{"id":1280,"date":"2014-11-25T09:58:06","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T09:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisisbanter.com\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2014-11-25T09:58:06","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T09:58:06","slug":"review-of-the-year-096-dec-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banter.test\/review-of-the-year-096-dec-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Review of the Year (096, Dec 2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s nearly the end of 2014 as we know it and that means the annual\u00a0Banter Review of the Year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

You know the story as we\u2019ve done this in\u00a02009<\/a>,\u00a02010<\/a>,\u00a02011<\/a>,\u00a02012<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a02013<\/a>. We bring together a panel of folks \u2013 some of them who\u2019ve made the news in 2014 and some of them who\u2019ve reported the news in 2014 \u2013 to run the rule over the stories of the last 12 months, to nominate the winners and losers of the year and to bring some semblance of sense to the events of 2014 in an hour or less. It\u2019s always one of the highlights of the Banter year, chiefly because we keep remembering stuff which happened which we\u2019d forgotten all about.<\/p>\n

2014, the year of water protests, loom bands, Garth Brooks, Alan Shatter, GSOC bugs, Star Wars on Skellig Michael, Ukraine, Pantigate, the World Cup, ISIS, Malaysian planes, Kanye and Kim\u2019s honeymoon, crazy summer seagulls, Gaza and a million other things besides (including perhaps Fr Padraig O\u2019Baoill and Jessica Lauren, though not together).<\/p>\n

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One of the stories of the year? Me?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our panel who will be reeling in the last 12 months:\u00a0Mick Wallace TD<\/a>,\u00a0Rory \u201cPanti\u201d O\u2019Neill<\/a>,\u00a02fm\u2019s Louise McSharry<\/a>\u00a0and journalist and author\u00a0Ann Marie Hourihane<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Banter\u2019s Review of the Year takes place on Monday December 8 at the Twisted Pepper, Middle Abbey St., Dublin 1. Doors open 6pm, the rewinding starts at 6.30pm and tickets are available\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s nearly the end of 2014 as we know it and that means the annual\u00a0Banter Review of the Year. You know the story as we\u2019ve done this in\u00a02009,\u00a02010,\u00a02011,\u00a02012\u00a0and\u00a02013. We bring together a panel of folks \u2013 some of them who\u2019ve made the news in 2014 and some of them who\u2019ve reported the news in 2014 … <\/p>\n