@Ireland Curator: Charlotte McCarthy

@trishwarsaw Landmines and grenades are ok I think

Interesting walk to college. My local Internet cafe just got a 3D printer, they put this sign in the window... pic.twitter.com/Vk1F7Nk4vU

@roys7thmember I probably stole it for someone else so go for it

@DinDee2010 I did thanks

I'd like to apologise to the citizens of Dublin city for the giant ladder in my tights yesterday, today my tights are ladder free.

Morning tweethearts, did you sleep well?

@CiaranDelaney85 Unfortunately not

Tomorrow 20:30 #tweetalongfilmclub, hope you can join me

It's available on Netflix, so hopefully people willbe able to access it and it's an Irish film so we can admire some of our country's talent

So the film I've chosen for #tweetalongfilmclub is (imaginary drumroll) 'A film with me in it'.

@Karenwq4 ssh, my moustache is a secret

It might be a disaster, it might be a fun way to bring film fans together. Let's try it and find out.

...share thoughts and opinions over Twitter. I hope you can make it, I'll announce the film later - suggestions are welcome.

So tomorrow at 20:30 I'd like to play host to a #tweetalongfilmclub, we can watch the film together (something from Netflix) and...

@Julian_Lee76 @Jonathanwpurvis We can do it tomorrow, give people a chance to get in popcorn

Any film recommendations for tonight, maybe we could do a tweet along film club?

@UnaMullally Glad to know I'm not the only one that thinks that.

RT @KiaraGannon: Last time in the college radio studios until September.... pic.twitter.com/Tv0JMP8uUw

RT @DannyDonnelly: Looking for a location for a feature film, a large property with grounds preferably within the M25. Get in touch with an…

I'm having a mid-afternoon slump but since I'm still in college I can take it as a sign to go home

RT @beatingblog: @DuckyMacDuck @ireland I have Crohns. All my pals ignore my frequent trips to loo, par for the course now. Heartless basta…

RT @DuckyMacDuck: @ireland People must think we are heartless when there is a gang of us totally ignoring my friend having a bit of a splut…

@Walshmcdonnell Ireland wishes her a happy birthday

The only time I have got very negative reactions to my cough was during the Sars/Bird Flu outbreaks, understandable due to public fear

The girl's comment wasn't meant in a cruel or hurtful way, I think she was just concerned. I wasn't bothered by it, I find it funny.

@YCelloThere I don't think so

Most of the time people who know me don't react to my cough so it's always strange to see strangers getting alarmed.

soundcloud.com/charlotte-mcca… Example of my typical cough and reaction, recorded by accident during an interview

RT @sork_brady: Using my new pen. Thanks @Charlotte_McC19 @ireland

But I distracted now, so, what is going on you with today? What's the hot (non-fergie related) goss?

The place I was working was too noisy, so I moved somewhere quieter. My new quiet place is now being used to host a luncheon #collegelife

Do you need to know much about football to take on the Man United job? I'm free from mid-June and will work for less than Mourhino?

I had to buy my friend a pen today, she only has one red pen which she uses for everything, it really bothers me for some reason. #neurotic

Alex Ferguson has been Man United manager longer than I've been alive. Think about that.

My horoscope says I have to be nice today so I though you should know you're looking lovely, that colour really suits you

Walk in the bad weather or take the crowded rush hour bus? My dilemma of the morning.

Loving the google doodle today, it almost makes the rainy day bearable

@cydoniac My local Asian supermarket or health food shop, Dunnes sometimes have it too

RT @Garthicus: @ireland Q: How do you know someone is a film student? A: They'll tell you.

Spending my evening catching up on my film watching (I'm a film student, it's totally a legitimate activity)

RT @allisondellion: @ireland I don't buy it when people say they can't cook. We can all follow directions! Everything else is a variant of …

I'm always surprised at the amount of people my age who claim they can't cook, I learnt the basics from Junior Cert home ec and kept going

I'm always surprised when I here people my age who can't cook, I leaned the basics in junior cert home ec and took it from there

Homemade Thai style curry with tofu pic.twitter.com/kWhPzgIi7K

Gonna make myself Thai style curry for dinner, I'll show you the end results when I get done.

