@Ireland Curator: John Verling

From tomorrow morning Mark Graham from @YearOfFestivals will curate the account for a week. Please welcome him!

My last tweet from here see you @johnverling and my blog verlingsweek.com thank you all for making it such a great week

@brendamannion no two ways about it

@TweetweekUSA lets keep up contact I'm at @johnverling

Moving house is a stressful one

Ashley young victim of his own success #karma

@adrianweckler so do swansea

Pic of today's @feilebealtaine parade thank you to @dinglenews pic.twitter.com/QRqMwYya

@emeralds82 @johnverling i did thank you

Before I leave you I've just posted to my blog at verlingsweek.com hope to keep up with you all at @johnverling

@ninaangelica77 sunday morning is the time to enjoy a full pot

@AllanCavanagh ostrich didn't get too far the wild boar was free for a while though

@paddycullivan all within walking distance usually in town centre too!

@paddycullivan they are already

missing the dingle parade @feilebealtaine first time ever ana bhron #greatestparadeever

@diarmy deep in the gene code

@diarmy deep in the

@JillKerby never works out...too many cooks etc...need strong representative local school boards and ban religion cept as a subject

As this is my last day I hope that I can keep company with you all from my own account @johnverling

@dinglesurf I gave up, too angry for words or tweets...lets hope bolton can can do a houdini

@carolmhunt amazed that after everything its still there in the background

@klillington too cloudy down here hoping for a clear night anocht

@irishfoodguide keep it simple

@sdempsey so far!

@dinglesurf tis me wrecked from all the thinking and tweeting but its been a great week

@WiseMona can't top that....a quiet house is only nice for a while...miss the noise after an hour or so!

Sunday morning of a holiday weekend...unbeatable...hot rich coffee reading yesterday's paper

No supermoon here last night, no jokes please....sunday and brady is still in situ

@BasquesAbroad its needed

@Domhnallh thats all we need more people

Forgot 'back'

Laid up with sore, who said moving house was easy?

If anyone missed Daithí's electronica gig in McCarthys last night you can catch him again at Moncaí Ocrach at 7pm @feilebealtaine

RVP again

RVP

@johnkellytweets @bbc5live @Arsenal not yet.....

@FizaIsa i had already left for work! I think she had to get up herself!

so so many people struggling with debt and now suicide is becomming a reality for the debt-ridden people time to act is now Enda

@SimonPRepublic @helpwithdebt good luck with it vital that this is sorted NOW

text from Ruby,13, still in bed "can you bring me up my computer and charger please" at least she said please!

Gig sa Tig,sharp-edged guitar,un-hinged vocals polished pop Ryan will be selling Vegie bap and pig on a spit come out early @feilebealtaine

Gig Sa Tig oiche anocht i Sean-Scoil An Chuasa, opp An Bothar Pub le We Cut Corners, Le Tissier, DJ Cian O Ciobhain agus Walking on Cars

new proposed harbour by-laws in kerry will effect: swimming, regattas, parking, fishing, boating etc too much interference from central gov

If you're in Dingle catch Feile Na Bealtaine all over the peninsula @feilebealtaine brilliant array of things going on

@SheilaThorpe should be renamed the dofeckall day

@SheilaThorpe ya i was working yesterday, taking next two off!

Unfortunately have to work for the morning, curse of the self-employed!

"@poleary79: @OfficialCorkGAA Mid Cork Junior A Football Cship. Inniscarra 2 5 Blarney 2 points. HT" heart of the irish summer

@ninaangelica77 probably will at some stage #hereshoping

@ninaangelica77 hope for clear skies and learn the words to That's Amore!

@ninaangelica77 14% of something that size is enough make a difference I hope

When the moon hit you eye like a big pizza pie...thats amore....

