Ten reasons to be cheerful about the year that was

Yes, 2017 was one weird year but there were some wonderful moments too from Serena Williams’ pregnancy to the election as Taoiseach of a gay man and son of an immigrant, writes Clodagh Finn

Yes, 2017 was one weird year but there were some wonderful moments too from Serena Williams’ pregnancy to the election as Taoiseach of a gay man and son of an immigrant, writes Clodagh Finn

AT times, 2017 felt as if we were no longer living in reality, but in a counterfactual horror movie. We had the shock of Trump, the seismic upset of Brexit and, perhaps most unsettling of all, news that the super-powerful film producer of some of our favourite films was a super creep.