Tweets
# tweets - Monday 13 May, 2013
Beyoncé reacts to Irish tweets about her gigs at the weekend*
*Ok, this is how we’d imagine she’d react.
# tweets - Sunday 28 April, 2013
9 reasons why Terry Pratchett is an absolute legend
Today is his birthday and he is quite amazing.
# tweets - Friday 12 April, 2013
14 of the funniest #ThingsMoreUsefulThanAdebayor tweets
Fans vented their frustration in humorous fashion following the Tottenham striker’s disappointing performance in the Europa League last night.
# tweets - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
Will your tweets get you fired?
This app can check that out for you…
# tweets - Monday 18 March, 2013
8 celebrities who are surprisingly excellent on Twitter
Richard Marx of ‘Right Here Waiting’ fame, anyone?
# tweets - Saturday 16 March, 2013
9 people who REALLY don’t like St Patrick’s Day
Not one little bit.
# tweets - Thursday 14 March, 2013
Bryan Cranston wins the celebrity tweets about the new Pope
He’s the best.
# tweets - Monday 25 February, 2013
The 13 best tweets about Oscars 2013
It’s not real until you read the tweets about it.
# tweets - Thursday 7 February, 2013
‘Is this the Gathering?’: The very best #promnight tweets
Whatever happens, we’ll tweet our way out of this.
# tweets - Thursday 24 January, 2013
French court says Twitter must identify racist tweet authors
The ruling follows a complaint by a Jewish student union after anti-Semitic messages were posted on the site.
# tweets - Saturday 19 January, 2013
# tweets - Thursday 10 January, 2013
WATCH: Celebrities reading mean tweets about themselves
Someone has been mean to Heisenberg, and he’s not happy.
# tweets - Wednesday 12 December, 2012
Obama, #London2012 and @Pontifex: The year on Twitter
Twitter has produced a special website documenting the way users have been tweeting over the past year including the most retweeted post in the site’s history.
# tweets - Saturday 1 December, 2012
# tweets - Wednesday 14 November, 2012
Um, does the Oireachtas really understand hashtags?
Possibly not. But hey, everyone has to learn, right?
# tweets - Monday 29 October, 2012
6 celebrity Twitter accounts to follow for the US Election
They’ve got a lot to say…
# tweets - Sunday 28 October, 2012
Kindred spirits? It’s the sporting tweets of the week
Also featuring Bernard Dunne, David Walsh and Sonny Bill Williams.
# tweets - Friday 19 October, 2012
UK: Police investigate Nick Griffin tweets about gay couple in B&B case
The controversial MEP has also issued a statement about his use of the phrase “fenian bastards” on Twitter.
# tweets - Tuesday 18 September, 2012
‘Muslim rage’ cover of Newsweek turns into #MuslimRage Twitter jokefest
Here are some of our favourite tweets…
# tweets - Sunday 12 August, 2012
Steady on, Des: It’s the sporting Tweets of the week
A footballer ponders one of the great questions and the nation honours the great pugilists.
# tweets - Saturday 28 July, 2012
Tweet Sweeper: Paul Galvin is worried for low-flying ducks
You’ve seen him laugh. You’ve seen him cry. But have you ever seen him tweet about Geordie Shore?
# tweets - Sunday 22 July, 2012
Give us a smile Andy! It’s the sporting tweets of the week
Melanie Nocher hopes the Scottish tennis star won’t bring down the buzz in the Olympic Village.
# tweets - Thursday 21 June, 2012
Hackers claim credit for Twitter outage
The UGNazi group claims to have brought the site down for about 40 minutes this evening.
# tweets - Sunday 17 June, 2012
You’ll get over it, Eamon: It’s the sporting tweets of the week
Celebrating public lewdness, climbing to the very top, chickening out and Celebrity Salon. It all happened and it’s all here.
# tweets - Saturday 16 June, 2012
Whales, legs and Big Ben – the best inanimate objects on Twitter
Tired of celebrities? Here’s what these inanimate objects have to say about the world.
# tweets - Saturday 2 June, 2012
In pictures: Twitter’s reaction to #EURef
How the Twittersphere reacted to Ireland’s decision to vote Yes in the Fiscal Compact referendum…
# tweets - Sunday 27 May, 2012
Bad hair day Caroline? It’s the sporting tweets of the week
This week, Joey Barton loses his faith, Fergus McFadden discusses everyone’s favourite Dublin-based monument, and Caroline Wozniacki alters her hairstyle.
# tweets - Sunday 13 May, 2012
Agony and ecstasy: the last moments of the title race finale in 38 tweets
It could not have been more dramatic.
# tweets - Tuesday 24 April, 2012
Denmark puts Euro 2012 Twitter ban in place
Twitter will be a less colourful place without the egomanical ramblings of @bendtnerb52 (“ballplaya, sex, love, rock and roll.”)
# tweets - Thursday 5 April, 2012
“There’s only one @Juuulie_Ann” – Twitter names to appear on football stars’ jerseys
The Women’s Super League in England is embracing the digital age as ‘handles’ replace surnames on strips
# tweets - Saturday 31 March, 2012
Tweet dreams: Irish Olympic athletes free to use Twitter at London 2012
Pat Hickey knows what a London Bus looks like but, by the looks of it, he prefers vintage technology.
# tweets - Friday 3 February, 2012
Nearly 85 per cent of TDs now on Twitter
Research has shown that 139 of the 166 members of the Dáil operate a Twitter account.
# tweets - Thursday 2 February, 2012
Labour Senator apologises over Twitter insults following ‘Magda’ controversy
Jimmy Harte responded with insults to Twitter users who had criticised his comments on the controversial ‘Magda’ story in yesterday’s Irish Independent.
# tweets - Monday 30 January, 2012
The 25 best tweets about #Irishthings
Joe Duffy, flat 7UP and leaving the immersion on – here’s the pick of the best #irishthings which have been trending on Twitter today.
# tweets - Friday 27 January, 2012
Twitter says it can now censor tweets in some countries
Twitter said that it would now be able to restrict tweets from being read in certain countries where laws may be different while still allowing them to be seen elsewhere.
# tweets - Sunday 11 December, 2011
Death Row sentence overturned thanks to jury member’s tweets
Erickson Dimas-Martinez will be retried because a juror tweeted about the case – and complained about the coffee.
# tweets - Monday 5 September, 2011
Two Mexicans face 30 years in jail for untrue tweets
A man and woman in Mexico face up to 30 years in prison for causing panic after tweeting about fake gunmen attacks on local schools.
# tweets - Saturday 30 July, 2011
Twitter adding ‘Not Safe For Work’ filter
Worried about accidentally coming across ‘sensitive’ tweets at inappropriate times? Then this is for you…
# tweets - Tuesday 7 June, 2011
Four super injunctions in place in Northern Ireland
The north’s justice minister has revealed that four of the gagging orders have been obtained, while Twitter users are being warned that they could face legal action for publishing sensitive information.
# tweets - Monday 2 May, 2011
Bin Laden death gets most Tweets-per-minute EVER
Official Twitter data shows that the killing and aftermath inspired the most sustained tweeting the microblogging site has ever seen.



























































