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The 8 most embarrassing international headlines about #YokeGate

We’d like to think they’re laughing with us, not at us.

THE QUESTION ON every Irish person’s lips today is: “Any yokes?”

Yes, the Dáil is to sit late tonight after a court ruling this morning temporarily made drugs like ecstasy, ketamine and crystal meth legal.

File Photo Govt introduces emergency legislation following Court of Appeal judgment which will effect head shops reopening. Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

Naturally, Irish people had some amount of craic with the news – and the incident has even gone global. Just look at the headlines from the world’s media.

Like this doubting one from the UK Mirror:

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It was an accident! We swear!

At least Business Insider gets it:

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BBC Newsbeat is a bit more forgiving:

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Over at the Washington Post, journalist Christopher Ingraham is advising people to “book your plane tickets now”:

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Music magazine FACT accompanied their article with a jazzy picture of some green shamrock pills:

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Their tweet on the matter is even more damning:

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The Guardian attempted a rather lame pun:

ecstasy6 The Guardian The Guardian

*groans*

And Vice could barely disguise their glee about the whole thing:

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Oh dear. Meanwhile, in Ireland:

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