# whoops

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2022

# whoops

Astronomers say the rocket set to hit the Moon was built by China not SpaceX

A rocket will strike the lunar surface on March 4.

31.7k

Feb 15th 2022, 10:40 PM

All time

# whoops

Canadian man (73) who rang 911 by accident arrested after police find 100 guns in his home

The unnamed pensioner will appear in court in October.

30.8k

Aug 8th 2019, 9:40 PM

# whoops

'I couldn't believe my eyes': EU citizens in UK given deportation letters by mistake

The Home Office said letters had been mistakenly sent out to around 100 people.

25.1k

Aug 23rd 2017, 6:26 PM

# whoops

Walkers apologises after competition saw Gary Lineker holding pictures of serial killers and paedophiles

Walkers has deleted the offensive videos, but most have been preserved by quick-off-the-mark Twitter users.

48.9k

May 25th 2017, 10:53 PM

# Nazi Salute

Dutch retailer pulls children's colouring book with picture of Hitler

The chain said customers who bought the book would be offered a refund.

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Apr 5th 2017, 9:57 PM

# whoops

The Oscars accidentally named Amy Adams instead of Ruth Negga for best actress

Tom Hanks was also wrongly listed as a nominee for best actor on the Oscars website yesterday.

28.2k

Jan 25th 2017, 8:40 AM

# oversight

'I forgot to give them a receipt': James Reilly referred to gardaí by Sipo over €1k election donation

Under Sipo rules, the maximum cash donation that may be accepted by a candidate during the general election is €200.

23.1k

Jan 13th 2017, 12:32 PM

# fail whale

Twitter's founder was accidentally banned from the website

Co-founder Dorsey returned as chief executive last year but has yet to ignite growth.

7.3k

Nov 23rd 2016, 8:08 AM

# Endangered

Fears for South African penguin 'freed' from aquarium

The students who let the penguin out thought they were doing the animal a favour.

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Sep 28th 2016, 8:08 PM

# whoops

American football player completely forgets the rules, gifts opposition a touchdown

This is why you need to pay attention kids.

12.9k

Sep 18th 2016, 12:14 PM

# whoops

We've finally got a reason why Melania Trump's speech was a copy of Michelle Obama's

Melania had read passages from Michelle’s speech to a staffer as “examples” of what she wanted to say.

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Jul 20th 2016, 6:53 PM

# Air Force Gone

US passenger jet mistakenly lands at Air Force base

Whoops.

46.8k

Jul 9th 2016, 2:21 PM

# is that thing on?

Sky broadcast footage of former Tory minister tearing into Prime Minister hopefuls

Kenneth Clarke has claimed that Michael Gove would “go to war with at least three different countries at once”.

28.1k

Jul 5th 2016, 10:23 PM

# whoops

This girl's sexy pyjamas fail is why you should always pay attention to the finer details

What a lovely pattern! Wait a second.

40.6k

Jul 1st 2016, 6:20 PM

# andrew castle

BBC commentator accused of sexism after comments about tennis player's girlfriend

This isn’t the first time something like this has happened at Wimbledon.

42.4k

Jun 30th 2016, 11:10 PM

# whoops

Facebook apologises for accidentally declaring the Philippines at war

A message designed to promote Independence Day showed an upside-down flag, a sign that the country is at war.

11.0k

Jun 13th 2016, 4:20 PM

# whoops

Britain accidentally sends Brexit polling cards to thousands of ineligible voters

Irish, Cypriot and Maltese citizens are the only non-British citizens who can vote in the referendum.

17.4k

Jun 3rd 2016, 9:24 PM

# quite a racquet

'I was lucky I wasn't disqualified' - Djokovic on racquet that nearly hit official

But the world number one made light work of Tomas Berdych to book a semi-final spot against rising Austrian star Dominic Thiem.

6.3k

Jun 2nd 2016, 4:02 PM

# whoops

Watch: This David Alaba own goal is the sloppiest you'll see today

David Alaba won’t want to see this again.

