@Ireland Curator: Ronan Fitzgerald

“@Lailedcat: This week's @ireland was possibly the best one ever.” thank you!

Next curator is @willsliney and he starts at 8am tomorrow

Okay I had a brilliant week and you all were very tolerant, keep in touch with me @rmkf and keep following @Ireland

“@noflashingneon: @ireland Really enjoyed your tweets this week.” thank you

I am going in 4 minutes but I will live on everytime someone thinks of sex or crisps or tongue or hands for communion

RT @Simplekev: @ireland Bladerunner! A great movie

“@aishlingfar: @ireland was it ed sheeran?” I hate him and I don't hate many famous people, so glad I get to say this before I go

All those moments will be lost in time, like [coughs] tears in rain. Time to die.

I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. [laughs] Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.

...which carries our souls away, each to its own land."

"And the wheel whir of the long days filled the croft, and this one wheel spinning was like the wheel of time...

RT @DirkVanBryn: @ireland I actually only know the word from history. It's what Josef Stalin wanted the media to portray him as. I wouldn't…

We're near the end, I recommend curating but definitely discuss united Ireland or abortion as twitter is ideal for solving complex issues

The word "avuncular" wouldn't exist if uncles weren't such brilliant bastards

"Isn't it great how different generations can have the same idea?" my uncle said.

I was at the bar with my brother and my three uncles walked in and there were three stools and a hashtag appeared with "lads" written by it

The Voice is on here and it had a ginger hipster on it

RT @D3Burke: @ireland You can help with my essay q. Tony Blair said there won't be a united Ireland in his life time. Discuss. What do you …

We forgot to discuss abortion too, 30 mins left so have at it

So... what's it all about? Where do humans "fit in in the general scheme of things" - since we've a half hour left

RT @flockatiels: @ireland Ronan, you've been prolific, if not always cogen this week. Slainte!

I am actually dumbfounded from a massive roast dinner, struggling for insight here, another pint will help/hinder

“@ImGingerMidget: @ireland "a year from now you'll wish you started today" how about where do you want to be in a year's time?” Hawaii

“@D3Burke: @ireland Do you aim to end up back in Ireland? Or are you abroad for good?” probably for good, I like Ire but no jobs for me

“@PaulAnthonyWard: @ireland Seems like, as per Ireland account tradition, there should be some discussion of tea...” think we did this

“@dhartery: @ireland the inevitable transience of time” waste of time

Time marches on, 80 mins left, what will we discuss?

Last night this was in my room pic.twitter.com/PPmZCRgEAY

RT @aoiph: @ireland Or the award-winning Spielberg one where a man has to say goodbye to a Twitter account.

“@garethoconnor: @ireland enjoy the week?” enjoyed it so much, really such a funny few days

I'm close to shuffling off this social coil

Few hours left, feeling emotional now, imagine this like the movies Ghost or Ghost Dad

Wouldn't you love to lob a bag of pork chops into the middle? #dogshow - then we'd see these dogs are just dogs like the rest of us

There is one dog at the dog show that is scruffy as hell - I'd say he's sniffing a higher pedigree of arse than he ever dreamed possible

At my granny's wake and there's a dog show on at the hotel, their glossy coats are a comfort at this time

Morning everyone, last day curating today, normally I'm @rmkf - been a fun week talking to you all

"A dog is worse than a child." - why he never had a pet dog at the family home

He got 750 quid for it in 1968 and said he couldn't say no even though he was sad to part with this champion canine

@ireland: This is a brilliant story #dadbantz

My dad is telling me he sold a greyhound to buy a car, back in the day

This is a brilliant story #dadbantz

@LillyLyle I have a photo but I can't access it now

@patavalon54 I'll send you a photo shortly

Blessed be the Virgin Marty

I almost typoed Virgin Marty there #whelan

Church I was in earlier actually had a tree stump that is hallowed due to its similarity to the Virgin Mary's silhouette

Men talking about sport #irishfamilyoccasions - so glad I like sport

“@currancaroline: @ireland getting my 8 day old daughter to sleep! #newmum” congratulations

@Eoin_Clancy yeah in a car you see, I find Sky commentators are quite pro-Leinster. Barnes fancies SOB.

In Adare now, lovely day and nice town - I'm the twat in a suit

Listening to the dulcet tones of Ryle Nugent #COYBIB

#isa

RT @IrishFireside: @ireland Working in our booth at an art show in Oklahoma City.

@benkenealy thanks Ben, wasn't a shock at least and it is nice to see all the family

@AKDunbar haha, very good!

RT @Jonathanwpurvis: @ireland can u help need a lift for @naomhs from skibberean to cork city all for charity #socialexperiment

@xfirefishx early parties

Brilliant seeing how everyone spends their weekend

“@BarryMurphy89: @ireland munch. Sauce. Rugby. Sauce.” love Saturdays like this

“@LesHaricotsVert: @ireland practicing, at the age of 42, for my first ever piano grade exam." brilliant, new hobbies are so valuable

RT @sarahrodeo: @ireland driving across the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers to West Virginia

“@pintomcguinness: @ireland Wondering how 11 y.o. son has a ticket to the Leinster match, and I don't.....” gonna miss both matches #COYBIB

Obviously I'm not driving :)

I'm in a car somewhere midlands, godson asleep beside me, catching up with brothers/sister - better look back at the road now though

RT @itstara88: @ireland hiking up a mountain in the Rockies

“@conorobyrne: @ireland going to the top of this! twitpic.com/cmatml” wow, what is it?

RT @edelmccarthy: @ireland I'm having a poached egg on toast (& waiting for the neurofen to kick in do I can start my day....).

RT @Jonathanwpurvis: @ireland I'm tweeting a lot in between daddy taxi :)

RT @ndshewonderswhy: @ireland waiting for the sun to come back out so I can continue accidentally snapping pics of grass / sky. Standard.

RT @FiSwy: @ireland singing with a visiting Norwegian Choir.

RT @dianalostdog: @ireland I'm going to a match :)

RT @PaulHickey0: @ireland Studying mostly, lovely day for it.

RT @johnmadden78: @ireland touristy stuff in London.

What are you all doing today anyway?

If anyone is just joining in btw, last day or so of my curation, normally tweet @rmkf - 30, live in London (but in Ireland today...)

Just saw a bloke jogging as we pass the Curragh, jealous of anyone who has that as their local route

@benkenealy down to Limerick for a funeral unfortunately

@benkenealy I like the way they use your name often!

I'm actually in @Ireland now tweeting from it and inside its very core

Next time the customs Garda says "howaya Ronan" I'll nervously respond "Ronan to you too" and see if I get held

Stansted Mountfitchet - you just know whoever named it that was sitting on a horse when they did it, with a sword in their hand

Wouldn't darken the door of an Irish pub generally but The Perseverance is the best place to watch Irish sport in London (that I've found)

“@ben_honan: @ireland Where is good to watch it in London?” The Perseverance on Broadway Market in Hackney, great Irish pub/great landlord

I hear this priestly wubble wuggle gargle every three seconds

I'm on the train to Stansted and the bloke behind me has an incredibly deep voice that's interfering with my enjoyment of music

Leinster fan myself but my parents are both from Limerick and are big Munster supporters

Good luck to @munsterrugby today - prove everyone wrong again please!

“@laura193laura: @ireland @tweetsbylisel Lisel says she needs to listen more. You seem like an outgoing guy. Advice?” > do meditation

I also have a BA in laughing at my own jokes

Tell me your problems - I am not a qualified psychiatrist but I have an A-Okay in "listening"

RT @elehelp: RT @ireland: "Folks" - favoured term of Irish bouncers and George W Bush งง: ...and that guy at the end of cartoons ( #PorkyPi…

RT @cohanlon93: @ireland The amount of RTs that would cause in in Ireland could possibly break twitter

RT if you have a heightened sense of your own mortality

RT if some knuckle dragger gets lairy with you in a chipper

@RhodeIslandRon that tweet was like if Philip Larkin tackled Irish closing time and death

RT @RhodeIslandRon: @ireland barisnow closed pleasebring yourdrinks 2wards da door.Time now please.*bar men shuffling \ slamming high stool…

"Folks" - favoured term of Irish bouncers and George W Bush

Can we move towards the exits now PLEASE?

@brighttyger Irish brewer

Buy Irish pic.twitter.com/n2ck5DLzyk

Idea for a detective show, Giles, G For Giles - Johnny Giles investigates

@rte now follows us, bring back Glenroe or at the least a spinoff involving Dick Moran

RT @maur145: @ireland no but I have said "same to you" in response rather than "amen"...not on purpose even

RT @MScGammarra: @ireland I did! during my confirmation! in my defense it was a really short nun and I am really tall. didnt see her go up …

RT @maur145: @ireland hands, the only people who do tongue here are the older people and that is rare.

RT @kiliandoyle: pic.twitter.com/LKkKrmDvxS

Has anyone ever "slipped the tongue out" with hands outstretched creating a dilemma for the communion quarterback?

RT @endac: @ireland Jeremy Kyle re-runs on ITV2 instead of mass.

RT @xfirefishx: @ireland hands

RT @Nicheallaigh: @ireland Hands all the way. Old people seem to still do the tongue thing though

RT @shinydan: @ireland "blessing, please." #AtheistThankFuck

RT @mrsims82: @ireland No mass #atheism

Tongue out or hands at communion?

@Tumedel god bless

You know you're drunk when you retweet praise

RT @Enaregina: HAAA...I'm so gonna miss this guy next week “@ireland: RT if you believe in transubstantiation”

RT @armelleskitchen: @ireland howaya ;-)))

RT @hughcarrhere: @ireland Hey, if it means a priest is giving me wine, I'll believe in anything!

Ignore the taste and trust your faith #transubstantiation

Shouts to the transubstantiation crew

RT if you believe in transubstantiation

Idea for a tribute act - Whiteclef - covering Gone Till November and the like

RT @FamousDave1000: @ireland 'Tis far from flatbread and parmesan you were raised...

