#Hashtag10: Important Irish hashtags of the last 10 years

As we celebrate the tenth anniversary of the hashtag today, Donal O’Keeffe looks how the Irish have used it to highlight important cultural and social moments online

Wed, 23 Aug, 2017 - 01:00

The hashtag is ten years old today.

If you’re not on social media, that sentence will be meaningless to you. If you are on social media, then Happy #Hashtag10.

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