6.6k

Jun 1st 2016, 8:46 AM

# whoops

Fabregas: I 'forgot how to play football' under Mourinho

The Chelsea midfielder has revealed the extent of his self-doubt during the club’s nightmare start to the season.

7.8k

Apr 22nd 2016, 8:37 AM

# rising anger

Glasnevin Wall controversy: Misplaced fada raises ire of Gaeilgeoirs

It is understood the typo will be fixed in the next 48 hours.

23.5k

Apr 4th 2016, 4:27 PM

# Sweden

A 104-year-old woman was offered a place in a local creche

“It’s embarrassing – but also a little charming.”

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Apr 3rd 2016, 1:51 PM

# always a woman involved

Cypriot president criticised for 'there's always a woman' remark after plane hijack

President Nicos Anastasiades made the comments in response to reports that the hijacker had acted to try and communicate with his ex-wife.

14.6k

Mar 29th 2016, 4:26 PM

# Tay

Microsoft pulls 'teen girl' chatbot after it learned to become a racist in just a day

Not a great start.

23.3k

Mar 26th 2016, 2:40 PM

# whoops

This TV presenter's Oscars dress went viral for looking like a vagina

“Nice, but why is there a uterus on your dress?”

14.0k

Mar 2nd 2016, 8:02 PM

# Ouch

Enda Kenny hits out at 'All Ireland champion whingers' in his constituency of Castlebar

The Taoiseach made the comments at a rally in Mayo yesterday evening.

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Feb 21st 2016, 12:48 PM

# whoops

This man sold his stake in a €220 million company for a bike

He described it as “the biggest mistake I ever made”.

32.8k

Feb 6th 2016, 11:15 AM

# whoops

This might be the most mortifying 999 call ever

Oh God.

11.3k

Dec 29th 2015, 8:16 AM

# Russia

These top secret docs on nuclear torpedos were 'accidentally' shown on TV

It remained unclear how the images ended up being broadcast on the tightly-controlled Kremlin channels.

16.8k

Nov 12th 2015, 11:54 AM

# Made it up

This White House hopeful has admitted fabricating a story about his past

Republican frontrunner Ben Carson had made his scholarship to West Point a compelling part of his personal narrative.

18.2k

Nov 6th 2015, 6:10 PM

# whoops

Google Translate error sees visitors invited to Spanish 'clitoris festival'

The announcement was posted on the town’s website for a number of months.

19.9k

Nov 3rd 2015, 9:02 PM

# whoops

Did you forget to put the clock back? You big eejit

What are we going to do with you?

14.4k

Oct 25th 2015, 8:15 AM

# whoops

This kid tripped in an art gallery and punched a hole in a €1.3million painting

Oh, I’ll just walk past this paNOOOOOOOOO.

30.4k

Aug 25th 2015, 10:56 AM

# whoops

Technical error sees Revenue ask foreign businesses for millions of euro

The issue relates to the new ‘VAT Moss’ system.

14.6k

Aug 17th 2015, 4:33 PM

# whoops

Here's how to find your iPhone if it falls from a plane

More a case of “when” rather than “if”, really.

12.6k

Aug 1st 2015, 9:45 AM

# Awkward

Dublin Lord Mayor's car clamped... outside city council offices

Not ideal.

31.9k

Jul 7th 2015, 8:00 PM

# whoops

Helicopter police caught chatting about oral sex over megaphone

All your worst speaker phone nightmares come true.

40.1k

Jun 24th 2015, 8:43 PM

# whoops

Rule #1 of Live TV: Don't hit anyone with an axe

At least it wasn’t a trident.

13.2k

Jun 23rd 2015, 3:17 PM

# saucy

Heinz had to apologise after a code on its ketchup bottle led a man to a porn site

Sorry about that.

3.4k

Jun 19th 2015, 8:08 AM

# a lidl embarrassing

Waterford Whispers just fooled one of Germany's biggest news magazines

Whoopsie.

33.6k

May 12th 2015, 11:02 PM