@JoBW Mr Buckleys, Hackney Road in London.

@kitmccallion just had the lobster mac n cheese - most shameful hipster dish idea ever but it's good

I hope it keeps fine for me pic.twitter.com/MnGRtcgUCS

When I see 14k on the profile I just see 14,000 John Treacy's hurtling forward towards greatness

Birds singing, the sound of kids playing outside - shut up the lot of ye (just joking it's actually incredibly cathartic and peaceful)

@johncreedon I do the exact same, my phone is typically filthy

RT @johncreedon: @ireland Just frying off garlic and onions here .. roll on 'scratch 'n' sniff' twitter !

@johncreedon Thanks for the RT, it must be fun to use Twitter knowing we all can hear your voice in our heads! Enhanced tweets

@patrburke Thanks Patrick

@Ronayne Ah sure I forgot you are here again, I'm in flat but out east soon, we should catch up, tho our circles of friends have disbanded!

@Ronayne I did a volley of tweets about this earlier in the week, I should storify it for you, where are you by the way? Is it hot there?

@jjb970 I'm... not sure - they will look sexy when paired with my quinoa three-piece suit though

@Ronayne I've clicked on that link I have to leave the computer for 5 minutes - lord have mercy on me

@jjb970 I can't wait to get my pair

Read this carefully: Whole Foods and Louboutin have collaborated to make men's shoes made of kale - four-pins.com/style/whole-fo… - UGH

@johncreedon Exactly, or is rolling their eyes midway through.

@Ronayne And the pint of prosecco

I know Irish phrases have been done to death but it's the guised barb of "I hope it keeps fine for you" that I love

In Ireland "I hope it keeps fine for you" means "I hope you die in destitution, surrounded by your shoeless, mewling offspring."

RT @Ronayne just laughed prosecco all over my desk. > I hope it keeps fine for you and your prosecco

@Ronayne They said that we couldn't do it but you and me and everyone worked together and we showed them!

RT @ciaoq: @ireland not enough techno!

If you're still in your office or just finishing, listen to this, I promise you it's funny and not more techno :) youtube.com/watch?v=KkLVpX…

Thanks everyone we are well over 14k - what are you all doing this weekend?

I was going to send our 14,000th follower this but I thought it might come across badly: youtube.com/watch?v=P9WVE2…

@CallumOG96 As the 14,000th follower, this is your prize, musical message from all of Ireland: youtube.com/watch?v=IvT0xW…

RT @FamousDave1000: @ireland @callumog96 I hope he looks good in a shell-suit.

We did it, 14k - youtube.com/watch?v=otuwNw…

@CallumOG96 is the 14,000th follower!

People are unfollowing I think, but still no 14,000th

We're about to get to 14k thanks to @rickoshea - return the favour and follow him if you aren't already (sorry for all this meta!)

@rickoshea Thanks Rick

RT @g_h_o_s_t_b_o_y How has the week in charge of the country gone? surprised we're not at war yet. > It's been great - I've tried to behave

RT @lawlod26: @ireland I had a joke about electricians yesterday that didn't get enough attention. IMHO

I'll do about five more and then leave it - nothing against anyone's ideas just it's not the purpose of the account really

As far as I can tell

RT @custerdome: @ireland Moving to San Francisco for the summer, looking for a job. Any help/interview offers would be appreciated!

RT @lupusgroup: @ireland Would love RT! We provide support to those suffering with #Lupus + raise much needed awareness of the incurable il…

Not to appoint myself arbiter of causes

I'll stop passing stuff on in 5/10 mins just cos it could be never-ending, and as I say the better the cause, the better

RT @DanStLedger: @ireland My band @DanAndFran are playing a gig in Bill Whelan's, New Ross tomorrow night! RT would be nice :)

RT @lawlod26: @ireland I had a joke about electricians yesterday that didn't get enough attention. IMHO

RT @TheKavOfficial: @ireland I'm running a table quiz tonight for the @DCHurricanes baseball club. Yes, Baseball! In Ireland! https://t.co/…

And if you want to be followed by this account and its future curators also get in touch

If anyone is doing anything that they want a retweet for tell me why it's good and I'll RT assuming it's not just an ad

@g_h_o_s_t_b_o_y @MotherDublin @shockpodcast @manoletough Hello!

RT @EroticaDarling: @ireland hi Ronan, might you tweet my debut Irish novel - I have the prequel free today amazon.com/Cougar-Diaries… #freebie…

#FF @MotherDublin @g_h_o_s_t_b_o_y @shockpodcast @manoletough - friends doing music stuff

Anyone @Munsterrugby fans making the trip over for the match this weekend? Bet the last few hours of work can't go quick enough!

@boggerblogger That sounds good given how over-crowded London is - Bethnal Green is lovely though, it really is my home now

@technopolitics I stopped caffeine a few years back for health reasons and down the path to wanky teas I went

@boggerblogger Haha - I live on the same street as The Florist and The Camel, the latter has edged the former of late, though Flo was good

Just no frills tea for me thanks pic.twitter.com/yPK8SpIt10

@boggerblogger The area prob gets more gentrified all the time, I'm here since 2008, but Bethnal Green Road and Roman Road don't change much

@boggerblogger Pellicci's? A great place (if anyone reading is ever in Bethnal Green) Nicos is good too, beside the Salmon and Ball pub

@HollyDalton17 Thank you :)

@boggerblogger I live very near there - working from home today - what era were you there?

RT @GerryAdamsSF: Dreamt I was in a cafe drinkin coffee. Ryan Turbidy sat@my table.He smiled &read a newspaper.Iwas wearing 1 boot &…

We actually mainly lost followers during those few minutes of madness

I'll pick a special piece of music for the 14,000th follower

@BondedThunder Too kind, thanks

RT @FamousDave1000: @ireland 14k follower gets... the respect and admiration of their peers.

@DT_Man @mrcbehan Damn you!

14,000th follower wins a romantic dinner for three with Marty Whelan (he insisted on three.)

His and hers shell suits for the 14,000th follower

RT @mrcbehan would be some craic if they started to unfollow to be counter productive lol > Fairly sure at least one person will do that

14,000th follower gets a... ?

Just six away from the promised land of 14k

@rickoshea I actually know one of the lads :) Give me a few minutes...

Really want to use "Hirsute's you sir" for a gallery of famously bald celebs when they had hair - except afraid I'll overestimate audience

RT @TheKavOfficial: @ireland Paradise #moviesthatdescribeyouroffice

RT @D_A_N_H_: @ireland #MoviesThatDescribeYourOffice The Ringer.

RT @lorismaria: @ireland Castaway (I'm a freelancer working alone at home!) #moviesthatdescribeyouroffice WILSOOOON!

RT @hatmanpro: @ireland #MoviesThatDescribeYourOffice The Breakfast Club

#MoviesThatDescribeYourOffice - Fatal Attraction - I'm an undertaker

#MoviesThatDescribeYourOffice - Four Weddings And A Funeral - I am a priest

#MoviesThatDescribeYourOffice Jurassic Park - I work in a small paleontology museum in a wooded area

RT @Nikki013: @ireland War of the Worlds #MoviesThatDescribeYourOffice

RT @Caramacw: @ireland The Crazies #MoviesThatDescribeYourOffice

@unakavanagh I won't ask?? Or should I?

RT @unakavanagh: The Bridge on the River Kwai #MoviesThatDescribeYourOffice @ireland

RT @MarkFarrelly131: #MoviesThatDescribeYourOffice The Sum of all Fears. The World is not Enough @ireland

RT @aidankelly: @ireland The Land Before Time

RT @LesHaricotsVert: @ireland Titanic. #MoviesThatDescribeYourOffice

@davemolloy I can only imagine - though the ancient CMS we use is actually not too far advanced from that

RT @ErisianLib: @ireland #MoviesThatDescribeYourOffice - today, "The Big Empty"

RT @brno_ribeiro: @ireland Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind would be my choice.

#MoviesThatDescribeYourOffice ?

RT @Kevnmur: @ireland I used to refer to mine as the 'House Of Pain'.

If someone was to play a quintessential web editor in a movie, and it's a movie I'd like to see, you'd have to have Statham or Vin Diesel

Not everyone is man enough to be a web editor, you know...

I refer to my office as "The Hurt Locker"

RT @stunt_penguin: @ireland I'M LOOKING AT THE TRACKING BUTTON RIGHT NOW

Sorry for the all-caps - web-editing is a testosterone-fueled journey to the heart of masculinity itself

GET IN THERE WORDS, GET THE F**K INTO THAT HEADLINE

I tweeted about this last week from my own account but when I work from home and I make a troublesome headline fit I roar "YES" sometimes

The prob with working from home is my chairs are really uncomfortable to work from #whatsthatallabout #thatswhatshesaid #firstworldproblems

Had to stop myself adding #firstworldproblems to that

Bear with me a few mins while I get my shit together workwise - I'm hungry and need to finish something so I can eat

I am listening to this great 3-hour mix by Frankfurt DJ Even Tuell - meandyoumanchester.co.uk/feature-interv…

@DublinImprov Will do - quite keen on improv myself and hope to do some in autumn when I finish my drama diploma

@FCmIreland Ryanair - London to Berlin

@funkyderek Through some complex governmental procedure?

So I basically won't be using a flight to Berlin tonight - is there anything I can do with it at all? Give it away?

@lawlod26 No doubt plenty of people dislike whomever does it

I guess we've probably been at 14k followers before, and it fluctuates. I think we're about a 40 profit this week which I'll take

I feel like I should commemorate 14k when we get there, personalised victory message? Picture of my breasts? Any thoughts?

Today is the day we reach 14,000, I can feel it

RT @DiamondsIRL: @ireland howya ro. I once bought a scratch card on Ryainair, won a free trip to Seville, couldn't go as Ryanair didn't fly…

Actually got a few toasters left at Ryanair too - and a Big Brother 2001 annual - please call us for details

There's a big bag of bricks for you now at Ryanair and some hammers - pick them up for a tenner we'll say if you phone now, #spitsonhand

RT @mionloch: @ireland @orielgirl1 I flew from Edinburgh to Dublin yesterday and at least one person bought a lottery ticket.

