A look back at some of the most popular content on the RTÉ News Twitter account this year.
🌳🌲🌴 Ethiopia plants 350 millions trees in one day | https://t.co/5bNT5Tmra8 pic.twitter.com/vofxmSkviP
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) July 30, 2019
'I hadn't drank a brandy since 2009 - drank two yesterday, it's nearly killing me.' Shane Lowry's grandmother speaks of a proud day pic.twitter.com/qqgCBRifNC
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) July 22, 2019
Decline in insects could cause 'catastrophic collapse' of nature - study | https://t.co/IaHrLHkCju pic.twitter.com/OR3V6elCTf
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) February 11, 2019
This spectacular drone footage shows humpback whales "socialising" off West Cork. 🐳🐳🐳 The video was captured by the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group for a new research project | https://t.co/IWVguzDBai pic.twitter.com/qlKwZPtkRc
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) May 10, 2019
The Speaker of New Zealand's parliament has become a social media sensation, after images of him cradling a colleague's baby as he presided over a debate went viral. | https://t.co/hQ6KoB9f7h pic.twitter.com/Efkeu7iuza
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) August 22, 2019
Kevin Kelly has just experienced a live League of Ireland game for the first time in almost 20 years, thanks to a new initiative for visually impaired football fans ⚽ pic.twitter.com/krK67kB1SX
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) September 18, 2019
❤️ Your thoughts on love this #valentinesday pic.twitter.com/fzpTgb5DE4
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) February 14, 2019
🐻🐻🐻🐺🐺🐺🐱 Three bears, three wolves, and a lynx are among the animals once native to Ireland that can now be found at Wild Ireland, a new sanctuary in Co Donegal. | https://t.co/lunoQFlSeK pic.twitter.com/8hG3Yby0b1
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) October 26, 2019
"I thought somebody should really do something to help. Then I realised that somebody was me." Meet the man who fixes sleeping bags for free for Dublin's rough sleepers.
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) September 6, 2019
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This local pub in Courtmacsherry has banned mobile phones pic.twitter.com/47KzAZFGuz
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) January 28, 2019