Limelight: Vol.9 – 16th Aug 2016
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Limelight
August 16, 2016
What’s in the Limelight today?
Well we have two Irish Olympians that we’re eagerly waiting for to compete, a new social network that’s landing in Ireland in October and get practicing your best knock knock joke because it’s Tell a Joke Day today!
What is Trending?
News
#MissingType – Iarnród Éireann have started to encourage people to give blood
Leaving Cert – Leaving Certificate results are out tomorrow
Common Hashtags
#fav7films – Many are talking about their 7 favourite films
The Olympics
Katie Taylor – Ireland is still devastated over Katie’s loss however many are not sure that the refereeing and the judges were completely fair
Thomas Barr –Competes in the 400m Hurdles semi final tonight at 01:49 (yes, technically tomorrow morning)
Annalise Murphy – Click here to find out everything you need to know about her medal race
Sport & Entertainment
West Ham – Chelsea beat West have in last night’s match
Louis CK – The comedian performed in Dublin last night
In other News..
Ireland is getting a brand new social network in October. Could this be the next Snapchat or Instagram? Welcoming Yubl.
Justin Bieber left Instagram last night and naturally the whole fandom went into meltdown with #sorryjustinweloveyou trending in the number 1 spot worldwide last night for 4 hours..
Something caught our eye yesterday. We are really liking Suits’ Facebook posts recently. They display an example of how negative space can be used in videos (check this out below). They also have used owned gifs on occasion to respond to comments on their page which is a lovely touch too.
Today is..
Rollercoaster Day and Tell a Joke Day
Tomorrow is..
Black Cat Appreciation Day and Thrift Shop Day
eightytwenty Social Team