1. The month of January was dominated by Donald Trump’s inauguration

Source: Dillon Gough/ISF

2. And Brexit was dawning as the biggest political story of the year

3. U2 announced their Joshua Tree world tour at the start of the year

Source: Evan Martin/ISF

4. In February, Stephen Donnelly switched from the Social Democrats to Fianna Fáil

Source: Gareth Walker-Ayers/ISF

5. The same month, the Brexit negotiations got off to a good start

Source: ISF

6. In March, there was a week of strikes at Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus

Source: Jonney Lloyd/ISF

Source: Alan McLoughlin/ISF

7. In early March, the Strike4Repeal took over the streets of Dublin and beyond

Source: Adam Hough/ISF

8. Gerry Adams was in the news a lot in the early part of the year as the Northern Assembly election campaign took place – and there were so many controversies

Source: Stu Nix/ISF

9. “Gerry what about that tattoo on your chest? Doesn’t it say “DIE BRITS DIE”?

“No that’s German for “The, Brits the.”"

Source: Tomás Ó Fearghail‎/ISF

Source: Paul Loughran/ISF

10. In March, Bertie Ahern said he “won’t rule himself out” of a Presidential bid

Source: David Doyle/ISF

Who could forget Paul Ryan’s manky Guinness on Paddy’s Day?

11. “I’d, uh, also like to express MY fondness for… that particular beer.”

Source: Joe Carroll/ISF

12. In April, Danny Healy-Rae said “Nobody caused a fatality by having three glasses of Guinness drank”

Source: Jack Booyle/ISF

13. That was the month Ed Sheeran was everywhere. This was Irish radio at the time:

Source: Phil Martin/ISF

14. A snap election was called in the UK, and Brexit boasting hit a peak

Source: Ba Re Quay Ting‎/ISF

15. In May, Ireland gave zero points to the UK in the Eurovision

Source: Michelle Ní Chonaill/ISF

16. In June, Ed Sheeran announced that he’s going to play seven stadium gigs around Ireland in 2018

Source: Enda McCabe/ISF

17. The summer of 2017 saw Corbynmania sweeping the UK… but it didn’t really translate to Ireland

Source: Hugh Farrell/ISF

18. In July, the Herald/Stormzy debacle hit international headlines

Source: Bronagh Markey/ISF

19. U2 eventually did play Croker, and Ireland had a new Taoiseach by then

Source: Kevin Flood/ISF

20. Another news story popped up about Bertie’s potential run for the Áras

Source: Mark McCormack/ISF

21. Anthony Scaramucci was fired from the White House after just 10 days as communications director

Source: John Hanley/ISF

22. The Conor Mcgregor vs Floyd Mayweather fight was talked about through all of August – and the pre-bout trash talking left a lot to be desired

Source: Cormac Gordon

And there was only one phrase on everyone’s lips:

Source: Tadhg Gately/ISF

23. Waterford fans came to Dublin in their hordes for a rare All-Ireland final

Source: Tadgh Gately/ISF

24. In September, the George Hook story blew up following his on-air comments about rape

Source: Adam Hough/ISF

25. In the same month, Ireland’s World Cup campaign started to falter

Source: Darren O'Neill

And then went all the way downhill:

Source: Adam Hough/ISF

Source: Conor McDermott/ISF

Source: Joseph Aivalikli‎/ISF

26. Mayo suffered another heartbreaking loss in an All-Ireland final

Source: Ryan O'Neill/ISF

27. Leo’s first Budget dropped in October

Source: Chris Murphy/ISF

28. The same month, SoSueMe responded to accusations to she Photoshopped birds into an Instagram

Source: Brian Mac An Fhailí‎/ISF

29. Leo Varadkar was a reassuring presence during Hurricane Ophelia

Source: Dean Van Nguyen‎/ISF

30. “I’ve sold strippers to Brockway, Ballyragget, and North Haverbrook, and by gum, it put them on the map”

Source: Christopher Ward/ISF

31. As the year came to an end, an election looked like it was on the cards

Source: Wayne Mulligan/ISF

Source: Alan Greene/ISF

It didn’t happen in the end, but Fine Gael had a contingency plan:

Source: Conor Conneally‎/ISF

32. And finally… December was dominated by the Brexit negotiations on the Irish border

Arlene Foster’s last-minute intervention scuppered the original deal:

Source: Tadhg Gately‎/ISF

Source: Donald Pattison/ISF

Then there was *that* Channel 4 News video where people in Britain were asked to draw the border:

Source: Ireland Simpsons Fans/Pa O'Sullivan

Source: Liam O'Neill‎/ISF

We just need the political jargon translated into terminology we can all understand:

Source: Siobhán Barbour‎/Joe Panama

Excellent work.

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