@paulmwatson no its much closer than usual plus its full so will look much bigger

Talk of a supemoon visible over the weekend

Maybe the BAI report will make rte less arrogant in its programming

@TweetweekUSA @sineadmcm blood is thicker than water

@TweetweekUSA @sineadmcm the sexy accent is hard to do via twitter though

Daughter in from school, looking for money, some things don't change, mind you when i was growing we never had money:)

@dermotcasey remember it coming in

@dermotcasey true, never thought of that but people call it the may bank holiday weekend and it never was an actual bank holiday i think

Bank Holiday? surely we need a holiday from them?

Been very busy all day with US and English tourists long may it last

@FollowIreland the longer brady dithers the better for the gov

anyone noticed that the treaty ref has been ignored with the brady furore..a godsend for the gov from the church

@stevebyrnes369 true they were probabaly at that stage where they had to grow or stagnate, lets hope that they can keep a hand in

@PaleoIrish I'd agree unless teh new comppany can keep it local

@stevebyrnes369 US-based Hain Celestial Group, a natural and organic products company, for an undisclosed sum...according to rte

I see cully and sully has been sold to an american company

Dingle is a busy little town today, all sorts, all nationalities 'tis great to see

@JohnFordIreland enjoy it, she even sang the song from the Quiet Man...

@JohnFordIreland one of my all time favourites, met maureen o'hara last year and she told so great tales

@cianodriscoll no, just asking staff etc not to park on street from 10-5 mon-fri and get council to line street fro parking

@WildWestIreland but Deano could shoot even when full of whiskey! Wasn't too bad in the end....we'll see what happens next

@WildWestIreland I'm not as quick as I used to be!

Just been called to a meeting re parking on Main St Dingle...could get ugly

Colm Tóibín at Blasket Centre @ 5pm Vanbrugh Quartet @Díseart7.30pm Feast of the Senses at Blúiríní Blásta @ 8pm @feilebealtaine Dingle

just been told I won a tshirt from @feilebealtaine thank you to all the hardworking volunteers

Another day and still a cardinal not for moving....

@endaguinan the blaskets!

@endaguinan jasus better not tell de wife!

@WiseMona twas delicious and I only needed a small dinner it was so filling

@WiseMona looks good i'll have a proper look later like the design...did you see my pic earlier of my lunch? Wild garlic pesto sambo

@GLarAuna good to hear. land of the midnight sun?

Silent at the cork midsummer festival written by and starring my good friend pat kinevane....catch it if you can

@fhayesmccoy amarach that most favoured of irish words:-)

@cathalkeogh and you?

@cathalkeogh good thank you, at home with kids, might even walk the dog

Beautiful evening though....

Sorry mixed up my cardinals should have read as 'brady'

Listening on the radio to john an abuse victim begging for daly to resign spoke volumes for the church's attitude

@Annb2 @emeralds82 positively so

@bintiness reading those signs made me very angry, peoples lives ruined, you don't recover

@bintiness wow thats a powerful one, well worth reading in full

@Annb2 looks good if we didn't have our one on here and I wasn't moving house......

@iam_pakistan @TweetweekUSA @daveying99 @BasquesAbroad @PeopleOfUK @PeopleofLeeds @londonisyours @sweden where are you?

@emeralds82 tourists come they spend money they enjoy themselves local economy prospers and everything stays the same #tourismisgood

@iam_pakistan @TweetweekUSA @daveying99 @BasquesAbroad @PeopleOfUK @PeopleofLeeds @londonisyours @sweden hi, how goes it in pakistan?

I witnessed physical abuse and it scarred me, those who actually suffered must have a terrible pall over their lives

@Annb2 never heard of that one, I'll look it up, Kinvara is a lovely spot

@darraghdoyle plus I think having him in place is still an affront to the abused

@darraghdoyle i think there's a need for a beyond reproach rebuild of the irish catholic church, he's too associated with the past

pressure growing on cardinal brady to 'consider his position'

@BasquesAbroad I'll listen out for your cheers down here

@NiamhNic @GGreystones @SugarloafSlowFd find some wild garlic before its too late

@NiamhNic don't forget to practice the ukuele

@Clonrf enjoy hope the weather is good!

