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# whoops - Monday 10 June, 2013
How fake ‘celebrity geniuses’ fooled the internet
A story of Mensa, the media and Shakira.
# whoops - Friday 7 June, 2013
Francois Hollande confuses Japanese with Chinese on State visit to Japan
The French president made the error on a three-day state visit to Japan.
# whoops - Wednesday 5 June, 2013
Alert! The gardaí have an important message
AKA an amusing Twitter blooper.
# whoops - Tuesday 4 June, 2013
16 signs that really shouldn't be spelled wrong
Spelling: it’s impotent.
# whoops - Thursday 30 May, 2013
You can still buy a Hitler Kettle!
But you’ll have to wait. Here’s how the dictator-resembling utensil took over the internet.
# whoops - Tuesday 28 May, 2013
# whoops - Thursday 2 May, 2013
'A tremendous amount of sex' - embarrassed sports reporter's blooper
Now THAT is what I call a pre-game warmup.
# whoops - Monday 29 April, 2013
This motorbike rider did NOT see that coming
Wait for it…
# whoops - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
Typo of the Day: Austerity hits Ireland's budget for World Food Programme
We are living way beyond our means…
# whoops - Monday 22 April, 2013
Local newsreader says 'f***ing s**t'... on his first day
You’ll want to put your headphones on if you’re in an office.
# whoops - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
Will your tweets get you fired?
This app can check that out for you…
# whoops - Monday 11 March, 2013
Has Ireland accidentally given 'fraping' to the world?
Maybe not quite – but we definitely tried.
# whoops - Monday 4 March, 2013
This company accidentally advertised a plasma TV for €7
But there’s bad news for anyone who snapped up the ‘offer’…
# whoops - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
US Secretary of State John Kerry invents new country: Kryzakhstan
We think he meant Kyrgyzstan. Easy mistake.
# whoops - Thursday 14 February, 2013
VIDEO: WHAT did this newsreader just mime on air?
Did she imitate… a popular bedroom activity? (Possibly NSFW.)
# whoops - Monday 28 January, 2013
Official Police Tweet of the Day
Morto for the Dallas Police Department.
# whoops - Tuesday 16 October, 2012
VIDEO: Weatherman’s hand gestures are accidentally very suggestive
Let’s just say he finds it hard going.
# whoops - Friday 21 September, 2012
Sarcastic Tumblr of the Day: The Amazing iOS 6 Maps
And you thought Ireland had it bad?
# whoops - Thursday 20 September, 2012
'Alan Shatter concerned over fake Apple airport' Statement of the Day
The Minister for Justice is concerned about the error in Apple Maps, which he says could mislead pilots not familiar with the area.
# whoops - Wednesday 19 September, 2012
Picture: Dublin gets new 'airport' courtesy of iPhone's new map software
With Google Maps gone, the latest version of Apple’s iOS has designated Airfield Park in Dublin as an airport on its new mapping software.
# whoops - Wednesday 8 August, 2012
Wait, that's the other team! Papers print wrong Olympic photo
Somebody will be apologising fulsomely this morning.
# whoops - Tuesday 7 August, 2012
VIDEO: Protestor gets more fire than he bargained for
This demonstrator against same-sex marriage tried to make his point outside a corporate HQ. It didn’t go according to plan.
# whoops - Thursday 19 July, 2012
Olympic torchbearer gets tattoo to celebrate... but there's just one problem
Ah, the Oylmpics. Nothing like ‘em.
# whoops - Sunday 10 June, 2012
Happy 'Graduataion': Students get misspelled school diplomas
The principal of a US school said the typo was an “inadvertent mistake”.
# whoops - Tuesday 29 May, 2012
VIDEO: Andriy Voronin's shocking miss
Oleh Blokhin can only turn his face away in disgust.
# whoops - Monday 14 May, 2012
VIDEO: Dark Shadows director Tim Burton falls off stage...
…and is caught by a quick-thinking handler.
