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Sunday 3 December 2023 Dublin: 1°C

# Burn

All time
9 of the most scathing responses to Tristan Thompson's reappearance on Instagram
Well, that went well.
Doctors warn parents after boy burned due to spark from aerosol soap can
The doctors said that face paint the boy was wearing might have been oil-based, which would have reacted with the spark.
Game of Thrones' Sansa Stark absolutely laid into Donald and Melania Trump on Twitter
OUCH.
Obedience, witchcraft and jail time: the best Irish burns of 2016
Politicians, sports stars and an eloquent 13-year-old feature on the list.
Bosco had the best response to RTÉ's decision to stop making kids programmes
DRAG ‘EM, BOSCO.
Nickelback absolutely burned this British band with a single tweet
“When you get schooled by Nickelback. Seriously, leave the Internet and never look back.”
The dictionary - yes, the dictionary - delivered a whopper of a burn and no one was ready
Who knew it was this savage?
This parody beauty tutorial perfectly nails the ‘Irish summer look’
Look like a white Christmas tree walking down the street.
Gogglebox's Scarlett Moffatt just dealt a serious burn to Katie Hopkins on Twitter
So predictable.
A lad got destroyed on Facebook after he complained about 'clingy girls'
You just got served, Ben.
Amy Schumer called out a movie critic after he made a joke about her on Twitter
And started a mass debate about what’s OK to joke about.
Behold, the greatest response to a troll you will ever see
A round of applause for George Takei, please.
Children to be sent on 'undercover' tanning salon missions
Similar test purchase programmes are in place for the sale of alcohol and tobacco.
Here's how Anne Hathaway responded to a joke made about her in Amy Schumer's new film
The actress responded to the joke on Facebook last night.
Taylor Swift shut down a Tumblr troll... by correcting their grammar
You coulda been getting down to this, sick, burn.
'We've a new Troika in town': Joan doesn't think much of the new party
The Tánaiste has been reacting to the launch of the Social Democrats yesterday.
JK Rowling hit a Twitter user with an uber-painful burn after he suggested Serena Williams is "built like a man"
JK is not to be trifled with.
This woman perfectly shot down people who accused her boyfriend of punching above his weight
The couple’s photo went viral earlier in the month.
Bryan Cranston spectacularly owned a guy at Comic Con last night
“That was a little mean”.
'You're usually a bit more pleasant': Joan and Mary Lou clashed AGAIN today
A brief but telling exchange during the Order of Business this afternoon.
Look what's happened to the Paddy Power shop on Baggot Street...
Is that… bubble wrap?
10 of the best burns ever dealt out on Tinder
It’s a jungle out there.
Jimmy Kimmel brilliantly ripped the piss out of Justin Bieber at last night's Mayweather fight
Jimm Kimmel, one. Justin Bieber, nil.
15 perfectly devastating comebacks to Facebook posts
Keep the Savlon handy.
Frankie Boyle just dealt a third degree burn to Richard Branson on Twitter
Well, that’s him told.
'Sometimes politicians are more accurate than journalists' - Simon Coveney
The agriculture minister has been speaking about reports the Irish dairy industry is to lose 3,000 farmers in the next 5 years
Fine Gael has been throwing serious shade at Gerry Adams on Twitter
Warning: It involves a book that may cause some readers to shudder.
Fine Gael dishes out a deep burn to Gerry Adams
“I’m not great at maths,” the Sinn Féin president admitted yesterday.
10 viciously funny celebrity-on-celebrity burns
Piers Morgan vs. Gary Lineker, Martha Stewart vs. Gwyneth Paltrow and more.
The year of burning deeply: 15 insults that made us wince in 2014
Deep and crisp and even.
Girl gets ultimate revenge on bully by standing him up
Ouch.
Micheál Martin: I think Enda Kenny is deluded and no one takes him seriously
The Fianna Fáil leader has hit back at the Taoiseach’s comments about either a Fine Gael or Sinn Féin-led government.
Here's why American kids are tweeting photos of their grim school lunches
With the hashtag #ThanksMichelleObama.
Teenager arrested over petrol bomb attack that injured children
The children were sitting on a sofa when the petrol bomb was thrown through their front window.
Dublin woman tries to sell cheating boyfriend's ring so she can "go on the lash"
Place an emergency call to the burns unit please.
People queued up to burn their Irish Water packs in a bath tub last night
The gardaí said there were no arrests at the demonstration in Clondalkin last night.
HB Ice Cream sends tweet dissing the iPhone 6
Introducing the iCeberger 6.
Ikea's new advert is totally taking the p*** out of Apple-mania
Introducing the bookbook™.
Insurer pays off lawsuit with thousands in buckets of coins
That’ll show them.
'Worst forest fire in living memory' continues to rage in Sweden
The severity of the blaze prompted authorities to declare it a national emergency.