A lot of people are up to a lot of different things, ireland has much to offer hasn't it?

@joe8908 brave man!

@ninaangelica77 agreed

@emeralds82 very true rural areas so need tourism plus as tourists like the country as it is there is then no need to go ripping it all up

@Smartheat well i managed to eat it all, time to snooze the afternoon away now!

@Will_Peat marinated locally not exactly sure where the tomato istelf came from

@FizaIsa from cork originally here 20 years this august

in fact every bit is local, the bread, pesto, cheese and the marinated sundried tomatoes, the only non-local bit is me!

@stwidgie tastes good but will take a few hours to finish

@FizaIsa no its a local cheese Beenoskee a sort of hard cows milk, very smooth strong taste

@DiffInnovator the green stuff is wild garlic pesto, gorgeous, but not for a first date!

@fhayesmccoy won't get a chance to test the expand button theory today

Now this is a proper sandwich....from the little cheeseshop in dingle pic.twitter.com/3Q8XuOAF

@VibrantIreland hop is just as good, my older sisters used to go to 'the hop'

@VibrantIreland @KKRootsFestival think of me moving house! which i had forgotten about!

@CiHarb top tip

@fhayesmccoy in any other org that hierarchy would be long gone, in jail even...the congregation need to reclaim their church

Moving house this weekend any volunteers / tips ?

@sharononeill almost forgot...moving house this weekend too but nearly have it all sorted

@sharononeill truly beautiful, worth a visit

@sharononeill probably bit of the same but will wander round Dingle looking at exhibits and whatever else is on

@sharononeill isn't it just? enjoy it

outside of course visiting feilenabealtaine.ie/home/

Any great plans for the Bank Holiday?

@fhayesmccoy they failed to act in Cloyne too and that wasn't 'the past'

@eleventyfour @limmster but i wouldn't like to have to do the washing up!

@broadsheet_ie were they just back from piltown co kilkenny? rte.ie/news/2012/0502… #humour

@eleventyfour @limmster @EimearMcCormack met her yesterday, nervous but she'll be fine

@halbenito it does but once th sun comes out its all forgotten

Calls increasing for Cardinal Brady to resign...well should he?

@LucerneBelle you don't say!!!

@halbenito dingle on the far west coast

Deluce Patent & story telling at 5.30pm in the Court House Bar. and much much more @feilebealtaine 5 days of fun and a parade thrown in!

Festival opening at 1pm in Annascaul; Dervish at 8.30pm in Feothanach; Spoonful of Silence at 6.30pm; all @feilebealtaine

@halbenito morning 9.29! foggy old town this morning, the doomsayers who said yesterday's weather wouldn't last....were right but who cares!

@emeralds82 no wonder i was so scared of them when a teen myself #masteroftheunderstatement

No fighting with my darling daughter this morning, certainly puts me in a better mood! Teens have incredibly strong emotions!!!

@feilebealtaine feilenabealtaine.ie/home/ 18 yrs on the go and really worth the visit no matter what you're into to

@gotbrain its vital not to give up the fighting

@limmster @EimearMcCormack only the best arts festival out there feilenabealtaine.ie/home/ colm toibin among a host of everything @feilebealtaine

@Not_So_Witty london for about 6 years back since 92

@VampMikaela thank you

@laurabelton popular in parts of usa too probably where cork and armagh people settled

Very genteel!

@Ceridwen339 armagh and holland too I think...great social sport spent sunday mornings with my dad 'out following de bowling'

@TweetweekUSA men compete to see who can throw a 28grm metal ball along 2mile road in fewest throws...usually betting involved too!

Passed a group of men playing road bowling this evening first i've seen outside of cork

Beautiful evening now though

Home safe and sound hit rain on the way....its back#onedaysummer

@Annb2 excellent tune, always sing it for a while this time of the year

@iandevlin in eng its "down the pub"... your local will always be the first regular pub you went to..mine was john joes in cobh

@iandevlin not many local pubs left

@damoboggler too many

@RxOliver lovely

@Not_So_Witty the north sea always sound so cold, family would be a big miss, I missed mine when away

To all you reluctant and not so reluctant emmigrants....what do you miss most about ireland?