@DareR76 Yes but the waiting lists are so long many people have private health care too

You know you have Cystic Fibrosis when you and your pharmacist are on first name terms

RT @AwfullyChipper: @JaCooksys @ireland And how can one surreptitiously check out a potential boyfriend's bookshelf? "Hey, gis a look at yo…

RT @TheKavOfficial: @ireland Ever been reading drunk and thought "who is he/she?" and had to flick back ten pages quickly to recap? Paper b…

RT @MarkJLambe: @ireland Having bought a Kindle, I’ll be happy if I never have to open a paper book again.

RT @JaCooksys: @ireland how am I supposed to show off my library if it's all in a kindle!

RT @Prenderb: @ireland @eyeblinks ebooks are tremendously convenient, real books still "feel" better to read - and I'm sure will leave stro…

RT @LisaWedin: @ireland @EyeBlinks I use both the ebooks and real books. I love a good story no matter the package.

RT @SpotticusNH: @ireland @EyeBlinks books taste better and contain less glass.... so the goats tell me anyway... #KindleVsBook

RT @carrigman: @ireland @EyeBlinks I opt for the Kindle edition of books and only buy print whenever there isn't a Kindle version.

RT @DulachG: @ireland @EyeBlinks Real books. I am a romantic, but you can't beat the tangible feel, the smell of a book. Plus, I love being…

Majority of people seem to be team real books except when travelling and in need of portability

@bigglesgr I agree, it's called free fees because you don't actually pay tuition, it makes things cheaper but still not affordable for all

Kindle vs. Real Books, where do you stand? We're helping @EyeBlinks make the decision.

RT @HappybeingMe70: @ireland My book wall ;-) pic.twitter.com/UCWNJ1yzcZ

@bigglesgr HDip is post grad so I guess it's a bit different,

These are some of my books (they are alphabetised), I love having them pic.twitter.com/274kuIXnOx

RT @lucalfier: @ireland because you just don't read a book. You touch it and smell it. You live it. That's why.

@HappybeingMe70 I love book shopping, even if I'm just browsing.

I got a kindle for Christmas, I've read a few books on it but I'm still not convinced. It's more convenient but just not the same

RT @EyeBlinks: Ebook reader ... know nothing ... any twitterland advice out there?

RT @DouglasDaniel: @FeargalOC @ireland we don't have a graduate tax in Scotland - the SNP abolished the Labour/Lib Dem "graduate endowment …

RT @FeargalOC: @ireland Research (I think) shows that middle class families benefit most from "free fees". I think graduate tax (like in S…

RT @whatawaygook: @ireland I teach in Korea and many of the foreign teachers I know are working here simply to pay off giant student loans …

... which I think is important when your starting out in life, no one wants to be staring out with thousands of euros of student loans.

I'm greatful for the free fees scheme though, not only has it given me the opportunity to go to college, I will graduate debt free...

I thought the idea behind the free fees scheme was to make university access more universal, I just not sure how well it worked.

School is located, will kids from certain areas always do better regardless of public or private school, what can be done to change things?

All this talk of private/ public school has me thinking, I went to public school and did alright. How much of it is dependant on where your

... You can manipulate what someone is saying to turn it into something completely different. I love the power.

Back to work for a bit, I'm not a huge fan of audio recording but I love audio edting, you can shrink the world down 1 second segments...

@FeargalOC Sure why not?

RT @HeyThatsRyan1: @ireland Just woke up and read your Samantha Mumba tweet and now I have Mambo No. 5 stuck in head.! Weird song to start …

I love this time of the year after cold and flu season and before hay fever season kicks in, it's a good time for me

@emmaline73 Good, thanks for asking.

