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Sunday 4 June 2023 Dublin: 18°C

# End of the World

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# bit of snow
There were absolute scenes in shops across Ireland today as people queued for supplies
Dammit we need more milk.
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Mar 2nd 2018, 8:18 PM
# Situation Room
How would you deal with a deadly crisis? This exhibit aims to test your limits
You’ll lose friends, ostracise your family and learn a lot about yourself at the Science Gallery’s latest installment.
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Oct 13th 2017, 6:20 AM
# End of the World
This is apparently the video CNN will play when the world ends
It’s bonkers.
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Jan 6th 2015, 2:40 PM
# apocalypse now?
Guardian reader's letter poses VERY good question
We wonder how long the writer was planning this doozy.
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Mar 7th 2014, 12:35 PM
# End of the World
R.E.M. cover tells the story of Breaking Bad from start to finish (SPOILERS)
It’s the end of Breaking Bad as we know it.
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Oct 1st 2013, 7:46 AM
# End of the World
9 things Irish people love being melodramatic about...
…in addition to the weather.
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Jul 22nd 2013, 6:00 PM
# nopocalypse
End of the world confessions... what would yours be?
Was it you who let the dogs out?
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Dec 21st 2012, 4:22 PM
# doomsday
French police arrest men with machetes at 'doomsday' village
Some believe the Pic de Bugarach mountain will open on the last day… and aliens will emerge with spaceships to save nearby humans.
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Dec 21st 2012, 1:57 PM
# end of days
12 possible causes of the Irish End Of The World
‘Someone did indeed leave the immersion on.’
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Dec 21st 2012, 10:51 AM
# ashopalypse now
Retail Event of the Day
Only 10 per cent off?
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Dec 21st 2012, 9:28 AM
# I feel fine
The world hasn't ended in New Zealand anyway
Here’s some proof…
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Dec 20th 2012, 1:26 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Are you a little bit worried about the world ending tomorrow?
Now be honest… has all this talk of Mayan predictions and the end of the world freaked you out?
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Dec 20th 2012, 10:21 AM
# China
China detains 500-plus people for doomsday rumours
Police seized leaflets, video discs, books and other materials as they made arrests across eight provinces and regions.
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Dec 18th 2012, 5:07 PM
# mythbusters
Explainer: Why the world isn’t going to end – an astronomer reveals all
Worried about solar flares? The Mayan calendar? The planet Nibiru? Astronomer Conor Farrell answers all your wildest questions.
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Jun 23rd 2012, 8:45 AM
# No rapture
Preacher gives up predicting apocalypse after two failed attempts
Harold Camping sparked panic among his followers when he forecast the end of the world last year.
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Mar 10th 2012, 3:55 PM
# doomsday
Good news: The world isn't going to end this year*
*According to a council of Afro-Cuban priests, anyway…
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Jan 2nd 2012, 8:13 PM
# End of the World
Astronomy Ireland lecture asks: what happens when the Sun dies?
Longing for a lecture on how your home planet is going to be consumed by a fiery ball of apocalyptic hell? Well, you’re in luck…
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Nov 14th 2011, 9:37 AM
# apocalypse now?
Doomsday is when, again? The world will end in 2012, 2023, 2026…
…Take your pick of apocalyptic deadlines as prophesied and theorised by various groups, clerics and writers.
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Nov 6th 2011, 10:00 AM
# apocalypse now?
Hooray! If you're reading this the world hasn't ended
Predictions that the world would end today with the coming of ‘the Rapture’ seem to have been miscalculated. Unless I’m typing this in the afterlife.
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May 21st 2011, 7:23 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know before 9am including: Preparations underway for Obama visit; Garret FitzGerald to lie in repose in Dublin today; thousands protest in Spain; and the end of the world, or not.
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May 21st 2011, 8:57 AM
# Rapture
Are you ready for the end of the world? It's tomorrow, according to this man
Thousands of followers of fringe US Christian figure Harold Camping have packed their bags for heaven tomorrow – but it’s not good news for the rest of us.
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May 20th 2011, 1:17 PM