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# YouTube

All time
Don't you dare laugh at this poor, unfortunate young footballer!
He’ll learn from this.
This YouTuber demonstrated the power of makeup by transforming just half her face
Her ‘half-and-half’ video has racked up over nine million hits on YouTube.
Check out these Irish guys' brilliant bunkbed challenge fail
It’s tougher than you think.
Cristiano Ronaldo hails 'fantastic' Steven Gerrard
The Real Madrid forward has paid tribute to the outgoing Liverpool captain.
Jay Z has compared everyone else's music streaming services to slavery
YouTube is the biggest culprit, them n*****s pay you a tenth of what you supposed to get.”
This video of a Leitrim waterfall has lulled millions of people off to sleep
I can’t get no sleep. *Faithless’ Insomnia plays*
What percentage of men in Ireland have paid for sex? It's the week in numbers
Plus: How many abortion pills bound for Ireland were seized last year?
Happy 10th birthday YouTube. Here's why it's such a success
It’s come a long way since a trip to the zoo in 2005.
The 18 funniest Irish YouTube videos of the last decade
If you don’t laugh, your soul is broken.
YouTube is ten today - and here's the first video ever uploaded
The first, and very underwhelming, video.
A video of Ed Sheeran doing a 'homophobic rap' has been pulled from the internet
The old clip shows Sheeran in a rap battle with another musician.
An 8-year-old girl makes €118,000 a month making baking videos for YouTube
If only you had thought of that.
Poll: Would you pay to skip ads on YouTube?
YouTube has plans for a paid subscription service. Will you be signing up?
Explainer: Why does YouTube want to introduce a paid subscription service?
It’s not all about making more money (although that’s a major reason behind it).
YouTube will soon let you skip the ads on all videos...
… if you give them money.
YouTube's contribution to April Fools' Day is a joy to behold
THE FUN NEVER ENDS.
Autoplay video on YouTube bothering you? You can disable it
And it’s rather easy to do.
YouTube totally mangled the subtitles on Michael D. Higgins' Paddy's Day address
YouTube doesn’t understand Gaeilge.
This Cork man you’ve never heard of is one of Ireland’s most popular musicians
Working under the title of Miracle of Sound, one Irish guy has gone global with his own unique genre of music.
This Cork man you've never heard of is one of Ireland's most popular musicians
Working under the title of Miracle of Sound, one Irish guy has gone global with his own unique genre of music.
This heartwarming video uses an X-ray machine to get its message across
Get out the tissues…
Brand creates 'unskippable' ad viewers can't help but watch
The dog goes to town…
These features will help you get a little bit more out of YouTube
Sure it’s ten years old, but chances are there’s a few bits and pieces that may have slipped past the radar.
YouTube has a major problem despite having a billion users
And it’s something that has been troubling it since it was bought by Google in 2006.
Watch these poor tourists try their hand at speaking Irish
“It sounds like cats dying.”
Sorry Irish parents: your children won't get to see YouTube Kids
The Android app is only in the US for now, meaning you will need to find another way to entertain the kids.
Here are some of the moments that helped shape YouTube
Time to relive those memories.
The YouTube porn hidden behind the Irish language is now gone
The search results for ‘scannán’ or ‘scannáin’ are now markedly more tame.
Porn hunters are ending up at this thoroughly un-titillating Irish film website
The editor of Scannain.com says he hopes the new visitors “aren’t too disappointed” with what they find.
This Irish youngster falling off a bed is YouTube perfection
Wait for it…
People are using the Irish language to disguise porn on YouTube
The sneaky move appears to be working against them, however, as very few people have actually watched the videos.
Here's how you can listen to YouTube music without opening a tab
Another way to turn the video site into your own music player.
Ireland's Happy Pear twins to star on Jamie Oliver's food channel
They made the announcement today.
Mysterious Youtuber made over €4 million last year - and nobody knows who she is
She unwraps children’s toys.
This is what happens when your GoPro falls into the sea
It’s insanely cool.
Meet the 17-year-old whose company is helping out YouTube channels
Shane Corry founded Creative Nation, a company which helps YouTube channels grown in return for a percentage of revenue.
YouTube videos taking too long to load up? This may make things more bearable
A slow connection can make watching YouTube videos a pain, but there are plugins that can help.
People are more likely to watch Minecraft on YouTube than Frozen or Beyoncé
The sandbox game was the second-most popular search term on YouTube in 2014, with only the term ‘music’ beating it.
360-degree videos will be making their way to YouTube soon
The site plans to bring support for the feature over the next few weeks.
Vet is 'abandoned' to raise awareness about dumped dogs
Olivia Kennedy spent a day wandering in the countryside, and filmed her experiences.