Good evening!
Once again, I have compiled a thread of heartwarming/funny/lovely things I enjoyed throughout 2019. The news cycle can be unrelentingly bleak but here are some bits that prove it’s not all bad.
Let’s go! 💕
Once again, I have compiled a thread of heartwarming/funny/lovely things I enjoyed throughout 2019. The news cycle can be unrelentingly bleak but here are some bits that prove it’s not all bad.
Let’s go! 💕
1/ First of all, these two little buddies galloping down the street to greet each other.
2/ This absolutely gorgeous story by @deisesupes of a young man in Waterford going above and beyond to help a 62-year-old man find a new job.
3/ Lil Nas X showing up to an elementary school to perform Old Town Road and the kids losing their goddamn minds 🤠
4/ "I love you Ma and I miss you."
This note from Bill to his late Ma in the Irish Times <3
This note from Bill to his late Ma in the Irish Times <3
5/ This little kid was chasing Mo Salah’s car when he crashed into a lamppost and broke his nose. Salah noticed the calamity, stopped the car and posed for a photo while the kid and his dad waited for an ambulance to arrive. The photo makes me laugh so much. 
6/ We must not forget the impossibly wholesome ‘four generations’ meme from China. Too pure for this world.
7/ Robin S. Crystal Waters. CeCe Peniston. Three queens. Take five minutes and watch the most joyful awards show musical performance of the year.
8/ An RTE News reporter asks punters to comment on Leo Varadkar’s 40th birthday and the result is one of the funniest vox pops I have ever seen in my life.
9/ Olive Woodward and Kathleen Woodward have been best pals for eighty years. When Kathleen moved into a retirement home, Olive missed her so much she decided to join her. The gals! bbc.com/news/uk-englan…
10/ The moment same sex marriage became legal in Northern Ireland 🏳️🌈🌈💕
11/ And when abortion was decriminalised in Northern Ireland thanks in no small part to the dogged work of activists there ✊#NorthIsNow
12/ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dancing in the halls of Congress💃
13/ This lovely photo of Katie Bouman, the computer scientist who helped develop the algorithm that created the first ever photo of a black hole 🌌
14/ Protesters in Lebanon singing Baby Shark to comfort a baby boy 🦈
16/ WHY ARE YA ASKIN HER DAT?
Pretty much everything Maura Higgins said and did this year. But especially this.
Pretty much everything Maura Higgins said and did this year. But especially this.
17/ Nora Horgan had not attended the St. Patrick’s Day parade for ten years due to her bad back. Her 9-year-old grandson William Kelleher saved his pocket money and booked a hotel room so she could watch the parade from a room with a view.
18/ Selma Blair walking the red carpet with her fabulous cane months after announcing her multiple sclerosis diagnosis ❤️
19/ I know we have likely all seen this video a million times by now but it never gets old. A gurgling baby has a full conversation with his Dad.
20/ Gymnast Katelyn Ohashi absolutely slaying her final collegiate routine 🔥🔥🔥
21/ Efrem Gidey fled Eritrea with this family in 2016 and spent six months in a Calais refugee camp before landing in Ireland. He's now one of our most promising athletes.
Here he is celebrating his Irish Schools Cross Country title with his pals:
Here he is celebrating his Irish Schools Cross Country title with his pals:
22/ This footage of an old Chilean couple cheering on protesters 🇨🇱
23/ The word ‘iconic’ gets bandied around a lot but Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper performing Shallow at the Oscars was the very definition of iconic.
24/ You might remember Thailand losing 13-0 to the USA in the World Cup. A few days later, they played Sweden and scored their first goal. On the sidelines, their general manager and chief benefactor Nualphan Lansam shed tears of joy.
25/ This *perfect* interview with Shane Lowry's granny
26/ This little doggy and his 'bath bomb' never fails to tickle me 🐶
27/ Tinney Davidson spent years waving at schoolchildren who walked past her home. When they found out she was moving, they came to say goodbye 😭
28/ Braima Suncar Dabó of Guinea-Bissau sacrificing his own race to help an exhausted Jonathan Busby of Aruba over the finish line in the 5000m heats at the World Athletics Championships ❤️
29/ “You dropped your bottle.” Bless his cotton socks.
30/ A little boy named Michael brought his entire kindergarten class to court to witness his adoption. Their little heads peering over! facebook.com/KentCountyMI/p…
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@ICHHDUBLIN @IrishRefugeeCo Thanks to @ExtraIRL + @Ciara_olo for the lovely piece on the thread!
The response to this year's thread has been *amazing* and I'm glad so many have enjoyed it ❤️extra.ie/2019/12/16/ent…
The response to this year's thread has been *amazing* and I'm glad so many have enjoyed it ❤️extra.ie/2019/12/16/ent…