How is everyone's day going so far?

@Negrogan @MichaelMDowling That is a plan

@BrumSankey Samantha Mumba is the best, you know it.

@landsleaving It's not due until the end of May so probably won't get to post it here.

Sun is shining, old school Samantha Mumba being blasted on the radio #loveit

@landsleaving Roller Derby in Ireland

Any tips for lunch? I'm kinda in the mood for sushi

RT @FreeFromGuru: Feel like I'm in #Holland @ #BotanicGardens #Dublin @Ireland pic.twitter.com/kPdbPotAHP

RT @LawlessCraig: Cookies the size of my head from @ireland ! pic.twitter.com/1zk7QfSChs

The past four years have gone by so quickly, it's a bittersweet time.

In some ways I know I'm ready to move on but college is so safe, like a buffer to the real world, it's hard to let go.

The past for years in college have gone by so fast, so bittersweet to think I only have a month left.

Right now we're in the middle of editing our final radio documentaries for our degree

So this is my college crew hard at work pic.twitter.com/M15sW5mcuX

I'm gonna try work for a bit but I'll be back later to give you the grand tour of college and the edit suite.

Happy with my horoscope today, ie it's telling me exactly what I want to hear

Starting my day with a coffee and a read of my horoscope. I generally think horoscopes are BS, except for the one in the metro.

Tried two ATM's only distributing €50 notes #whatrecession

I'm ready, cookies are packed, time to head to college. It's not as sunny as yesterday but still a good day for walking.

RT @travi44: @ireland Hello from California ...

RT @patrickabbott: @ireland Good morning yourself Charlotte... this side of the planet been awake a while now :)

... I'm so used to it at this stage, it's all just part of the routine. As long as I know I need to leave myself extra time it's no big deal

... I do the normal showering and slapping on make-up but I also have to take nebulisers, do physio and take my various tablets...

One of the biggest ways Cystic Fibrosis impacts my daily life is with my morning routine. As part of getting ready for my day...

@dairyfreekids I did, I've got it before. Yesterday I was in the hunt for take-away ice-cream which I found too

Good morning, hope you all slept well

@SaraPriestley It's up but some people have been having difficulty seeing it, a problem with the updates I guess.

Try and get an early night because we have to be up early for college tomorrow.

Signing off for the night, thank you for a lovely first day on the account.

@orlatinsley Personally I never heard of the 65 roses thing until the badges, before I could pronounce it, it was just CF.

RT @orlatinsley: 3. It also sounds less threatening maybe. Personally I think kids are awesome and if they can say Cystic Fibrosis then the…

@pinkdaysy Peanut butter and chocolate chip

@ScottArbs It's quite possible they're dead, I'm not sure I remember them with leaves.

The finished product, just letting them cool off now pic.twitter.com/VGZvL75m4q

We have two weeks left, people are stressed,baked goods boost morale. (Except for the diabetic girl, she just thinks I'm trying to kill her)

@mc_elhill In 20 minutes ish

I'm making cookies to bring into college tomorrow pic.twitter.com/56MjMRCgN8

RT @_Violala: @ireland I'm in Bahrain. No bank holiday for us, but a national holiday last Wednesday for Labour Day. So much love for rando…

Did everyone have a good bank holiday or a good day if you're not in Ireland/UK

@Murphybellejour You can do it, Ireland believes in you

I've never been able to decide if the smell of garlic mayonnaise that permeates Rathmines makes me hungry or nauseous.

@Irishbabyblu Luck

Sunny evening in Dublin pic.twitter.com/WwmWhaQsAn

RT @IrishBinka: @ireland can anyone help? Trying to find a sunny walking holiday company? My mum is badgering me to help her with the Inter…

That was a very long and intense film, not sure what to make of it yet #westofmemphis

I do like salty popcorn but it always makes me so thirsty I drink too much coke to compensate and end up having to run to the bathroom

RT @nickykealy: @ireland Fanta and wine gums but am a recent convert to salted popcorn.

