Those otherwise engaged during Saturday’s Tyrone-Monaghan game and unfamiliar with the emerging crop of Tyrone footballers will have been perplexed by seeing the name of Tiernan McCann listed among the trending topics on Twitter late on Saturday evening.

Twitter users took to the platform not only to make fun of public officials, but also to express relief at tax cuts, ire at the reintroduction of Christmas bonuses for those on social welfare, and to ask what a Knowledge Development Box was.

The Tate Modern proved the perfect venue for Peter Pilotto’s painterly autumn/ winter collection.

The comedian Ricky Gervais caused controversy when he hosted the awards ceremony on Sunday night by ridiculing several top Hollywood stars.

Afghans turned to the Twitterverse to share news of Taliban intimidation at the polls and voter turnout in the presidential election.