Good evening!

It’s that special time of the year when I round up some lovely/heartwarming/moving/daft/silly things that happened during the year. If ever there was a year where we needed to look for the positives, I think it’s this one.

Let’s go! 💕
1. First of all, here is Bród Higgins interrupting an event in the Áras and demanding a belly rub from President Michael D. Higgins 🐶
2. “Mummy, can I have two biscuits?”
3. This gorgeous story about a 3-year-old boy, Macsen, who befriended his 78-year-old neighbour, Pat, during lockdown.

One day, Pat stuck her finger through a fence and pretended to be a worm. They started chatting and pretty soon they were best pals 😭walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-new… ImageImage
4. During lockdown and with little fuss or fanfare, Daniel O’Donnell traveled around Donegal to give outdoor concerts for nursing home residents.

A national treasure is wee Daniel.

💕 ImageImageImage
5. 🎶 I’LL BE YOUR DREAM, I’LL BE YOUR WISH, I’LL BE YOUR FANTASY 🎶

Maybe my favourite TikTok this year. I long for the day we can do this, tbh.
6. This chance encounter between Jamie Lee Curtis and a fan who brought her photograph to the hairdresser 💇‍♀️ Image
7. "I'm a busy man!"

You'd honestly be wrecked just listening to this little fella talk about all the jobs he has to do 😂
8. This lovely photo of Irish civil rights activist Jim Curran in conversation with Mo Hasan at a #BlackLivesMatter protest in London.

What solidarity looks like.
9. Wait for it... 👶

(via: instagram.com/p/B_HFwMqJyoH/)
10. It’s sad that we never got to witness Iceland win the Eurovision with this banger but at least we still have this delightful video.
11. That time an Italian priest tried to livestream Mass but accidentally activated filters ⛪️
12. As a child, Marcus Rashford and his family relied on breakfast clubs and free school meals.

This year he campaigned tirelessly to ensure that children across the UK would have access to these supports.

Hero. ImageImage
13. In May, Morgan Bullock posted a video of herself Irish dancing to Savage (Remix).

It was shared by everyone from Leo Varadkar to Beyoncé's mother and she ended up getting offered the chance to perform with Riverdance ☘️
14. I can't tell you how many times I've watched this video. His comic timing is second to none.
15. BRAD! AND! JEN! ImageImage
16. This *gorgeous* report about a drive-in graduation ceremony for the students of Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Ballincollig, Co Cork ♥️
17. Adam Sandler’s hilarious award acceptance speech at the Independent Spirit Awards. (It’s still a travesty that he didn’t get an Oscar nomination for Uncut Gems.)

💎💎💎
18. Jurgen Klopp getting overcome with emotion and having to peace out of an interview after Liverpool won the Premier League 🏆
19. Residents in Ringsend making their own fun during lockdown and having a big dance party to Whigfield 💃
20. When Ricky Allman was 10, his beloved Leeds United were relegated and his devastated little face was beamed across the world. Sixteen years later, he got to celebrate their promotion to the Premiership with his little boy ⚽️ ImageImage
21. It wouldn’t be a 2020 list if it didn’t include 420doggface208 drinking cranberry juice and vibing to Fleetwood Mac 💆‍♀️
22. ISL interpreter Amanda Coogan giving it her all during the Toy Show.

🤟
23. Margaret Lynch's letter to her great-grandson.

Life-affirming.
24. This baby chef cooking with his granny is a disaster from beginning to end. It's also extremely funny.
25. People in Atlanta celebrating Joe Biden's election win and singing Fuck Donald Trump live on CNN 👀

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15 Dec 19
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! 💕
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.
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16 Dec 18
For the last couple of years, I have compiled a year-end thread of little things during the year that made me smile or served as a nice antidote to the hellscape we currently find ourselves in. Guess what? It’s that time of year again. Buckle up!
1. A child is asked to name the President of Ireland. They write, ‘Miggeldy Higens’. The President is henceforth referred to as Miggeldy by the people of Ireland. 💯
2. Blackpool Police ask the public for help in identifying a man suspected of stealing beers from a restaurant. The suspect happens to be the spitting image of David Schwimmer. Hilarity ensues.
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