We have a load of old bags of cement at Ryanair HQ and some planks, yours for just £4.37 if you spend £3.17 on asbestos today

Hurry over to the Ryanair website for some copies of Darius Danesh's new album - on gold vinyl - £50

"Hi Ronan, yer man dere who said he bought the scratchcards on Ryanair, he is a disgrace. He's a disgrace."

Do you buy Ryanair extras? Everyone thinks nobody does but who will be our Chris Barry/Joe Duffy style exception? #TalkToRo

RT @orielgirl1 @ireland who actually clicks on any of those links? And I've never seen anyone buy a scratch card on the plane > Someone must

@graceyosmiley Thank you! It's nice to hear.

Morning again everyone, by the way, if anyone is just joining in I'm Ronan, curating this week, normally tweet @rmkf

Ryanair - would you like to throw this rubber ball through this hoop for £7.50? Or could you balance this on your head to win £5?

You can't use Ryanair without Michael O'Leary opening his virtual trenchcoat and he's naked except for loads of stickers advertising deals

No I do not wish to purchase a Ryanair collection of most powerful rock music ever made, 5 CDs of raw emotional force not available in shops

No I do not wish to purchase Ryanair t-shirts with Bad-era Michael Jackson on them purchased in Michael Guiney's 20 years ago

No I do not wish to purchase Ryanair Soviet weaponry

No I do not wish to purchase a Ryanair heart transplant - No I do not wish to purchase a Ryanair vasectomy

Ryanair's website - because buying flights should feel like walking through a casino and a back alley all rolled into one

Working from home today - it's pissing rain in London, was meant to be in Berlin this weekend but now heading back to Ireland for a funeral

RT @Jaffa_1992: @ireland Do you think rubbing dock leaves on nettle stings actually works? > From memory of being a kid, yes

Changing a Ryanair flight is just the same as booking a new one isn't it - will never fly Ryanair again until the next time I fly anywhere

RT @jfjl: @ireland comin' back- kurt Harman project

RT @PittCueCo: @ireland good to hear, thanks for coming in . Hope to see you again soon

Lionlike pic.twitter.com/02Kcj4WlEe

Listen to Ron Trent - Pop, Dip, and Spin #now

Having a discussion about what it's like to live in Hawaii with @lalin and @cericovach

Sorry that last tweet was my mum

If there's one thing I like more than darts, it's fights, #darts #fights

Bagged myself a role in a new TV show, it's my "sex lies and videotape" - I scrub up well here I think pic.twitter.com/TREc2QFKVA

@Ronayne welcome to @Ireland

That picture was popular

RT @SeanWeiss: @ireland You caught me dancing to Footloose.

I'm in the old coffee house in soho, nb it's a pub

RT @paddypadman2: @ireland So if he's camp. He'll feck you up!

RT @ronandusty: @ireland It says "I both look and feel like a twat".

RT @maur145: @ireland gosh you make me sooo mad mom, i wanted to wear regular pants!

RT @IreBizInsurance: @ireland the noble pugilist

RT @Helenamoloney: @ireland "I'm well comfortable with my sexuality"

RT @Ronayne: @ireland D.I.S.C.O

RT @Kevnmur: @ireland " I'll break your jaw"

RT @icecreamvan: @ireland I would like to fight you, but I don't want to take off this belt, it's too fabulous.

What does this picture, ostensibly of a boxer, say to you? pic.twitter.com/4NRCZM7dLK

RT @gracethirteen: it's so warm and sunny and pretty today you're being cool for once @Ireland 👏👏👏😊

Had a great meal as usual @pittcueco in Soho, if you're in London and you like meat then make sure you go here

Berwick Street, about two record shops left out of the "loads" that used to be here

Love London but a hot evening like this really hammers home how totally overcrowded it is

In soho for a pint now, and a quick trip to the sex shops to sell some old gear to my former priest, sorry I mean drink with a friend

My ma reports that it's good weather in Ireland - London too - do your duty and get really burnt

Hayfever - ffs

RT @IndoSport: Michael Lynagh: Paul O'Connell should skipper the Lions. indo.ie/kq86p

RT @kitmccallion: @ireland Peader O Donnels in Derry trad music singing and craic

Headline: Beyoncé bans photos - summary: if you like it then you better draw a pic of it - best work I've done in 2013

RT @j_goddy: @MsFrugalone @josefoshea @ireland Throw another West Cork pub into the equation: The Bunratty Inn in Schull. Chicken goujons t…

@DenisGlynn Never knowingly heard Beirut, I know Santigold but don't really have an opinion

@gillmac @orlaithf Not sure if Orlaith was really hating - maybe just sardonic

RT @sos100 @Munsterrugby @ASMOfficiel on paper they should not win; in real life, they often do :-) #comeonmunster > Of course!

RT @orlaithf Nice to see the @ireland Twitter account being used to dispel lazy national stereotype > Most countries enjoy pubs

RT @orlaithf: Nice to see the @ireland Twitter account being used to dispel lazy national stereotypes with the #favouritepubs hashtag

@Stablawki Bilbao and San Sebastien is a great holiday, San Seb incredible for food/pintxos

RT @DanStLedger: @ireland Two pubs here in New Ross for different times: @Prendergast_Bar for craic and music and Theatre Tavern for quiet …

RT @benkenealy Cant beat their beer garden of a sunny evening / mild night > Better competition for Gibs than ever these days but still dece

RT @e_eric: @ireland You can't beat the Royal Oak in Kilmainham, Dublin. The feel of a country pub in the city.

RT @damianbyrne01 Sadly, the Welcome Inn is no more. Used to love the retro vibe. > Pity, was first pub I went to regularly, underage

RT @josefoshea: @ireland O'Sullivans on the pier in Crookhaven, West Cork, like one of those mythical , perfect pubs u see in cider ads.

Fatboy Slim a great booking for EP in fairness, let's get Republica and The New Radicals on the list too

My local if I'm home is Gibneys in Malahide - lovely urinals in the gents #adamant

RT @Eamumc: @ireland I always have to go to Smyths if Ranelagh anytime I'm back in Dublin.

RT @PotterAsylum: @ireland none to be honest going to pubs is one thing i do not enjoy..

RT @oconnola I'm in Sheffield. Serious real ale city - over 800 on draft at any one time > Great city - I am really into ale/craft beer

RT @MadIrishLass: @ireland James Griffin in Trim, Co.Meath - great for locals & tourists alike. Fab trad music :-)

RT @letmebefell Doheny & Nesbitts on Christmas Eve. #favouritepubs

RT @FamousDave1000: @ireland The Antique Tavern in Enniscorthy (my hometown) or Hargadon's in Sligo (where I live). Great Guinness in both!

@Stablawki I spent a night or two in Bilbao a few years back, derby day against Sociedad, great fans, friendly people, lovely atmosphere

I'm very out of touch though about new places back home #favouritepubs

In Dublin I guess I like the sort of institutions, The Ha'penny, The Welcome Inn, Keoghs, The Long Hall #favouritepubs

RT @Stablawki Toba's Tabern in Vitoria,Northern Spain. They're fans of my favourite team and serve good pints > Which team? #favouritepubs

RT @Kevnmur I like a quiet pint in The Palace, Fleet Street. > Always liked The Palace though it must be 6/7 years since I've been

RT @JamesHughes89 Creevy Pier Hotel, just a few miles outside Ballyshannon. Great views over Donegal Bay. > Sounds good #favouritepubs

@Vailbh Thank you :)

Since it's Thurs and that's good enough for me, your favourite pubs, in Ireland or wherever you are? I'm sure this has been done, but still

RT @ronandusty This youtube.com/watch?v=ytSycE… … #WorstIrishSongEver > This is bad alright, is that Santry shopping centre?

6Music is on in my office a lot, I can take or leave it but it just played this: youtube.com/watch?v=TUC2b-… - summer 2013 is here

So can @Munsterrugby beat @ASMOfficiel this weekend? Worrying injury list, Clermont look incredible, but you never know I guess.

RT @Tony_Geraghty: @ireland Anything by Crystal Swing. #WorstIrishSongEver

RT @PaulTyredagh81: @ireland Don't knock a 'Balti Chicken Pie' at a match! Can't beat it. #footyfood

Not that it's not all true, but you know

If you added up the amount of money English fans spend on curry-flavoured pies you could buy three Dortmunds and a Hertha Berlin

English football really in its comfortable self-flagellating zone today - Stoke's ballboys are paid more than Dortmund's entire team

RT @markohalloran this gets my vote for worst irish song of all time. m.youtube.com/watch?v=SjFH7D… …> This is fairly creepy

@leanne_harte That was my initial nomination!

RT @fknally: @ireland Surely this deserves a nomination for #worstirishsongever , despite its lack of rapping! youtube.com/watch?v=UvjLgj…

RT @ciaoq: @ireland Irish rap peaked in the early 90s youtube.com/watch?v=bDYTM6…

Maybe we should just gather all examples of #IrishPeopleRapping

In response to Rap Against Rape a friend has sent me this video of the late Gerry Ryan rapping about drugs: youtube.com/watch?v=XVWtLx…

This Rap Against Rape thing sounds kind of like Thriller, but about rape, so weird #WorstIrishSongEver

RT @KC_QP: @ireland #worstirishsongever This is truly horrible. youtube.com/watch?v=OL5xIk…

@Kevnmur A friend tells me he saw it live

RT @KC_QP Safe to say that she's done better! > Troy is an absolutely amazing record, balancing my Sinéad slating

RT @RaffertyWrites: @ireland Aon Focal Eile, definitely a contender #worstirishsongever

@Kevnmur It's Ireland's "I Have A Dream" speech - great that the men of 2FM can tell us about rape

@Aineeeeee You're safe with foods, people go mad for them

RT @Aineeeeee: If I ever curate the @ireland account I reckon I'll just do #sandwichwatch and tweet about today's sandwich

@Kevnmur Jesus that Rap Against Rape - just blown away, how did I never see this before?

