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Tuesday 30 May 2023 Dublin: 13°C

# Viral

All time
# loca the pug
This adorable pug from Belfast who can't run is going viral
Meet Loca.
# Video
Bereaved husband sings 'Blackbird' to his dying newborn son
A heartbreaking video that is helping raise funds across the world.
# morto
That mortifying IDA interview has gone viral internationally - here are the headlines
“Why do you have euros?”
# Egypt
Eight men jailed for three years over 'gay wedding'
The men appeared in a video that went online earlier this year.
# heartless
Worst parents in the world make their son bawl by pretending he has Ebola
Don’t try this on your own children.
# feels
This picture of a widower dining alone with a photo of his dead wife is going viral
INCOMING: FEELS.
# minge pies
Iceland's Christmas 'minge pies' are going viral... but they're fake
Tragically.
# dance off
This video showing two priests engage in an epic Irish dancing battle is going viral
Internet <3 dancing priests.
# F-Bomb
Amazing video shows sassy little girls swearing in the name of feminism
Needless to say, the language is very NSFW.
# spaghetti condom
Does this photo of a condom filled with spaghetti mean we have reached peak internet?
Explain yourself, internet.
# boob twerking
'Boob twerking' is the new viral dance craze that needs to be seen to be believed
Boob twerking to Mozart, no less.
# fifty pence challenge
Sainsbury's staff poster with plans to make customers spend more goes viral
The supermarket chain is not too pleased about the mix-up, naturally.
# wanna pizza me
This UK work experience student's amazing restaurant review has gone super viral
“My first reaction was wow.”
# Keep calm and carry on
Terrorist attack warning goes viral, London police say 'It's a complete hoax'
The fake alert comes after the UK’s terror threat level was raised to “severe”
# ice bucket challenge
Here's why Americans are dumping buckets of ice on themselves and posting videos of it
Don’t worry: it’s all for a good cause.
# Viral
Here's why the view count on new YouTube videos always stops at 301
Why doesn’t it stop at 300, or 299?
# public prayer
US restaurant ends 'discriminatory' 15% public prayer discount after receipt goes viral
Anti-religious groups were not happy about it.
# body beautiful
Mother of 5 writes viral Facebook post after being ridiculed for her stretch marks
She decided to turn her humiliation into a message of empowerment for other women.
# pump up the jam
This Dublin woman's delirious dance at Longitude is now going viral worldwide
Turn UP.
# in the nip
Here's the truth about THAT viral 'Glastonbury' photo
Hint: It’s not from Glastonbury.
# that escalated quickly
This woman hasn't a clue how to ride an escalator
Not a notion!
# selfiegeddon
This unbelievably stupid exam selfie is going super viral
Despair.
# buggin out
Spider terrifies two girls by photobombing their selfie
IT JUST WANTED TO BE FRIENDS.
# another mass?
'Hallelujah' Irish priest goes worldwide with 2.4million views in two days
Now THAT is a wedding video.
# man with a van
Why is this innocent-looking photo of a van going viral?
When you see it…
# lighting up the world
This happy little boy from Dublin is more popular than Justin Bieber
A photo of Liam Caseirio has been liked on Facebook by over a million people and shared 30,000 times.
# News Fix
Here’s What Happened Today: Wednesday
Everybody’s talking about the gardaí identifying attackers in viral assault video, AIB’s mortgage deals and the Christy Brown archive auction.
# Diddly-Viral
A traditional Irish tune is going viral thanks to these superb street dancers
Who knew That Rare Old Mountain Dew was so popular on the streets?
# Happy Birthday Colin
Boy tells mammy he has no friends for birthday party, she finds him a million online
Colin’s 11th birthday is going to be the best ever.
# inspiring stuff
This viral video inspired that crazy drug scene in The Wolf of Wall Street
It all makes so much sense now.
# going global
This photo of an Irish guy in Sierra Leone is making people laugh around the world
You can take the man out of Ireland…
# Going Viral
Stephen Fry joins Panti's supporters by tweeting video to 6.5 million followers
Panti’s Noble Call has now been viewed more than 200,000 times.
# Viral
100,000 people watch Panti video on homophobia in less than two days
In the video, Panti talks about how the word ‘homophobia’ has been appropriated by other groups since The Saturday Night Show interview.
# Outbreak
Holiday from hell as 600 aboard Caribbean cruise ship contract norovirus
Hundreds of passengers and crew members fell ill with vomiting and diarrhea according to the the US Centers for Disease Control.
# Viral
Is Facebook an 'infectious disease that will die out'?
Two PhD candidates at Princeton University seem to think so.
# demon days
A devil baby is roaming the streets of New York terrifying innocent people
It’s all part of a viral marketing campaign.
# Hoax
Video of Fox reporter's inappropriate remarks towards missing woman a fake
Many were duped by the shocking video.
# bad internet
How a teen's Twitter joke went super-viral and sparked vicious abuse
And how she somehow turned it around.
# it's all mememe
17 memes that made the internet wonderful in 2013
Memes are the most essential of our shared cultural cornerstones. Obv.