RT @HanaYounes: @ireland m+ms with salted popcorn! Salty + sweet together :D

RT @Lesafen: @ireland The old standard, popcorn. It doesn't feel like a movie without some.

RT @Eims_m: @ireland Please help support Mental Health Awareness, add a #Twibbon now! twb.ly/SB51rz #support

But obviously the best part of the cinema are the snacks, I normally go for malteasers and coke, what do you choose?

It's a documentary produced by Peter Jackson about his attempt to free three wrongly accused men in prison in America. Sounds cheery right?

In truth my hand was forced a little, the film I'm going to see, West of Memphis, is closing today so it was now or never.

On this beautiful bank holiday Monday there is nowhere I would rather be then the cinema...

Not quite ice-cream but I did find dairy free raspberry sorbet in Murphy's on Suffolk Street #yummyinmynonachytummy pic.twitter.com/NfJR4GWrf7

@orlatinsley @pmcchambers It's strange, I've heard of doctors failing to diagnose CF before but never a situation like that

@agquarx Yes, named after the grand kids

@WillSliney Definitely, I'll be taking you all to college with me tomorrow

@dhartery I'm not 100% sure but I think average life expectancy for a person with CF in Ireland is 25

As with most people with cystic fibrosis my body doesn't produce sufficient digestive enzymes so I have to take them artificially when I eat

Big rule of life with #CysticFibrosis, wherever I go my enzymes have to go to pic.twitter.com/5RXzdz5BRZ

RT @EimearCarlin: @ireland Fallon and Byrne! The chocolate one is om noms.

Does anywhere in Dublin city centre do dairy free ice-cream?

The good weather does come that often, but we know how to appreciate it when it does

Heading into the city centre, can't wait to see everyone in their summer best. Dublin is a magic place in the sun.

@WorldJen It's also kinda awkward to take them for a walk

Because of allergies I'm not allowed have real pets but my goldfish, Vera, Chuck and Dave, want to say hi pic.twitter.com/pIMd0R4A4P

@Solid_Spidey If when I tell people I have CF, they know what it is and I don't have to explain 'it's like asthma' that would be nice.

@Solid_Spidey In regards to precautions, not much, just general looking after my health. I take various medication everyday.

Trying to explain the @ireland account to my mother has already given me a week's worth of amusement.

@noflashingneon 12 months of the year, thousands of issues that need awareness, there has to be some doubling up.

Thankfully the weather is looking good because I have cinema tickets booked for later, no point doing that on a rainy day.

Aside from all that I love cinema, rugby (watching) and food. I hope you're having a lovely day, I'm really excited for this week.

... I'm incredibly lucky in that my health is generally quite good, others aren't so lucky.

Everybody with Cystic Fibrosis is different, my experiences living with it are no way reflective of what it's like for everybody...

... Resulting in chronic chest infections and other complications. Since it is #CFawarenessmonth I hope to raise awareness of life with CF.

a thick buildup of mucus (gross I know, apologies if you're eating breakfast) in the body particularly the lungs and pancreas...

I happen to have Cystic Fibrosis. For those of you who haven't heard of it, it's a genetic condition which causes...

... The real world. It's terrifying and exciting all at once. Along with many of my classmates I'm playing the should I stay or go game.

For the next month I'm a full time student, studying film studies and radio production in DIT. At the end of May, I'm being cast out into...

I'm a little more awake now so time for a full introduction - to recap the basics I'm Charlotte, 23, living in Dublin.

@philiprooney coke/puppy/cheese/baseball cap/avocado

@YddapArt DIT

It is a bank holiday in Ireland today so I'm going to let those of you in Ireland sleep in for a bit and I'll be back later.

Not going to lie, I'm a little intimidated to be taking over from @WillSliney, I don't think my stickmen drawings can match his work.

Goodmorning, I'm Charlotte, I'm going to be here for the week, nice to meet you.