The year's top Twitter trends have been revealed by the social media giant.

GE16, Repeal the 8th, AppleTax and LeavingCert were among the top Irish news trends this year.

While Brexit and Trump topped the global hashtag charts in 2016.

Trump turns up again at the top of chart of People who trended this year.

The big names we lost in 2016 were also there, Bowie, Prince, Muhammad Ali and #RIPAxel all trended.

And Ireland's sporting obsession was also clear.

Ireland's victory over Italy in the Euros, and beating the All Blacks sparked a surge in tweets.

And of course "Come on you boys in Green" topped the table of sporting hashtags.