RT @Kevnmur #WorstIrishSongEver youtube.com/watch?v=9h2c5v… … 'Rap Against Rape' #LateLateShow > OMG this is amazing, please watch this everyone

RT @mikeneglia she [sinéad o'connor] follows this account- so be nice! > sorry Sinéad

So this morning - #worstIrishsongever - my nomination to get us going is Sinead O'Connor's famine rap: youtube.com/watch?v=-ZCe8F…

@bwalsh "Move towards the exits now PLEASE."

@towerhillpaddy Isn't there enough room to keep going? Maybe not

RT @MadIrishLass #tobesuretobesure > Never heard an Irish person say this

RT @bwalsh: @ireland #sureyouknowyourself

As well as #thatswhatshesaid and #firstworldproblems - add #thatreallygrindsmygears and #whatsthatallabout to everything anyone says ever

RT @paulbailey: @ireland #thatreallygrindsmygears

If we open the "problems with public transport" box the demons of misanthropy will all come flying out

"Ooh it's gone flat, no need to use my legs anymore."

Tell you what I dislike, when you're on the tube, and people on the left stop walking when it levels off at the top, WHY?

Morning everyone, fourth day curating, I'm normally over @rmkf - web editor living in London, 30, likes stuff, dislikes other things

@EXECUTIVESTEVE Thanks Steve

RT @TourguideStan: @Ireland My "insufferably brilliant job" is being a guide here in Central Park. twitpic.com/clpbcj

@twiznight I reckon crisps won comfortably #sexorcrisps

But also better things like crisps and sex

Sleep well everyone - there will probably be spreadsheets or word docs tomorrow so you'll need the energy

RT @delphinecoudray: @ireland made a fake rock for a play. Collected real passports from Embassy.

RT @AwfullyChipper: @Ireland Saw my 7yo birthday boy off to his baseball game in Maryland, USA.

RT @SlattK: BREAKING: Hipsters now so nonconformist that they like Gwyneth Paltrow

RT @thejohnkelly If DCU were a country it'd be North Korea > Fairly harsh - despite its sabre-rattling towards Trinity

Listening to Rhythm and Sound now - another night time favourite - youtube.com/watch?v=Bl7LHg…

RT @patavalon54: @ireland Spread fertiliser on our hurling pitch. Played pitch and putt. Got hair cut. Practised my clarinet exam pieces. R…

@AwfullyChipper Nobody mentioned UCD, but they might do after this tweet, likely enough

RT @DamienC94: @ireland NCI is Michael Scott.

RT @Gardinerken: @ireland having a pint in halifax, nova scotia pic.twitter.com/IdS84HpAND

RT @CrDoire: @ireland So, basically, what the rest of us have learnt is that people who went to DCU like to talk about having been at DCU?

RT @dleacht: @ireland it's very forward thinking now. I'm very impressed with DCU

RT @PatCarrollTouch: .@ireland UL would be Don Draper

RT @Stephen_Long: @ireland DCU gave me the best 4 years of my life! Studies were enjoyable, but it were the clubs & socs that made it f…

RT @achillgooner: @ireland Trinity is Merkel. They think they rule everyone. LYIT is Charlie Chaplin. Funny yet serious

If DCU was a book it would be 1984 obviously, no question

DCU would be Robocop

If Irish universities were people, which people would they be?

RT @thejohnkelly: @ireland @oisinrhesa Hated my time there. Found the whole exxperience to be drab and impersonal.

Some people now backing DCU - others maintaining their criticisms - it's a stand-off

RT @foxkehs: @FrancesMulraney @ireland I LOVED DCU. My four years there were brill... thanks to society life!

RT @FrancesMulraney My three years in DCU were unreal! > My years there were unreal but mainly cos I went to the Red Box/Tivoli too much

RT @emersonhex: @ireland hanging around cusco trying to figure out what to do for the rest of my trip!

RT @Shamus_D: @ireland Hi it is ANZAC day holiday in New Zealand

RT @OrlaithFitz @oisinrhesa I think societies etc have made it less grim > Yeah to be fair I didn't put a lot in in terms of activities

RT @oisinrhesa I go to DCU. still grim > It's the location, isn't it?

RT @D3Burke: @ireland Had a presentation on the Ottoman Empire. Doing degree in History and Irish studies at St Marys in Twickenham!

RT @achillgooner: @ireland LYIT. From Mayo so last September was pretty fun </sarcasm>

RT @alexanderishere: @ireland on my way home from a gruelling day in @ditofficial ! Wouldn't change it for the world

RT @SirJonnyD: @ireland Im in Sparsholt College England #FlyingTheFlagAbroad miss Ireland though :)

RT @DarinaY22: @ireland Kingston university, and it is the most grim Uni.. Ever..

A lot of people tweeting about studying (keep up the hard work!) what colleges are you all in? I went to DCU and found it grim enough

@CrDoire a few choice tweets about the Mail and I'm there

@darylharkin sadly yes

RT @darylharkin: @ireland does this mean that ye have to, like, clip yer toenails and all? Get rid of all the black gunk at the corners? Fu…

What's everyone been up to today around the world?

@CrDoire Good idea!

@CrDoire Yep, just learning

With acting I find one night I do something good and think it's great, the next the opposite, and neither feeling is to be trusted

For class we must wear all black and no shoes or socks, I enjoy the cult mentality it fosters

RT @blush_01: @ireland You stay classy, Ireland! ;)

I'm also sunburnt, I feel like that picture of Nick Nolte after he had a meltdown

I didn't have time to change back into jeans after acting class so I'm now rocking massive baggy tracksuit pants plus shirt in public

RT @Shrednek: @ireland Before condoms became widely available in Ireland, Tayto breath was the number one contraceptive.

Leaving work now to go to drama diploma class @CSSDLondon - tonight it's working with text which is good as I like text

RT @rodcash: "@ireland: If Britain had remained in control of Ireland, we'd have less Catholicism but no Tayto #crisps" - Decent trade off.

Deep into the realm of potato debate we swim

RT @ConorWilson @cait_morrison @ROBBIEDMUSIC > "Chippy" culture more of a northern (UK) thing maybe. > Or coastal too of course

If Britain had remained in control of Ireland, we'd have less Catholicism but no Tayto #crisps

RT @orielgirl1 you can't say ' 'Fuck' on the @ireland feed > I asked and apparently an occasional fuck is grand - #storyofmylife

RT @BondedThunder: @orielgirl1 @ireland tayto cheese & onion breath is an aphrodisiac here, so works both ways

RT @ncmono: @ireland if someone dislikes crisps I'd question their human-ness! lol

RT @lilyunadreamer: @ireland crisps FOR world peace hahahahaha

RT @ROBBIEDMUSIC: @ireland My friend is a chef in uk she trys irish crips in different kinds of meals and there going down very crispee wel…

Good crisps v bad sex?

I can't stop thinking of the word "crisps"

RT @SandroVitelli: @ireland Depends. Cheese an onion? I'll take peace. Sweet chilli? Let the carnage begin.

RT @paulbailey: @ireland Crisps or chips? #potatoes

@cait_morrison @ConorWilson @ROBBIEDMUSIC London chips are appalling > Agree. Amazing kebabs here, real chip shops almost obsolete.

If someone dislikes crisps, would you question their Irishness? #crispsorbirthright

Crisps or a meaningful life?

Crisps or world peace?

RT @ideasasylum: @ireland just bought a new car and had a 5-pack of crisps thrown in for free! Oddest special offer ever.

RT @schnackbox: @ireland You've just disintegrated our whole society in one go #procreation #sustenance #culture #crispsorsex

RT @ConorWilson @ROBBIEDMUSIC > I'll go to the wall on this one. They have better chippers and soft drinks too. > London bereft of chippers

RT @BondedThunder: @ireland where I'm from you must eat the crisps first before putting the empty packet over your dick & securing it w…

Okay, so #crispsorsex has caused absolute dementia on this feed

@ConorWilson @ROBBIEDMUSIC Even British people have eaten Tayto and love it, I literally had this exact chat at lunch

We probably could get #crispsorsex trending right now #talktojoe - woman on from Cheeseandoniontarf

RT @ElroyK: @ireland It seems I can expect lots of crisps and no sex if I ever come to Ireland

MT @ConorWilson Far bigger variety in UK > Crisps not about variety, they're about what is same being still the same, whereas sex... um eh

RT @graceyosmiley: @ireland sexy crisps.

People fucking love crisps - interaction going wild right now - reckon #crispsorsex is a big topic

RT @ConorWilson The Brits have better crisps than us. > No way Conor, many things better but no way better crisps

RT @JNiChonchobhair: @ireland Crisps, obviously.

RT @ncmono: @ireland if anyone finds crisps that rival sex can they sent me a bag please?!

RT @ghook sport is losing all the standards that for so long it held so dear > perhaps it needs a bellicose leader to show it the way

RT @StephenEamonn: @ireland pfft, sex. No question. Make it chocolate though and I might take a while to get back to you...

RT @Brynmorbeer: @ireland What kind of crisps?

Okay Ireland - crisps or sex or self deprecating ahwouldyoustopisms - we can choose only one

RT @Jonathanwpurvis: @ireland ah here

Ireland - crisps or sex? You can choose only one

@DarinaY22 ketchup flavour..> two tweets about ketchup flavour - I'm fairly sure crisps is a bigger topic than sex, especially in Ireland

800 years of oppression followed by imperial decline plus salt flavour crisps #britain

800 years of oppression followed by impercial decline plus salt flavour crisps #britain

Someone in my office gets a box of free crisps annually, but they're all demented British flavours, eg triple cheese and worcester sauce

RT @darrenmeehan @ireland what about more than a few :P > More than a few pints at lunch - sure gwan

@andydidwhat yup = a pathetic triangle of red on my neck where my collar opened :/ > #sunburn on first sunny day of the year - wan d lads

Think I actually got sunburnt today - #Irish

RT @rodcash Will you be able to hold back the tears? > Usually only cry after 10 or so

RT @TheLoneBadger: @ireland "more moodswings than your pregnant wife.... Emotion...."