@WeAreUkraine aww!

where is everyone today?all out in the sun no doubt

@shiv62 proud of you..welcome

@foxglovelane the only way to have it!

@foxglovelane all fine here, iused to work in a place where a peahen took a dislike to me and she'd chase me around the courtyard!

@foxglovelane Looks like they're having a right old chinwag

Such a lazy day just as well we don't have sun all the time in ireland..we'd get nothing done

@unakavanagh Hi, Dingle Phone and Computer Centre, just down from the AIB, would love to see you!

@fhayesmccoy if i hadn't gone for such a sumptious lunch would it have read "contract"? #twitterknowstoomuch

welcome to all the new followers

back feeling flushed from the sun, lovely french onion soup with thick crusty cheesy slices of toast

Just got an offer of lunch, outside in the sun, can't be missed not can it?

@Annb2 enjoy it while it lasts..salthill and ice cream cones will always be in mind

@auroralapetite at the most its 15 or 16 today. just right for the average paddy like me!

@bazkelly79 isn't it so true?

@scr1bh you sort of get used to it, sort of

@Todiguide bella!

@mikecrotty59 it ain't half hot!

@VibrantIreland nothing like happy customers!

@humanandkind @blathnaidhealy you couldn't be up to them!!!

All the news on the way out was about the C Church again failing to act on abusers. makes me SO SO angry

@WiseMona good

Its amazing how everyone seems so much happier when the sun is shining, hope it is where you are?

Anone from the top looking down to where I now am pic.twitter.com/kA3p0c2n

@Annb2 sort of wait till later

And one from the top looking back from where I just came form pic.twitter.com/0vGJIxPS

so here is a shot from half-way UP pic.twitter.com/lW8Ns0lb

For the first time this week The Conor Pass was free of fog

@maryroche shouting roaring swearing the whole shebang!

Late start this morning, teenage troubles at home

@AnseoAMuinteoir and then it goes too quickly

@AnseoAMuinteoir the smell of the salt air when you've been away just can't be topped

@AnseoAMuinteoir camp is lovely, that field full of daffodils always makes me smile in the early spring

@iam_pakistan we all have a dream! try make it

@PeopleOfUK @iam_pakistan @darraghdoyle @tweetweekusa do you'd be more than welcom

@AnseoAMuinteoir please do, its always worth a visit

@iam_pakistan @PeopleOfUK @darraghdoyle @tweetweekusa the best sort of gorgeous

@abzbyrne some twit was speeding up it this evening, luckily he stopped in time

@iam_pakistan @PeopleOfUK @darraghdoyle @tweetweekusa the prettiest people you'll ever meet!

@TWIXTbook @fhayesmccoy @CultHeritageIrl @discoverireland @itsourheritage lovely tradition...are they all born in the month too???

@TweetweekUSA @PeopleOfUK @darraghdoyle i'll have a fresh one ready for you!

Drove home through the mountains fog on the Conor Pass but I will get a pic from ireland's highest mountain pass before the week is out

@TWIXTbook @fhayesmccoy @CultHeritageIrl @discoverireland @itsourheritage lovely old name

@PeopleOfUK @darraghdoyle @tweetweekusa you'd be more than welcome

@shanda1701 I know what you mean

@KarinaBracken @zeldasteyner Monday is a public holiday, then maybe people will protest

Our support for the nurses and other HSE frontline staff is taking off, keep it up #supportthenurses

@walkcork @omaniblog and you know its here till september so you can plan everything

@walkcork @Omaniblog there were four in the car!

@zeldasteyner great idea

@LucerneBelle bad signposts really....very easy to do

@BasquesAbroad @TeslaRuser I've had a few macciato phew!

