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Here's what Ireland watched on YouTube this year

Feminism, food, and fake Hollywood stars all feature.

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CAN YOU BELIEVE it’s already time to look back at 2015? We can’t.

YouTube’s review of the year has arrived and, as always, it’s an interesting look at what Irish people were watching.

British YouTubers like ThatcherJoe, TheDiamondMinecart and StampyLonghead (us neither) cracked the top ten, as did this recipe for ‘miniature Guinness cakes’.

But the most popular video in Ireland was… Always’ #LikeAGirl ad campaign!

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The ad was released back in July and has gotten over 38 million views to date, a significant portion of which came from our fair isle.

Conor McGregor made the list with his heartbreaking story about a young fan who died of cancer earlier this year:

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He’s followed by Ray D’Arcy and his now-infamous ‘Jack Nicholson’ prank, which had the whole country rolling its eyes in October.

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We still don’t quite forgive him for that.

Last but not least, the great people at Facts garnered over a million views for this highly informative guide to the Irish accent.

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Good YouTube watching, gang! Check out all the videos here.

Written by Valerie Loftus and posted on DailyEdge.ie

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    Jan 12th 2012, 5:29 PM

    Instead of just handing over a little money here and there to charities, why not setup a direct airline between Haiti and Ireland funded by the Irish taxpayer to help as many people as possible escape Haiti for a better life here.
    When Haitians land in Ireland, they could be granted asylum right away and given passports and PPS numbers.
    NAMA properties could be used to house them. If we run out of NAMA properties, more housing estates could be built.
    Translators could be provided to help the adults get jobs or apply for job seekers benefit if jobs are scarce, and also to schools to help teachers with their new students, who might not have adequate English.
    Also, grants could be given to people to cover their education costs if they wanted to go to university.
    The Irish government could also give them loans so that they could start their own businesses here.

    So how about it? Can we get a petition going to get the ball rolling on this?

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    Our welfare system is already over loaded. Working people can’t support every poor person in the world. They should stay in there own countries and rebuild it.

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