That lunch got out of hand - back in the office listening to the Emotion soundtrack from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - four pints in

RT @unakavanagh: @Ireland 'Miss there's no 'j' in the Irish language', 'there is when I say there is' #quoteyourteacher

RT @just_niamh: @ireland "do up that top button" #QuoteYourTeacher

“@williamsmj: @ireland what are ireland's official thoughts on suarez?” Liverpool fan, but I can't defend him. Stunning player tho.

RT @davehaier: @ireland "give me 1,000 words about the dimples on a golf ball" #QuoteYourTeacher

RT @DatTormeyFela: @ireland "read your books, I'm listening to the horse racing" #quoteyourteacher

RT @tsok: @ireland "Care to share what's so funny with the rest of the class?" and "[insert name] get out, and stay out!" #Quoteyourteacher

RT @LiamMcEoghain: @ireland "get into your line you donkey" #quoteyourteacher

RT @scheister: @ireland I don't have to be here I've already got my leaving cert was my favourite #QuoteYourTeacher

RT @icecreamvan: @ireland "Are you deaf as well as everything else?" Business studies with added confidence knocking. #quoteyourteacher

RT @nickykealy: Is that just an English tradition? RT @ireland: RT if you are having a pint at lunch

“@8degreesbrewing: @ireland nice to hear! Which did you try? @ismiseronan @dungarvanbrewco @oharasbeers” > think your pale and maybe red

“@weareFrance: @ireland RT if you're having a jambon-beurre at lunch :D” > actually had moules marinieres too

RT @weareFrance: @ireland RT if you're having a jambon-beurre at lunch :D > :) cultural differences!

RT if you are having a pint at lunch

The wood on a piano isn't that thick anyway

"You are thick. Thick as the wood." #QuoteYourTeacher - piano teacher instilled love of music in me

"Take your bags and baggage and move up the front." #QuoteYourTeacher - why bags and baggage always?

RT @MHReform: @ireland Pls RT: Places still available, #Wexford mtg on #mentalhealth. Sign lang interpreters. 29 April 2-4.30pm: http://t.c…

@musesparrow I was at this last time I was there in August, agreed, it is quite an awesome experience in the true sense of the word

RT @EyeBlinks Treptower Park > I saw this last time I was there, an incredible monument, go to Treptower Park everyone #berlin

@I_amGermany Sorry Marc/all of Germany - I know there's far more than techno, I just love the amazing scene for it your country has

RT @pickupapumpkin The rest of Germany? > Been to Hamburg and Cologne before too - loved Hamburg, Cologne was pretty

The problem with Berlin is I've been about 10 times but the first 8 I don't think I did anything except go to Berghain/other clubs

RT @bngr Let me know if you find any gems. > What sort of stuff do you like? I have been a fair bit so know some bars/clubs #berlin

RT @oconnola Have you been to the Stasi Prison (not museum) yet > No this is one I hear is very good, thanks.

Any Germans out there? Or Berlin residents? I'm going on Friday for about the 10th time, what stuff won't I have seen that I should see?

"Get over their split by watching these hits" - rhyming summary, promotion awaits

MT @IrishTimes Gards called to chess tournament iti.ms/14Ot9TT > Cops seek bishop moving in north-easterly/north-westerly direction

The time for all-seater chess matches is surely now

MT @IrishTimes Irish Chess Union to hold meeting after gardai called to chess tournament iti.ms/14Ot9TT > A Knight in the cells?

@patavalon54 @rmkf Think some people's Twitter app shows old avatars - so I'm told

Morning everyone, in case you're just joining in, I'm Ronan, curating this week, 30, live in London, normally tweet @rmkf

“@weRIndonesian: Good morning, @PeopleOfUK @ireland @ScotVoices. Gutte Morgen @I_amGermany. Goedemorgen @Netherlanders” Morgen/morning all

“@feerickreunion: @ireland ah Ronan, you're just sounding bitter n twisted now ...” just a joke, nothing against JLS really

The fall of the #JLS group is expected to cause panic in global financial markets

RT @bwalsh: @ireland "Our products are available in several tempos and may be enjoyed either individually or in units of 12."

The name is Aston Merrigold, I'm singer in chief at JLS Boyband Solutions, please peruse our website #JLS

#JLS should have called themselves JLS Boyband Solutions or JLS Pop Logistics, their problem was they didn't sound ENOUGH like a crap firm

RT @unakavanagh: @ireland RT @MarkFarrelly131: This is the first and only opportunity I'll have for this fact. JLS stood for Jack the Lad S…

Sadly for #JLS, in the six months it takes for people to think "Ah, remember them!" they'll have got bored of The Big Reunion

Sure, #JLS could have continued and removed the bit in every song where the beat drops out and they do a cappella, but why pander to sheeple

In the end #JLS and their artistic vision was just too bloody-minded and courageous for them to go on

Meanwhile Aston is tipped to take over as press secretary for the Conservative party #JLS

The JLS split is understandable, the offer Marvin had from the Museum of Modern Art in New York was a once in a lifetime opportunity

@ccferrie Andrea Corr did Tinseltown In The Rain? FFS. And they butchered Fleetwood Mac too - trail of destruction.

@holmesprice I never was mad into that one, obviously a big hit, but I think I was listening to quite different stuff when it came out

And finally, for now, The Blue Nile - Tinseltown In The Rain - youtube.com/watch?v=ZBDxLK… #favouritesongs

Two more #favouritesongs for now - Moloko - Forevermore - Francois K mix - youtube.com/watch?v=UyJIpI…

Charles Mingus - Adagio ma Non Troppo - youtube.com/watch?v=KozkRe… - all of life in one song - #favouritesongs

Let's say three more #favouritesongs for now before I get carried away

Magnet - Corn Rigs - Wicker Man OST youtube.com/watch?v=Ryg27F… - in a parallel pagan universe people take E to this #favouritesongs

Trae & Hawk - Swang - youtube.com/watch?v=IFCY1R… - #favouritesongs

Robert Wyatt - At Last I Am Free - youtube.com/watch?v=6xQx4G… #favouritesongs

As far as such things can be said

Neil Young - Thrasher - best lyric ever imo: youtube.com/watch?v=t00MXZ…

Some favourite songs now

Tyldsley: "What a chance" - Townsend "That's a chance" - I think we're dealing with a chance here people #championsleague

The Germans are coming #championsleague

@ConorWilson apparently you can steam rice using a takeaway box, check this guy's technique: rocketandsquash.com/smoked-trout-k…

@ConorWilson @noflashingneon broccoli ticks many boxes as a veg, cheap, versatile, healthy, and doesn't look like a penis

RT @noflashingneon: @ireland @ConorWilson I prefer the traditional method of watching it go yellow in the fridge and then throwing it out.

@ConorWilson I'll pick one up, would you do rice in that now?

“@ConorWilson: @ireland I only steam it these days. You won't look back.” do you have a steamer? You get more nutrients from steamed

Steam the broccoli my hole, I'm boiling it, we didn't invent the fulacht fia to turn around and start steaming broccoli

Was meant to do a half marathon about 3 weeks ago but the bronchitis stopped me, so I'm fairly well on course for one in June

3.6 miles, a lap of Victoria Park and back to my flat - not feeling great but after a 3 week illness not bad - half marathon in June

@ccferrie I believe it was Spider-Man or possibly John Giles who said "with great power comes great responsibility"

@DaniloDusoswa Thank you!

@CrDoire Cool I understand, I guess it's hard to predict what it'll be like because you don't know what side of yourself it'll bring out

@CrDoire Didn't know what to expect - I'm not complaining, the exact opposite, loving it.

I'm going for a run now - first in about 3 weeks as I have had bronchitis

The scope of this whole @ireland week is kinda boggling, seeing so many people around the world responding - we got through a lot today

It is roasting in London tonight, too many good reasons not to go for a beer, unfortunately

RT @MartinFitz: @ireland you invariably end up buying frozen pizza and four types of crisps

@laura193laura lamb chops, broccoli, a lemon, a tin of anchovies

Fairly sure purgatory is a supermarket in which you can't decide what to buy for dinner

@BrewDogSarah @underdogshored I live in London up the road from you guys, I would be in fairly often

@pkellypr Eat in @AnchorHopeCut near Southwark station, one of the original gastropubs

@pkellypr Hi Piaras, where you based?

@BrewDogSarah Also not a huge fan of your reverse Innocent Smoothie marketing, but your beers are great and I like @underdogshored

RT @BondedThunder: @ireland everyone in Ireland is cosmopolitan now. It's either Heineken or Cosmopolitan's

All this talk of beer makes me want a... change to the political situation in Syria

@ismiseronan @dungarvanbrewco @8degreesbrewing @OHarasBeers I quite liked 8 Degrees when I had it

RT @jennyfoxe: @ireland I saw an Irish Beer Discovery Pack in Costco (US) yesterday: Guinness, Harp, Kilkenny and Smithwicks.

RT @brianhalligan: @ireland Dublin cab driver asked me what was the #2 bestselling beer in Ireland. I guessed Harp & he acted as if I'd…

@cspelsor @brewdog I like Brewdog a lot but figure they didn't need the exposure

My favourite UK beers are @kernelbrewery (Irish brewer) @BrodiesBeers @redchurchbrewer @thornbridge @MagicRockBrewCo @PartizanBrewing

Since we're on Harp, there are a lot of good small beer companies in Ireland these days, which are the best? I've only tried a few.