@VibrantIreland @walkcork @emeralds82 the few good men left like to keep the womenfolk cheery!

second tourist of the week driving wrongway down Main St Dingle, tourist season is upon us, at long last

@emeralds82 @VibrantIreland @walkcork we're a dying breed #extinction

@walkcork @vibrantireland enery man's.. dream sure one couldn't be enough!

@walkcork @VibrantIreland @emeralds82 I went into the wrong coffee shop!

@walkcork @vibrantireland might have to move to Utah to manage that

@emeralds82 @VibrantIreland good thank you, settling in better today, was a bit nervous yesterday but enjoying it

@deirdremullen ask for two extra shots in an empty cup!

@walkcork @vibrantireland licence could be taken....

@emeralds82 @VibrantIreland I wrote a short story about meeting my wife, brought back lots of good memories

@elfeay those double espressos can be some start to the day

so coffee and the state of the HSE seems to be the talk today

@walkcork @vibrantireland not that I know, I do like coffee shops though!

@VibrantIreland met my wife in similar circumstances!

@pamille definitely

@cathyby @len_patrick @teslaruser better none at all

@WeAreAustralia instant is a different taste altogether

anymore coffee stories? #coffee

@cathyby @TeslaRuser I know I couldn't stand the taste of coffee til I took it black one day, used to take about 7 sugar as well!

@len_patrick @TeslaRuser Italian Classic blend from mccabecoffee.com is my fav @McCabeCoffee

@cathyby @TeslaRuser yuck!

@TeslaRuser staretd at shannon airport for US tourists but popular throught Ireland now

@TeslaRuser I like mine black with a strong taste

@shanda1701 I wish someone had a quick solution!

Before I thought better and went for a coffee instead #dodgingtherain

And one look DOWN pic.twitter.com/8MDEgh19

Took one look UP pic.twitter.com/Z1iDE9Lc

just going for my daily walk round the lovely Dingle town, chancing it without a coat!

"tweet" if you support our frontline health staff #supportthenurses #hse

Campaign to support frontline health staff starting here lets shame the gov into fixing HSE. Who's with us? #hse

@Annb2 totally agree with you, i try to play them up in my blog verlingsweek.com I'm sure we both see it

@Annb2 so true I'm exactly the same the staff on the wards are excellent

@Pauline_Llnc @DiscoverIreland would be a good place to start

@Annb2 seems that its almost built into the system an defeated attitude from the start

@mshelengregg @GuevaraTara good luck! the IT tends to reprint a lot of The Guardian articles so read the G first!

@Annb2 the kids really suffer under the current system, the staff are excellent but the money isn't being spent

@GuevaraTara @mshelengregg but it can't be difficult o get it right, surely!

some good suggestions coming in on improving our health system. keep them coming

@Smartheat vital

@unakavanagh surley that would never happen!!!! #bankholiday

@mshelengregg maybe time to start 'war and peace' and maybe ulysses as a back up

just had a tourist from mauritius in, apparently on bank holidays everything there is half-price, could it happen here?

@watermusician @auldzealand @newzealand @WeAreAustralia @thisisFINLAND the more the merrier

@auldzealand @newzealand @WeAreAustralia we're looking over our shoulder.....:)

@mshelengregg thank you, you know I usually only want to know the next bus to Tralee, it would be quicker walking

@mshelengregg I know! I've tried it a few times and each time it takes ages to make sense of it!

@mrskevieg where are you working yourself to the bone?

when i see the nurses fighting tiredness when looking after my son I know cutbacks aren't working #healthservice

@InfoatHappy I agree well underfunded

How are we going to improve our health service? Any ideas out there?

@WeAreFiji @TeamFiji1 @WeAreAustralia @WeAreFrance spreading like wildfire

@SeamusConboy sorry my mistake, there are so few FFs out there I should have checked

Welcome to all the new followers over the last couple of days

@Nerin_ @worldirish Dunno would be the quick answer, I suppose they look for a cross section of people

@WeAreUkraine all of our moods are weather dependent, nothing like a blue sky to lift the gloom

@GoldenTriumph well done, great feeling getting the graduation

And how is everyone today? Hopefully doing better now that Monday is behind us!

