of scoffing over the Summer.
This donkey photobombed the weather
The Rose of Tralee proposal
Colaiste Lurgan sang loads of pop songs as Gaeilge
A farmer built a waterslide to keep his pigs cool
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Conor McGregor entered the UFC and won his first two fights
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All the while modelling a stunning beard and saying gas things.
Zach Braff learned about shifting
This ‘demon cat’ told Caroline to go away
‘He’ll jump on you Caroline!’
The cronut, ramenburger and pizzaburger
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Bruce Springsteen took over Kilkenny
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This deadly demonstration of Irishness
And this one…
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Oh, and this…
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And of course this…
So, while today may be tough, and you may be fed up, there are still good times ahead.
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