@max_read Please come and visit us on the "Emerald Isle" sometime, you will be very welcome

RT @max_read: @ireland thank you for this relevant #irish #content

"Just a bit of fun mate" #coolsharpHarp

"Just knifed a lad" - #coolsharpHarp

The lesser known "Time for a cool sharp Harp ad" would today have a #coolsharpHarp hashtag full of people posting racist sexist "banter"

@max_read I knew you'd be interested in these, some topics just have to be aired this week #thepintofharp

"You could eat a bowl of ethically sourced quinoa, if you had a bowl of quinoa the provenance of which you were sure of." #modernHarpAd

What's the modern equivalent of the Harp ad's much-fetishized "hope it keeps fine for you" egg?

RT @conorjh: @ireland I wish we had an Irish Mythbusters so someone could ask them to fry an egg on a desert rock.

The thing about the classic Harp ad is that I'd rather die of thirst in the Lebanon or wherever the guy is than drink a Harp

@aoiph The guys wouldn't have beards if they remade it 10 years ago but they all would again now

RT @aoiph: @ireland Nah, it'd be the same but Sally would be in a bikini.

If they remade the Harp ad today, it'd be "Sally O'Brien, and the way she might look at ye while questioning your heteronormative views."

RT @IrishTimes Study finds ‘shocking’ level of alcohol-related harm iti.ms/11yre11 > I blame the classic Harp ad

Covering ourselves up is what made this country great, then bad, and may yet make it great again

In @ireland - we wear bras

RT @Netherlanders @joosttadema Some say wearing a bra is not good at all! > Maybe this is passes for comment in NL, I won't hear of it here

Grouper has done a mix for @FACTmag - soundcloud.com/factmag/fact-m…

RT @bazlyons: In case you need to explain who Jim Corr is to some Americans just say "imagine if Glen Beck came from an attractive family"

"Are Tories spilling 30 per cent of Britain's dinner materials down their posh gobs." - find out in the Guardian pic.twitter.com/tPXxVMVc4e

Today in the Guardian - how eating like a child could conserve wind energy pic.twitter.com/lBei1s8aSt

"What makes eating so unsettling and NSFW"

Seems the Guardian used "disgusting eater 1" by mistake in their "what makes eating so satisfying" article pic.twitter.com/qto0FwSKF2

Which you'd think I'd be a fan of but amazingly not in this case

It's just sarcastic wittering

Articles like this are why, even though I largely agree with its politics, I just can't stomach the Guardian: guardian.co.uk/music/shortcut…

@cydoniac I normally tweet from @rmkf - thanks

@jennih666 Thank you - I'm sure after a week everyone will be ready for someone else and I can return to my 600-follower alpine village

RT @jennih666: @ireland I think you should curate this account for two weeks.

RT @IngeniousAtlas: A toast! To a new map of #Dublin Pubs noted for their toasted sandwiches wheels35day.tumblr.com/image/48647000… via @ManAboutCouch. @Ir…

Don't put #firstworldproblems after tweets, instead add it mentally to everything everyone says ever

Eating this salad and there's a gigantic leaf and I only have a fork, it happens all the time - infuriating

RT @unakavanagh Sushi all the way! A new addiction of mine.> Watched this last week, it was decent: youtube.com/watch?v=hbV6kn…

@irishstu Shaky hands

RT @FamousDave1000: @ireland No. No lunch pics. Instagram is for lunch pics. Twitter is for shouting at people who read the Daily Mail.

“@unakavanagh: @ireland Marks and Sparks I see!” > it's one of the better options

This is my lunch pic.twitter.com/PZeg9uwYM1

We could ask the Taoiseach a question too, this afternoon - will we do that? Like eg did he eat a big mac or breakfast roll for lunch

Has anyone got a really insufferably brilliant job, like you work on a beach in the Maldives or something? Tell us about it

@Kevnmur @ClairMcEvoy It's surprisingly hard to just dive in as yourself, but even after a day I have to say it's a brilliant laugh

@Kevnmur It seems pretty open and easy to get to do it once you have a general few areas of interest

@Kevnmur This link has the info you need: worldirish.com/story/32961-ho…

RT @Kevnmur How do you get the gig? > Connections, I'm Charles J Haughey's lovechild

We'll always be together/however far it seems/doing spreadsheets in office teams

Listening to "Together In Electric Dreams" has almost eradicated the memory of the spreadsheet

@emmajeans I usually post @rmkf - thank you for your kind comments about my curation thusfar

The best thing about this account is that if you ask anything somebody comes up with the goods

RT @funkyderek 12,600 births, 5,350 deaths (approx.) indexmundi.com/world/birth_ra… … indexmundi.com/world/death_ra… …> as I updated a spreadsheet

RT @funkyderek: @ireland 12,600 births, 5,350 deaths (approx.) indexmundi.com/world/birth_ra… indexmundi.com/world/death_ra…

RT @craig_hopton: @ireland not sure but today there have been 184,730 births and 78,930 deaths so far: worldometers.info/world-populati…

"Yes son, document after document we'd send, packing them into emails. It was back-breaking work but we knew it was our duty."

"Working in an office was about fighting for what was right, you see. The camraderie was magnificent. One day we got someone a card once."

"Yes, and grandad put ALL the numbers in, that's right. Of course, of course I was scared. But it was something I believed in."

Can't wait to tell my grandkids about my heroic spreadsheet updates one day

How many people were born and how many people died in the 50 minutes I just spent putting numbers into a spreadsheet?

@ImKateMc Thank you :)

But if we were to stop disliking famous people for their art because they happen to be nice sure we'd never dislike anyone at all

My dislike of will.i.am was damaged by him buying a mate's wife Louboutins after they worked on The Voice, maybe he's nice

RT @butcherjo Every time you tweet Will-i-am with the dots it hyperlinks to his website > Damn him

RT @butcherjo: @ireland Every time you tweet Will-i-am with the dots it hyperlinks to his website. Gah!!! Smart though.

will.i.am's child will be called #NokiaLumix

I don't hate pop music by any means, but will.i.am is just the worst, I swear he will christen one of his kids with a hashtag

RT @Donal_IRL: @IRELAND THE BEST HAS GOT TO BE @CAPSCOP

It would say "No, Mary, it means I'm bloody bankrupt!" #dickmoranbot

Loads of good Twitter bots apparently - I might create one for every mention of Dick Moran

RT @Muff_CF: .@ccferrie @ireland Don't forget the "I'd buy that for a Dollar" guy when you mention #RoboCop!

RT @ccferrie: @ireland My favourite is the Inigo Montoya tweetbot that replies every time you use the word *Inconceivable*

So quick to praise those that deserve it like doctors etc, but whither the kudos for a guy who tweets at anyone who mentions The Wicker Man?

RT @Sergeant_Howie But they are... a-are NAKED! > This guy tweets at anyone whenever they mention The Wicker Man - knighthood for him

Probably loads more too - those are the first ones that come to mind

Since we got onto the Wickerman - my fave movies: Stalker, Glengarry Glenross, The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, and Piranha 3D obv

I say "one of my all time favourite records" a lot but only cos it's a big list

Incidentally, The Wicker Man OST is one of my favourite records ever made - youtube.com/watch?v=Ryg27F…

RT @Alan_199: @ireland : I was going to offer #BorisJohnson until I read the #virgin but ....

A gigantic man made of Weetabix, imagine it, and Edward Woodward frying slowly within while Christopher Lee eats a huge bowl of Shreddies

The Weetabix Man - a police officer travels to Cereal Isle in search of a missing girl, with sexy/terrifying results

The blood of the unsullied may yet yield Oatibix and Weetabix minis come next summer - we pray too for a strong Rice Krispie yield

You think I'm joking but it's here in reputable liberal clickbait word hole The Guardian - guardian.co.uk/business/2013/…

A blonde virgin must die before the feet of the biscuit god

Apparently a "bad harvest" has led to a halt in the production of Oatibix bites and Weetabix minis, only a human sacrifice can remedy this

Listening to this - classic: youtube.com/watch?v=aKcA78…

Just read Richie Havens has died - RIP - one of my all time favourite records here: youtube.com/watch?v=puDtxG…

How many words will you shovel onto the internet today?

"Page composer" is the most fanciful name for a tool you use to update a website - it should be called "word shovel"

Louis MacNeice probably never even had to chat to a boss in a lift but he nails it here: partyofone.typepad.com/poemarium/2009…

@cmcgovern I tend to alternate first thing - usually a banana, then an apple after lunch - if anyone wants more details please ask

@cmcgovern An apple and a banana every day, for me. Banana and Berocca is my breakfast standard.

Met senior boss in lift, after "hello" I thought about going for "meant to be hot today!!" then decided to slowly put earphones away instead

For about five minutes

An apple a day keeps the feelings of existential dread away

Just reading that Sharon Osbourne has been offered £2m to return to X Factor... wonder if James Reilly can top that deal for his panel.

I might live tweet #liveline today - placing my hand on our collective Tayto-addled pulse

Beautiful morning in London, Bethnal Green looking good, I'd like to be out running now but I am getting over some bronchitis, maybe tonight

@ciaoq abbreviation rather than the UK "word"

Conleth Hill absolutely killing it in #GameOfThrones as Varys

RT @technopolitics: @ireland here's a great analysis of plot related vs. gratuitous sex in new shows: wired.com/underwire/2013…

RT @stephenfaherty is there any classes tou would recommend for a beginner > Are you in Dublin? Anyone able to help? #actingclasses

Might not watch it actually :)

I'm going to watch #GameOfThrones now - how many needless sex scenes will be in it this week I wonder?

@stephenfaherty You'd gain confidence as you do it - as I said it changes your perspectives on yourself and the world around you

I also have probably played this about a thousand times, but never in the day: youtube.com/watch?v=HyVIr7… - incredible record

@EmilyAM Yeah I do stuff with some already - I'll probably do my own improv stuff as I go forward too

RT @TheKlonere what a band. what an amazing band. > Incredible, I wish they'd tour.