@AI_Dubai I've got some jets ready to push the clouds your way!

funny to hear a TD and a FF TD at that defending an pregnant teenager on Morning Ireland, great to hear!

Morning all, a bit late maidin inniu the weather on the drive out from Tralee was terrible #rain

@the_WineStore intend to...any suggestions?

Thank you all for the support on my first day, now the kids are in bed a glass of wine before I turn in myself,looking foward to tomorrow

@Belenbp good

@ninaangelica77 a bit like us here so

@Belenbp so now you speak english with a strong cork accent!

White tailed eagles living on Lough Derg again, wonderful to see

@Belenbp thank you what were you doing?

@LynchEddy I saw a rainbow on the way home, didn't improve things much

@alcat19 or second rate ones

@2CdnGirlsInEire good

@RubyCloverArt we'll see what we can arrange

@laurashanahan93 true its what keeps it green

@Garrai_Sile you can't beat a good sunset or sunrise for that matter

@RubyCloverArt well you can keep it for a while we've had enough

@MaryM1985 raining here on the irish west coast but it will get better always does

@AcoyleD disappearing into the west here too

@Smartheat good, i sent it up this afternoon!

@MrGreen0380 oh the usual recession, cutbacks but we're still smiling

@mrsblack777 scooching the clouds is a lovely phrase

@RubyCloverArt she must have snuck it in somewhere!

@Notorious_QRG @rojertb sort of unavoidable at times

@alcat19 not thought important enough, just "down the country" is the official view

@Belenbp sure what can a recession do to you??

@MrGreen0380 where are you?

@laurashanahan93 all good today a bit wet cold and windy but not bad for a monday

@Claireichert welcome failte

@Notorious_QRG have to admit its on in the background here

A lot of new followers today ...welcome one and all and how are things in your part of the world?

@laurashanahan93 welcome

or maybe we should return to the 9 kid family, sure what else would you be doing?

Feature on RTE Drivetime about rural schools facing closure, really will hit small areas badly. Surely there is a better way?

@2CdnGirlsInEire good make sure you come back to us again

Back home, drove through all sorts of weather, talk about 4 seasons in one day, kids fed, winding down for the night

@ava_mccarthy you're more than welcome!

@2CdnGirlsInEire hope you are enjoying your time over here

just heading home to Tralee, should be back online in about an hour

@cocamiu anywhere!

@cocamiu you can never have a too lazy day

@Ordinary_Times sound equally gorgeous

@Rachelgaffney @SandraOCallagh @anewspace COULD be wonderful.small country small pop should be able to get things right but badly run!

@Ordinary_Times lemons buns...you're making me hungry

we'll have ours next monday, i'll need a day off to catch up after a week at this great !job

@tomhoffay @Ordinary_Times isn't it!

@ParisLibra enjoy the bonus holiday

@popkewitz enjoy it

so normally monday is a slow boring day, anyone any different today?

Daughter in from school hungry and looking to go home, would love to but I've customers to look after

Anotehr good irish website that looks worth visiting mammals.biodiversityireland.ie

Its almost 4pm looking forward to seeing my darling daughter Ruby coming in from school, highlight of my day, maybe we can sneak off early

@Rachelgaffney @SandraOCallagh @anewspace meant workplace training, of course initial parenting vital

very busy here this afternoon can't complain, lots of smiling tourists, usa south africa china aus uk and of course irish

@MiriamAhern @SamuelJArun52 @kencurtin thank you looking forward to the job

@BlakeCreedon this global village thing is catching on!

