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 🐶
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…
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.
💕
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 💇♀️
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.
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 ⚽️
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.
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.
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.