Us Irish have always been a bunch who wear our hearts on our sleeve.
While this is generally an admirable trait, sometimes it means that emotions spill over a little too easily.
Which is why we sometimes turn fairly mundane news events into national and international scandals.
How many of these do you remember and which ones have we left out? Let us know in the comments.
Say what you want about the man, he knows how to capture attention.
Here he is representing the European Union as part of Ireland's presidency duties, at the G8 leaders' summit in 2004.
Bertie vows to put on the yellow suit again if Ireland dares to think of leaving the EU.
— Póló (@irlpol) July 22, 2016
So maybe we'd better stay. pic.twitter.com/tuyi0iVxf2
Roy Keane vs Mick McCarthy. Who's side were you on?
This was the football row which split the nation and spawned countless books, musicals and indeed punch-ups.
Has there ever been a more anticipated interview on Irish TV than this?
Legendary Country Music singer cancels five Irish gigs due to disagreement with Drumcondra residents. Of course.
The Taoiseach was "somewhere between drunk and hungover," according to accusations bandied about in many circles.
He remains a national hero to this day.
The rather serious allegations of drug smuggling were overshadowed by the Tyrone woman's hairdo.
You could hear a pin drop around the country as Barry took his first sip of the black stuff.
When Pat Hickey got arrested in a Brazil and answered the hotel door like only an Irishman can. In the nip.
Cue mass hysteria as the the quintet became a quartet.
Basically just for the craic.
Can we please stop kidding ourselves and just keep putting Dustin in to the Eurovision until he wins #Eurovision pic.twitter.com/AYqxjeNwKe
— Emmett Lynch (@Sir_Harpington) March 13, 2017
And no one could understand this fella's accent.
Gardaí in Co Kerry are investigating the theft of up to 60 sheep on Mount Brandon pic.twitter.com/85bJRIGrsb
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) April 9, 2017
