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# Tweeting

All time
# hashtag10
10 iconic hashtags in honour of its 10th birthday
Happy Birthday hashtags.
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Aug 24th 2017, 9:33 AM
# major announcement
'An appalling attack': Trump criticised for saying transgender people can't serve in US military
It is estimated that as many as 15,000 transgender people work in the US military.
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Jul 26th 2017, 4:10 PM
# i tweet therefore...
This is why people online like to be offended so much
After an online backlash against Stephen Fry, an expert explains online outrage.
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Feb 16th 2016, 6:15 AM
# some light reading
Gerry Adams is releasing a book of his favourite tweets and selfies
“I was born with a beard. I stopped shaving when I was 3.”
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Jan 22nd 2016, 8:26 AM
# Mass Tweets
18 of the greatest #MassTweets of all time
Peace be with you…
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Dec 24th 2015, 8:00 PM
# pure filth
The Pope tweeted that the earth is a pile of filth and the internet couldn't stop cracking jokes
Ah, Twitter.
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Jun 19th 2015, 10:30 AM
# The Councillor
What's wrong with Kenneth Egan?
U ok councillor?
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Nov 4th 2014, 1:07 PM
# follow back
11 unforgivable Twitter crimes that totally deserve an unfollow
If any of these are clogging up your Twitter timeline, do not hesitate. Unfollow.
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May 2nd 2014, 9:30 PM
# in the name of the lols
The @GardaTraffic lads are still having some fun
Good on ye, lads.
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Apr 3rd 2014, 9:04 AM
# very punny
This supermarket Twitter account just killed it in a lengthy pun-off
Bow down before the Gods of punning.
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Jan 10th 2014, 2:30 PM
# Tweet Tweet
Relax, the tweeting bra has finally arrived
We won’t ask what the delay was.
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Oct 25th 2013, 1:24 PM
# eggsplainer
The Mystery Egg Tweet has been explained!
Here’s why Labour TD Sean Kenny tweeted about eggs.
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Jul 31st 2013, 9:11 AM
# gerry tweets
Gerry Adams: I don't mind if people think my tweeting is weird
“You have to think of the sensitivities of teddy bears,” Gerry Adams told TheJournal.ie this week.
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Mar 2nd 2013, 1:00 PM
# THE HOFF
David Hasselhoff: 'I'd love to resurrect Murder She Wrote'
Don’t hassle the Hoff.
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Nov 9th 2012, 4:41 PM
# twits
(Not) Angela Merkel won’t be silenced… she’s back on Twitter
The Euro Queen’s (fake) account was suspended, but she’s back and ready to take on the world…
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May 9th 2012, 8:30 PM
# Tweeting TDs
Nearly 85 per cent of TDs now on Twitter
Research has shown that 139 of the 166 members of the Dáil operate a Twitter account.
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Feb 3rd 2012, 1:30 PM
Voices
Column: Cardinal Rules - On helping the Pope to tweet
This week, the (not) Primate of All-Ireland is drafted in to help his Holiness to get to grips with Twitter. “He receives a tweet from the Dalai Lama. ‘Dude,’ it says. We just ignore it.”
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Jul 1st 2011, 7:00 PM
# Twitter
Twitter promises to shrink your links
The new feature will be rolled out to Tweeters over time and will automatically shorten links to 19 characters.
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Jun 9th 2011, 7:30 AM