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Thursday 6 May 2021
The French president made the error on a three-day state visit to Japan.
But you’ll have to wait. Here’s how the dictator-resembling utensil took over the internet.
Now THAT is what I call a pre-game warmup.
We are living way beyond our means…
You’ll want to put your headphones on if you’re in an office.
Maybe not quite – but we definitely tried.
But there’s bad news for anyone who snapped up the ‘offer’…
We think he meant Kyrgyzstan. Easy mistake.
Did she imitate… a popular bedroom activity? (Possibly NSFW.)
Let’s just say he finds it hard going.
The Minister for Justice is concerned about the error in Apple Maps, which he says could mislead pilots not familiar with the area.
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.
Somebody will be apologising fulsomely this morning.
This demonstrator against same-sex marriage tried to make his point outside a corporate HQ. It didn’t go according to plan.
Ah, the Oylmpics. Nothing like ‘em.
The principal of a US school said the typo was an “inadvertent mistake”.
…and is caught by a quick-thinking handler.
Well, that’s a danger nobody saw coming…
The British singer also appeared to swear during the half-time show watched by tens of millions of people.
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.
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.
Antony Worrall Thompson was accused of stealing at the self-service checkout area five times before being arrested.
Instead of showing a graphic of a routine eye-test chart, viewers were greeted with a chart containing slang abbreviations…
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.
A search is underway after the unidentified man mistakenly donated his suit, containing $13,000, to a charity clothing store.
Sydney police are searching for the man who left a suitcase full of cash at an Italian restaurant this morning.
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.
He couldn’t remember his policies but he could remember all ten of these funny excuses…
And one other that had far reaching implications for its protagonist: Brian Cowen…
Officials in Dortmund say that the dried rain puddle cleared away by the cleaner was actually meant to be there.
DONEGAL TD THOMAS Pringle will bring a bill to the Dáil today calling for a referendum on lowering the voting age to 16.
Pringle is bringing the bill to coincide with Scottish and Welsh elections being held today, which are allowing 16 and 17-year-olds to vote.
“My bill would put the question to the people of Ireland on whether or not they agree to amend Article 16 of the Constitution, reducing the age of eligibility to vote in Dáil elections down from 18 years of age to 16 years of age,” said Pringle.
So our question to you today is: Do you think Ireland should lower the voting age to 16?
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The housing expert says the investor takeover of homes is no accident – it’s Government policy.
This week, our reader is busy managing family time along with long working hours.
Some sun with a shower this afternoon
Max: 11 °C
Min: -1 °C
A blend of sun and clouds
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Min: 4 °C
A little a.m. rain, then a few showers
Max: 17 °C
Min: 7 °C