# whoops - Sunday 13 May, 2012
School evacuated after student uses too much deodorant
Well, that’s a danger nobody saw coming…
# whoops - Monday 26 March, 2012
# whoops - Monday 6 February, 2012
Apology issued after M.I.A. flips the finger during Super Bowl show
The British singer also appeared to swear during the half-time show watched by tens of millions of people.
# whoops - Monday 16 January, 2012
Watch: Gary Lineker's autocue fails him during MOTD
Gary Lineker’s smug exterior temporarily dropped during a broadcast of Match of the Day on Saturday. At least we know it goes out live.
# whoops - Thursday 12 January, 2012
Medics drop heart being rushed for transplant
After exiting a helicopter carrying the heart for transplant, a medic stumbled and the plastic-wrapped heart tumbled out of a cooler onto the street.
# whoops - Monday 9 January, 2012
Celeb chef apologises after arrest ‘for shoplifting cheese and wine from Tesco’
Antony Worrall Thompson was accused of stealing at the self-service checkout area five times before being arrested.
# whoops - Thursday 29 December, 2011
Watch: Norwegian news show's eye-test graphic blooper
Instead of showing a graphic of a routine eye-test chart, viewers were greeted with a chart containing slang abbreviations…
# whoops - Wednesday 28 December, 2011
Video: 2011 - the year in gaffes
From the government’s €3.6bn ‘accounting error’, to confusing a Hollywood actor with a serial killer, here are this year’s most memorable gaffes.
# whoops - Thursday 1 December, 2011
Man accidentally donates suit - with entire life savings in it - to charity
A search is underway after the unidentified man mistakenly donated his suit, containing $13,000, to a charity clothing store.
# whoops - Tuesday 22 November, 2011
Diner leaves $1 million in a suitcase at Australian pizzeria
Sydney police are searching for the man who left a suitcase full of cash at an Italian restaurant this morning.
# whoops - Friday 18 November, 2011
Pilot's toilet trip causes terror scare on New York flight
When a passenger with an accent tried to alert the co-pilot in the cockpit that the pilot was stuck in the toilet, the alarm was raised.
# whoops - Friday 11 November, 2011
If you can't laugh at yourself... Perry goes on Letterman after debate gaffe
He couldn’t remember his policies but he could remember all ten of these funny excuses…
# whoops - Wednesday 9 November, 2011
Ms Piggy and Yo Blair: 5 of the best open-mic political gaffes
And one other that had far reaching implications for its protagonist: Brian Cowen…
# whoops - Friday 4 November, 2011
Overzealous cleaner accidentally damages €800,000 artwork
Officials in Dortmund say that the dried rain puddle cleared away by the cleaner was actually meant to be there.
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Poll: Are live debates influencing how you'll vote in the General Election?
WE’RE JUST 11 days out from poll day for the General Election.
Last night, the seven leaders from the main political parties took part in RTÉ’s first live TV debate of the campaign.
The leaders of political parties which included – Fine Gael’s Leo Varadkar, Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald, Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin, Green Party’s Eamon Ryan, People Before Profit’s Richard Boyd Barrett, Labour’s Brendan Howlin and Roísín Shortall of the Social Democrats – clashed over housing, pensions, crime and taxation.
This debate came after Varadkar and Martin went head-to-head on Virgin Media One last week.
So, today we want to know: Are live debates influencing how you’ll vote in the General Election?
Poll Results:
No (4438)
Yes (1683)
I'm not sure / no opinion (356)
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Opinion: How would I, a refugee in Ireland, vote in this election?
By Evgeny Shtorn
Voting is a privilege and homelessness is the biggest challenge, writes Evgeny Shtorn.
How I Spend My Money: A 23-year-old clerical officer on €23,000 who lives in Louth
By TheJournal.ie reader
The Irish For: Cúpla focal for the happy couple
By Darach Ó Séaghdha - @TheIrishFor
Wedding prayers and toasts can sound so beautiful in Irish, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
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