@SandraOCallagh @anewspace @rachelgaffney all very damaging, politeness should be part of initial training

@dancetotipp thank you

@alexisdaria @sweden @peopleofleeds @peopleofuk @wearefrance I'm the guest curator for the week but should be easy to do

@SandraOCallagh @anewspace @rachelgaffney we can only learn from complaints, feedback essential

@weareFrance ya I was delighted to find it

a sport close to my heart, the bones are too old for it now though nationaltennisday.ie

@SandraOCallagh @Rachelgaffney no excuse for bad service and also no excuse for rudeness to those in the service industry biteyourlip always

@Rachelgaffney @SandraOCallagh hope I wasn't a guilty party

back again and the cobwebs well and truly blown away

@alexisdaria @sweden @PeopleofLeeds @PeopleOfUK @weareFrance no not weird at all!

@rickoshea the phoenix cinema here in dingle is socalled cos it was rebuilt after a fire, nice twist

@Girlie1462 @blathnaidhealy @johnverling thank you and always welcome back!

must go for a lunchtime walk around beautiful Dingle, be back soon

A website well worth visiting for a sample of our arch heritage buildingsofireland.ie really opens your eyes to whats around you

@TeenConcussion @Mya_NZ thank you..will do

@bonzapies thank you very much

@limmster would be a bigger shame if its all lost

@limmster beautiful house, shame it is sinking

@travors move the clouds the russians managed it

@rickoshea nearly every town has one too

@savemarinapark I love that place

@pauljcorcoran @LianneMurphy very important to avoid those ones!

there must be lots of significant buildings throughout the country worth saving

@33florence @Rachelgaffney consideration for others

anyone with soem good suggestions on historical landmarks that need saving?

@limmster the way we treat our historical landmarks is terrible we should start looking after some of the newer ones too before its too late

@travors don't know about stopping the rain though

@anewspace thank you

anymore ideas on how to improve this wonderful country of ours? Lets not leave it to the politicans!!!

@irishcarhire @SlattK lots to see and do all over the country, take your time see it all

@trinnybopper got a tassie lady here, runs the weekly pub quiz for us

@trinnybopper where do you come from?

@paradelady can't beat a good parade, the 6.30am here on paddy's day is very popular

@trinnybopper same fellow been heer since '82 or '83 amazing really

My friend Trevor on holidays THIS March playing with fungi the dolphin. you can have good weather in Ireland pic.twitter.com/qFKSDOK5

@paradelady are you a lady for parading?

@Mya_NZ @giyireland things is that everyone loves fruit, shouldn't be going to waste, such a shame that it does

@Rachelgaffney its beginning to, one of the things we are famous for but got lost during the so called boom

@paradelady greetings to you too, nice to see so many people getting involved

@suepalmer21 its funny seeing the look on terror on some people and the look of annoyance on others that everybody is going against them

just saw a tourist driving the wrong way down Main St Dingle, first of the season! good to see!

@diasporaireland @variety very true

@kencurtin up behind my old home on rushbrooke terrace

@kencurtin where in rushbrooke?

@Mya_NZ looks an excellent idea

@kencurtin born and bred in rushbrooke

@kencurtin many a cat of ours they looked after

just had a visit from the local cheese shop owner, irish cheeses another great local product throughout the country

@Smartheat hurry the atlantic might change our weather yet!

@WiseMona @TownOfBooksFest @beatingblog just going local for the weekend can be great, a walk, a coffee and home to your own bed

sun is breaking through here now, might get a good pic at lunchtime

@Mya_NZ @Brainline @fightpcs @gotbrain @teenconcussion plenty of good people fighting for more but cutbacks are really hurting our services

@TownOfBooksFest @beatingblog @WiseMona that much used term staycation has much value too, you can't beat a weekend away in Ireland

@grmoneill agreed. i think if the oridinary irish person is/was allowed speak out or had the confidence to we'd be a more tolerant society

@diasporaireland sounds interesting.how would it work?

