All the memes, videos and people that made 2014.

As well as putting together the trending video lists, the YouTube elves have also been busy creating this whirlwind of a video that squashes all "the moments, memes, and people that made 2014" on the internet into one five minute video.

The streets of Dublin will be bedecked with all the colours of the rainbow this afternoon as 40,000 people descend on the city for the Pride Parade.

Vladimir Putin’s nostalgia for the Soviet Union has never been a secret but, post-Crimea, the Kremlin has been actively campaigning for a return to a totalitarian state, writes Owen Matthews.

MARQUEE REPORT: Over the next week performers at Live at the Marquee in Cork include the Coronas (tonight), Nathan Carter (Sunday), Bob Dylan (Monday) and Tom Jones (Thursday).

Conchita Wurst stole the show at Europe’s biggest charity event, despite plenty of big-name competition.

Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst was sent a bouquet of flowers by Sir Elton John in recognition of the song contest triumph.

Austria’s education minister has instructed schools to re-issue grade transcripts to transgender persons who have requested that they be identified by another sex.

Conchita Wurst is tipped to appear on 'Celebrity Big Brother'.

Russia's Vladimir Zhirinovsky insists Conchita Wurst's Eurovision Song Contest win symbolises the "end of Europe".

Latin crooner Julio Iglesias has backed Conchita Wurst saying the Eurovision winner was “a super singer”.

In the end, Wurst was voted the best.

Austria’s “bearded lady” Conchita Wurst finished the clear winner in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

So we didn’t qualify - and from the arena, it was clear it wasn't going to happen long before the votes came in.

Ireland last night went out of the Eurovision Song Contest at the semi-final stage, the first time since 2009 that the country has failed to make the final.