@hughcarrhere It's a brilliant hobby, and a nice relief to pretend to be someone else for a while

@EmilyAM It goes till the middle of August - then I'll have to do some actual acting again

@evanmc98 Thank you - They're @YMCLONDON

This is the sort of music I listen to at night - youtube.com/watch?v=f46E2y… - if you like Twin Peaks you'll probably like this

@EmilyAM Did a bit in school then in uni I was more into DJing/writing, the last few years I needed a new hobby and slowly got back into it

Really think everyone could benefit from a good acting class - it's totally logical and changes how you see the world

Maybe going to uni at 18 was too young for me, or maybe I did the wrong thing, or maybe physical challenges of drama are more affecting

Tonight was first night at acting class after mid-term break, I really don't think I ever fully got value from learning until this diploma

@squirrla No chance whatsoever

We didn't arrange a game of squash, not yet

Met an old BBC mate for a quick chat on way home from acting class, he works for the FT now and is into yoga, I had an orange juice #ageing

Sorry if the avatar isn't me, I'll talk to the powers that be

A pleasant two and a half hours of learning to push and choke people and pull hair and fall over (stage combat)

RT “@LeojjKelly: @ireland 4 short of 14,000 ?” - we're so close to that magical, arbitrary, magical number

@ultravioletway Thank you!

"Believe me if you were talking loudly I'd have clearly let you know about it by sighing and tweeting to 13,966 Irish people about it."

"Loud? Why I hardly heard you at all, I had headphones on and I am a massive liar."

The loud-talker I mentioned earlier just asked me + colleagues if she had been too loud - feel bad now - most polite "not at all!" lie ever

Leaving work now to go to Swiss Cottage for my diploma class @CSSDLondon - as I said earlier I think we start stage combat tonight

"Cos there ain't nothing wrong - with a little sex n death."

RT @OrlaithFitz Sex n' Death - Ronan Fitz would make a decent RnB tune. > Assume you are suggesting it be sung to the tune of Bump N Grind?

Looking at the stats for the day on the site I work on - as usual sex and death are the most popular subjects

@josefoshea @NiamhPuirseil "Turn that off now boys, the Big Fella wants his Mumford and Sons fix"

@josefoshea @gaol_bird Beckett, just look at the guy: google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q…

@NiamhPuirseil @josefoshea Definitely Oasis, Collins today would have a Stereophonics tattoo in honour of both the band and Wayne Rooney

@josefoshea @NiamhPuirseil Collins definitely would have liked crap music

Hipsters in Irish history, via @josefoshea - make your nominations now

@josefoshea @NiamhPuirseil Wilde - DISCO

RT @josefoshea: Writing about Hipsters In Irish History, have Silken Thomas, Patrick Sarsfield & Wilde obvs - but think Pearse was more…

No it wasn't

Wasn't TK lemonade great all the same though lads?

RT @ConorWilson: @rodcash @ireland Do something about how the thing we had in Ireland was better than the thing they had in England.

RT @rodcash: @ireland There's too much techno chat going on and not enough red lemonade/Lyons or Barry's/you can't get decent potatoes anyw…

RT @MonicaBulan and yer thoughts after seeing it? lol > Didn't watch it!

@JeremyTaxman clickbait > Yep.

MT @Noel_Dennan surely it would be more shocking news if she was photographed in a tracksuit? > True, people don't even click anymore!

One of our video providers at work just sent us a video with the headline: "Rihanna's only wearing a bikini or less in this" - breaking news

Got this on vinyl at the weekend - absolutely love it: youtube.com/watch?feature=…

RT @Tumedel you are listening to that.....WHY??? > I turned it on for a few minutes as the timeline here was full of it - #crystalswing

@laura193laura Mostly, though I did tell a little story halfway through that was totally irrelevant

@cohanlon93 Just a joke, well done.

Lots of use of a jolly "hoho" to imply sexual intercourse as #mooney interviews #crystalswing - like a shit Frost/Nixon

The craic is approaching 90 on #mooney as Derek actually coins the phrase "a crystal sandwich" - #crystalswing

I'm going to stick my neck out and say that I think Celtic, with a bit of luck, can even retain the SPL title next season #callmecrazy

Amazing story for Celtic fans - at the start of the season who could have predicted they would go on to win the SPL? #fairytale

@shamroxann I'm doing my best to make things clear, I can sympathise with last week though - there are a lot of simultaneous conversations

RT @pfigas: @ImGingerMidget I'm saying that @portugal account on twitter should be like @ireland and be controlled by other portuguese use…

RT @delphinecoudray: @ireland tonight, I am catching up on the first episodes of Game of Thrones. Now I understand what all the fuss was ab…

Another week, another meeting I host which I try hard not to derail with juvenile sarcasm, back in a bit

RT @cooper_clare I’m training to be a psychologist > Have you always wanted to be a psychologist? When did these feelings begin?

RT @cooper_clare: @ireland This is what i am doing tonight. I’m training to be a psychologist. twitter.com/cooper_clare/s…

RT @pfigas: A conta de @Portugal bem que podia rodar por outros users como se faz noutros países como a @Ireland

I think tonight we learn stage combat

So what are you all doing tonight? I go back to college after mid-term, I'm doing a diploma in drama @CSSDLondon in the evenings

@unakavanagh How so? I liked him a lot, but maybe it was different

@unakavanagh Ah so you'd have had been lectured by the likes of Eddie Holt or Patrick Kinsella? Bit of a grim campus at #DCU I found

@Caz_Collins @claireyana Probably quieter especially if I've been out the previous night

@squirrla A little far away, I only really take about 15 minutes

RT @DatTormeyFela what sort of work were you doing in R1? > I wrote news stories for Newsbeat's website

@Pontifex Were you relieved when you got the name Francis instead of a "weird name" like Benedict?

@AmyNiDhonn I just don't have the courage!

RT @Jonathanwpurvis john cravens newsround? > Yep, though he was long gone when I was there. Brilliant programme and a great job.

My main passions: techno/house music, good beer, restaurants, reading, acting, rugby, running, asking the pope questions on Twitter

Bit more about me, been in London since March 2008, studied journalism in DCU, worked for BBC (Radio 1 and Newsround), now in private sector

RT @squirrla oy! Don't diss the Hammerschmidt! > do you like it? I find it a bit grey - only worse place I've worked was Tunbridge Wells

I wonder what her life is like

@AmyNiDhonn We don't know her name - she's getting louder now - no amount of throat clearing will send a clear signal

RT @JeremyTaxman: @ireland there is only one solution. You must walk over there and then beat her to death with the handset.

She's trending in this ten metre space

I reckon all my colleagues are tweeting about loud-talker and two have now IMed me to lol about it

How about if I sigh really loudly, maybe loud-talker in my office will realise this means "be a bit more quiet please"

Loud-talking person in my office has a sort of dolphin noise that underlies her voice, a bit like the effect of autotune in Britney songs

I'm listening to this a lot lately, for anyone who likes house or disco or that kind of thing: soundcloud.com/trushmix/trush…

I'm back from lunch now - lunch in Hammersmith, west London, is quite a boring affair with only a few good options

@nickchr1stian Cooked food holds for a surprisingly long time

@philiprooney I might need to get a favourite hat soon as my thinning hair no longer stops my head from getting sun burned #ravagesofage

People of Ireland, here are my shoes pic.twitter.com/iZdzFz1rg4

@davidcochrane The Burton one on the main page now

@philiprooney My fave holiday destination is probably Berlin, been many times, and I don't have a favourite hat, not really into hats

@philiprooney My fave book is, without rival, The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil, probably my favourite work of art ever

@philiprooney My fave sandwich - bacon, fave football team - #lfc (a bad day) but I like rugby a lot and go to see @leinsterrugby when I can

RT @philiprooney: @ireland tell us a bit more about yourself. What's your favourite sandwich/football team/book/holiday destination/hat?

@meemmaaa not even sure it's still there, where on Cambridge Heath road?

@davidcochrane @caz_collins more that the style is different to how I was always taught to do it, eg head but no shoulders, not flaming you!

If you want exposure for your shoes then this is your chance, give me your location too

I'm going for lunch now but I'm going to bring all 13,959 of you with me, get ready for adventures in glamorous Hammersmith

It doesn't necessarily stop me from posting it if the answer is yes

Each time I tweet something I think afterwards "was that boring" - I feel a responsibility towards all 13,959 of you

The moral of the story is never try anything new

Was going to bring leftover takeaway to work today but last night I asked the (very good) takeaway to recommend something and it wasn't nice

@borogovedub That wasn't amazing actually, not sure why I retweeted it

RT @borogovedub: @ireland there was a report on a bird sanctuary in the UK, with several blind birds of prey. Headline was "4 Kestrels mane…

@robertbabington Very tough to do a headline for that kind of story, have had that exact problem

RT @robertbabington: @ireland I had a lecturer who used "Murder Case" for a story about a body that was stuffed in a suitcase.

@onetruecathal What is your beef with IRMA?

Is it me, and for all I know the person who does it is reading this, or are the photos on the Irish Times website cut in an odd manner?

There is someone hot desking in our office today with a really annoying voice and they're on the phone

Fave headline ever (in my entire career) was for the show Super Tiny Animals, "Are you feeling a little horse?" and a pic of a little horse!

Just used the headline "Stark reality" for a "20 facts about Iron Man" piece - you have to celebrate your victories

Only interesting thing I can say about #suarez is this - what if he's already won the PFA award?

RT @worldirish: Who's got the most interesting job? @Ireland gets some great answers on the topic: bit.ly/14IJfyl

RT @Lailedcat: @ireland I have heard "Umbil-EYE-cul cord' before, but have only heard it from one person. Also KYLE-ometer. (same person)

RT @squirrla: @ireland we have red lemonade in Germany, called "Brause" or, up North, "Regina".

RT @IrishTimes Gardaí question two over Kerry growhouse raid iti.ms/11uuNFu > So that's what they're on

@EyeBlinks I am a follower but maybe not for long enough to have seen that - hard enough to avoid things that have been done I guess...

RT @ccferrie: @ireland @AndTheFalcon only in Ireland have I heard the word *column* pronounced to rhyme with *vacuum*

RT @lucalfier: @ireland Every Sunday, at noon (after the Mass) the Pope shows by his window and address the crowd. RaiUno broadcasts it.