@ClontarfD3 the mercy nuns cured me of littering at a young age, maybe they had method to their ways!!!

nice to see jerry buttimer coming out in such an easy fashion

@Paul_Brisbane our greatest natural resource

@lornaocallaghan worth it very colourful beuatiful when the sun is shining through

@beatingblog @VibrantIreland @WiseMona @TownOfBooksFest looks like a great festival might get to pay a visit too

@ClontarfD3 seems amazing that people litter the streets still but then there are no street sweepers anymore either

@Mya_NZ @EpilepsyNZ @THINKNewZealand resources stretched here, luckily we have a good neuro and a great local hospital but all underfunded

@lornaocallaghan Harry Clarke stuff is amazing SKY Arts ran a docu about him on the weekend

Great ideas on improving our little country, keep them coming, nobody yet saying to leave things as they are!!!

@mrskevieg Foxy Johns, James Currans and a great little shop run by Mrs Murphy on Green St, no takeaway coffe there

@retsiv @sweden @newzealand great way to enagage with the people, get people talking and thinking

@lornaocallaghan Cork! but I was living in London before moving here, big difference 20 years ago

@clionalynch looks like a good idea, hadn't seen that before

@bazkelly79 there must be a voice out there, a voice for ALL the people

@lornaocallaghan I did 20 years ago now!

@VibrantIreland @WiseMona still a few pubs like that in town and you know they are the busiest too, no food etc but full of tourists

@wholesomeIE very much so at community level its where you see the real heart of the country

@lornaocallaghan agreed but we still need that self-belief that we are good enough

@Mya_NZ thank you very much, its a great little man

@bazkelly79 oddly enough on the ground its isn't, seems that people are still scared to offend the church for some reason

getting kind thoughts and best wishes from around the world, lovely to read..anyone out there with any ideas to improve this little country?

@unakavanagh tigim

@NeatFreak_ never enough for the locals!!!

@LDNIrishCentre all fine here on a monday morning, listening to Lyric Fm easing myself into the week

@kjsmNZ @newzealand knowing a 'late bar' used to be a well kept and proud secret to have

@coffeeculture I think they love the ever changing weather too..but what they really love is taking it easy in Ireland and where better?

@Mya_NZ @johnverling @wisemona hope I can keep up the good work...how are things down there?

@newzealand @kjsmNZ or two?

@LDNIrishCentre London is always changing, great thing about the city

@kjsmNZ @newzealand can be arranged but Paul O'Connell in a dancing skirt?

independent.ie/entertainment/… Congrats to Ava McCarthy on film deal..see we can stiil do sucessful things!!

@LDNIrishCentre lived in London for a while 20 yrs ago now the west..acton etc.. safe and cheap used to be the norm. Any different today?

Drives me mad when people complain about tourists, they can be the lifeblood of rural ireland plus outside view on things is always welcome

@kjsmNZ @newzealand always a lot of comparisions made between Ire and NZ ..scenery, rugby and sheep seem to be popular ones!

@WiseMona @vibrantireland a bit of everything,anything electrical anything that sells!

@emeralds82 Gracias

@NeatFreak_ all well here but its early yet! Overcast but there's tourists on the streets to brighten our day!

@unakavanagh a little phone and electrical shop on Main Street. I live in Tralee at the moment..cad a nainm do col ceathracha?

@VibrantIreland enjoying it so far, don't think I'll get much work done this week, just as well I'm self employed

@CowbellLHarris read that its the wrong time of year for the rain, sounds like the wrong kind of leaves excuse!

just had two tourists from california in my shop, they love our weather!! "we could stay home for sunshine"

@NLIreland we get plenty of that too!

@CowbellLHarris looks like ye need a lot of rain, maybe it could be our next big export, I'll send it over!

@CowbellLHarris tis pretty cool all round..fine cold breeze blowing this morning too

@NLIreland looks great was going to post a shot from top of conor pass but covered in thick fog!

Kids are at school, thankfully not pregnant so she can go, unlike elsewhere. I had hoped all that was behind us??

Morning all from Dingle in far southwest of Ireland. Hope you are all doing well and looking forward to our week together