RT @rubot: @ireland #onlyinireland do people spend all their time on national naval gazing

RT @AndTheFalcon I've heard people say infi-nightly! Also 'mod-ren' > We have a report confirmed of "infi-nightly"

Italy has the Angelus on state TV too, @lucalfier informs us - what images does the Italian Angelus have?

RT @MagicMumCom You have the Angelus on the state radio/TV? #onlyinireland ? > Fairly sure North Korea has an Angelus or something similar

RT @MagicMumCom: @ireland Only in Ireland you have the Angelus on the state radio/TV? #onlyinireland ?

@davemolloy @unakavanagh Depends who's reading the news I guess, with the likes of Dobson and Doyle peoples' minds are bound to wander

RT @unakavanagh Also RTÉ have a fascination with pronouncing 'sexual' as 'sex-you-al' > I'll listen out for them wanting to sex us all

RT @unakavanagh: @ireland Also RTÉ have a fascination with pronouncing 'sexual' as 'sex-you-al'

They're terrible men for the red lemonade in Seoul - absolutely terrible altogether!

I swear I wouldn't be surprised to find somebody telling me they actually love red lemonade in Istanbul or Bali #notonlyinireland

The scope for debunking #onlyinireland myths is huge with this globally connected Twitter account - this is awesome.

RT @ATainy: @ireland @pickupapumpkin Alas, not true. The potatoes are often peeled after boiling also in Finland. Or, if washed well, not p…

Just uploading a video by the rapper known as Fabolous, for work, "fabolous" is like "brillent", he must have Irish connections

Nobody says "infi-nightly" but people say "defi-nightly"

Also people saying "defi-nightly" or "eye-talian" - they must know they're wrong but are striving for their own independence

The more you are able to say "brilliant" without even the ghost of a y sound in the middle, the more Irish you are

#onlyinireland do people elide the y sound in the middle of "brilliant" to make it "brillent"

Not getting into that debate though #jaysus

A lot of people are pointing out very specific laws that exist #onlyinireland and are indeed wrong, in my opinion

RT @Irishbabyblu: @ireland #onlyinireland does a national radio station do a half an hour slot on crisps in a chocolate bar, honest to good…

RT @Rumaizah123: @ireland every country! We say that in Malaysia too - 'Only in Malaysia" Lol!

RT @ErisianLib: @ireland Perhaps things like this - the only undertaker in town: #onlyinIreland pic.twitter.com/uyrwq8p4YW

RT @pickupapumpkin Boiling potatoes and then peeling the skins off AFTER they're cooked > #onlyinireland - this is controversial I feel

RT @planetxanna: @ireland definitely not. Partner is Irish, says 'it's an Irish thing' all the time about stuff that happens here, too. Peo…

RT @KateM7: @ireland A funeral can be a fun day out #onlyinireland

@leftways Love The Walker Brothers and Scott solo

I've opened the door to a whole load of nudge-winkery comments now #onlyinireland

What things genuinely, I mean REALLY, only happen in Ireland...

When people say "only in Ireland" do you actually think those things happen in Ireland or do you think people say this in every country?

RT @Caz_Collins How's your curation wk started?> It is fun, so many topics come into my mind but I'll get into the stride soon

Zane Kirchner to @leinsterrugby apparently - can't say I've ever been impressed by him but we'll see

RT @Caz_Collins healthcare PR, public affairs & comms... really interesting time at the moment looking at changes in services etc. #yourjob

RT @ImACultHero: @ireland I picked up some velvet underground and wire, and saw about a dozen local bands, it was great fun :)

@EXECUTIVESTEVE @AllCityDublin Used to go to All City a lot back in the day - good techno selection of @KOMPAKTREC

RT @EXECUTIVESTEVE: @ireland I bought a 1TB hard drive on Record Store Day (but I go to @AllCityDublin the other 51 weeks of the year so it…

RT @jojogallagher1: @ireland I'm open to all job offers.

@Hollytorious One or two so far - the internet wouldn't be the internet without someone calling someone else an asshole

RT @BlckPorcelain: @ireland Singer/Writer/radio presenter in Cape Town. Discovered this account when I was curator for the South African ro…

Anyone buy anything on #recordstoreday at the weekend? Or go to any good events around the world?

@ImACultHero For record store day I was switching between "The Twisted Pepper" & "Pantibar" > I went to Soho for record store day, good fun

RT @lynch3001 3rd year I.T. student, week left to finish projects > Sure you've a whole week, you'll be grand! Start the night before!

When I said earlier we were 31 away from 14k it was actually 41, I let you all down Ireland, I'm sorry, but it's now 39.

RT @ctpaycc: @ireland I did. Beautiful spring weekend here in #Boston, so we enjoyed being outside (especially after being stuck inside all…

RT @lynch3001: @ireland what is this "going out" you speak bout? 3rd year I.T. student, week left to finish projects. Havent seen outside s…

RT @StephenEamonn Now living in Deutschland! > Where? I like electronic music a lot so I've been to Berlin a lot+also Hamburg/Cologne #yokes

RT @StephenEamonn: @ireland fellow Dub here, southsider! Now living in Deutschland!

Did you all have a good weekend? Where do you go out in Ireland? I've lived in London for five years but am from Dublin originally

RT @ccourtne: @ireland I help develop and implement educational and laboratory components for an art-science institute in Dublin.

Unless it's something cool like a time machine

I don't really want to RT things that advertise your business or product - not sure if others did that or not, but I don't intend to

RT @moe_ragel: @ireland banana straightener during the week. Imaginative bottle opener & super hero at weekends. I'm half ninja,half ra…

RT @mikeneglia Be sure to use the @replies properly > What bothered you last week? Replies not working as standalone tweets?

RT @RealLifeHypno: @ireland Hypnotist & Sports Psychologist. I rewrite the software for your mind. :)

RT @DenisGlynn: Who's this simp over the ireland twitter page this week?! "I put words in spaces" guh luh ya dope! #DenzForIreland

RT @Saralaise: @ireland I'm a veterinary technician student... But in the meantime, I work in a coffee shop.

We're just 31 followers away from the "promised land" of 14k - I can feel the hand of history on our shoulders today, (on both shoulders.)

RT @achillgooner: @ireland I'm a Security & Digital Forensics student. I'm basically an Ethical Hacker

RT @planetxanna: @ireland I'm a Sign Language Communicator; I talk with my hands for money :o) #ilovemyjob

RT @johnmadden78: @ireland I make ads for tractors, motorbikes and wine look pretty.

What do you all do? Who's got the most interesting job? I edit a digital entertainment site for well-known UK brand, (I put words in spaces)

@benkenealy I had to do it for a play I was doing last year, for a while it was fun then I reverted to type, life goes on as you say

I was listening to a mix and it had a tune by Kerri Chandler in it, house music legend and former resident of Cork

I also listened to music on my journey, I like house/techno a lot and used to write about it "for a living" as far as that's not an oxymoron

RT @benkenealy do you find having a beard enhances your life? > I used to Ben, initially, but it's been there for so long I can't tell

It's got a very dry sense of humour all the way through, I really recommend it

On my journey I read Independent People by Halldór Laxness - anyone read it? It's about farming/death, so clear Irish appeal

I'm at work now in Hammersmith, commuted from Bethnal Green in east London, where I live

Though if nandrolone helps you get us to 14k followers then I won't complain

We edge closer to 14k followers, summon the spirit of Jack Charlton, Sonia O'Sullivan, Ruby Walsh, Michelle Sm... just the first three

RT @JeremyTaxman: @ireland Larry Gogan could chair a tribunal or two, asking all the hard questions in only one minute.

RT @RTEArchives: @ireland Here is an early clip of Gay Byrne with some other Gay Byrnes bit.ly/12A1e6H

This curating is amazing, I feel like Harry Peter Parker Potter

@stunt_penguin @emfmcc #findtheoriginalroisin #latelateshow

RT @stunt_penguin: @emfmcc @ireland Someone must know the original Roisin... we need her on reddit for an AmA pronto!

Does Gay Byrne still have that road safety role? We should get Marty Whelan to sort out the hospitals... Simon Young could do education

RT @borogovedub: @ireland he never looked awkward in a Xmas jumper like Kenny, nor ironic like Tubridy

RT @emfmcc: @ireland Friday nights and coining the phrase 'roll it there Roisin' but who was Roisin? mmmmm

My brain is exploding with tweet ideas, eg Gay Byrne, what are your memories of this heavily made up screen powerhouse?

@sweden started this curating game, follow them, I'm fairly sure they'll be better looking on avg but @ireland will always have our craic

Off to work with me, to brave the tube, the worst thing about living in London is this festering cave of doom

RT @PrimMich: @ireland @ERN_Malleyscrub maybe you can help @weareaustralia increase their follower numbers. Curated accounts can give an in…

RT @RobBrennan82: @ireland getting into fresh bedsheets but new socks are nearly on par

RT @paulbailey: I know the curator of the @ireland account this week. With this level of global influence, I feel like Ban Ki-moon.

Is there anything better than the feeling of putting on a new pair of socks?

@BioLabMan Thank you Douglas, that's an optimistic view!

RT @craig_hopton: @ireland aim for 100,000 by Saturday. That's a rounder number.

@mrcbehan How does Mayo compare to Dublin?

So where are you, who are you, and what has you following @ireland ?

@patrickabbott @rmkf Thanks a lot Patrick, should be a fun week! How have you found @ireland so far? Quite a range of people...

Together we can climb the mountain to 14k

So @ireland currently has 13,942 followers - with your help we can reach the arbitrary but pleasing number of 14,000, will you help me?

That last tweet is one in the eye for those who dismiss social media with the "people telling you what they have for breakfast" cliché

Right now I'm getting ready to go to work, I will soon eat a banana and possibly a bowl of cereal if I have any milk - #drama

Hello everyone, I'm Ronan, I'm 30, I'm a web editor and I live in London - I'll be curating this week, I usually tweet from @rmkf