About @Ireland

The @Ireland Twitter account rotates each week with a new voice introduced every Monday morning. As the Ireland of today is not confined to the island of Ireland, the varied voices of @Ireland come from Ireland and across the world.

Started in March 2012 and inspired by the @Sweden project, @Ireland is based around the idea that a single voice cannot represent a country. By sharing people's experiences and lives with the world, project custodians WorldIrish believe @Ireland can help to further connect Ireland to the world and the world to Ireland through the different voices that curate the account each week.

People can apply to be the voice of @Ireland for a week or can nominate a person they believe could represent Ireland. To apply or nominate someone email: [email protected]. If you are applying to curate @Ireland yourself please include the following in your email: your own Twitter account handle (username), your phone number and times/days that are convienient to contact you, a one-paragraph biog telling us about yourself and a 140-character description of why you would make a good @Ireland curator!

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Previous Curators

@Ireland Curator: Eddie Whyte

Eddie Whyte

18th Jun 2012 to 24th Jun 2012

Eddie Whyte from Belfast has been living in Norway for over 20 years. He’s a full-time elected official in Fagforbundet – Norway’s largest public sector union. He’s a social worker, city councillor for the Labour party, proud part of the Irish diaspora, full-time Celtic fan, reader, jogger, married to the cutest Norwegian and father of two. He’ll most likely tweet about all or none of this. It is midsummer week in Norway so be prepared for tweets far into the bright nights.

Tweets:

20:33 24th Jun 2012 - Link

Well folks 90 mins and counting my week curating soon at its end. You can find me at @eddiewhyte if you want to keep in touch. ATB Ádh mór

19:47 24th Jun 2012 - Link

.@martinjmckenna takes over the curator role for a week starting tomorrow morning. Something to look forward to :-)

19:18 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@colmtobin Or maybe "hate object" ?

19:03 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@RTRSPhil It was very quiet here ;-)

18:32 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@RTRSPhil There will be no singing either - the #Irish have gone home

18:31 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@yvonnewatterson @ouramma @AntoinetteVict2 @Gavinskie GRMA Yvonne

18:08 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@Leabharlannai80 You are entitled to your opinion. Not all posts are shared. Good luck with your spell as curator when it comes.

17:59 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@ouramma @AntoinetteVict2 @Gavinskie And I agree with you in the dogs comment. It is territorial. I am from Ardoyne :-)

17:58 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@ouramma @AntoinetteVict2 @Gavinskie Flags are not the problem - people abusing power is the problem. In #Norway the flag unifies ppl.

17:47 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@ouramma @AntoinetteVict2 @Gavinskie So there are no flags where you live?

17:44 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@ouramma @AntoinetteVict2 @Gavinskie Both sides? Nope.If Irish flags had been erected on the road to the Irish Open they would be removed.

17:37 24th Jun 2012 - Link

Countdown to the match! Forza Italia! #em2012 Anyone know this one? youtube.com/watch?v=hgzunx…

17:27 24th Jun 2012 - Link

Curator job was no hassle. Only had to block one person. I recommend it - especially if you are abroad we need to hear from the #Diaspora

16:55 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@ronanbwithane In Helsinki a while ago. Nearly got stabbed 4 being a foreigner. Was I just unlucky - or lucky? :-) How is it there?

16:51 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@ronanbwithane #Sandefjord mo chara google.no/search?q=Sande…

16:42 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@achillgooner Well control would be the wrong word. It kinda has a life of its own. You can check it out here worldirish.com/blog/view/sele… :-)

16:40 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@unakavanagh @snastablasta Do you want me to make some up or do you want the real ones? ;-)

16:39 24th Jun 2012 - Link

I know I posted about the Oslo GAA. Did I tell youse there is an Irish Society here too? irishsociety.no

16:32 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@mkearley2008 Was thinking more of a blindfold and a cigar? ;-)

16:27 24th Jun 2012 - Link

Only another cupla hours before my stint as curator on @ireland here is over. Any last requests? ;-)

15:28 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@doogarry Go raibh maith agat mo chara

15:05 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@doogarry ók grma :-)

15:03 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@AntoinetteVict2 @gavinskie @ouramma We move forward by sharing common space and being inclusive. Marking of territory does the opposite.

15:00 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@Gavinskie @conorleeson Or not

14:59 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@doogarry How do you do that #fadaless

14:41 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@tom_murphy Good man Tom ;-)

14:41 24th Jun 2012 - Link

So Down pulled it back?! ;-) #andunabu

14:34 24th Jun 2012 - Link

Some people dont seen to grasp the concept of RT

13:25 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@Gavinskie That was a long ramble #yawn

13:11 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@JohnGNolan @tourismIreland @GuinnessIreland Tell her it's an Irish G and T ;-)

13:08 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@Gavinskie It was a question. No answer?

12:45 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@JohnGNolan @tourismIreland @GuinnessIreland I wonder will the English queen be photographed with a pint of the black stuff? ;-)

12:44 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@Gavinskie Pathetic. Anybody who doesn't suport England is sectarian?

12:38 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@LucerneBelle You are right. Sectarianism is unfortunately nothing new in #Portrush

12:33 24th Jun 2012 - Link

The roads into Portrush for the Irish Open have been bedecked with British flags. #SectarianismSucks

12:30 24th Jun 2012 - Link

Cork, Tyrone and Italy. That's me happy #beautifulsunday

12:24 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@GinaNiD @gsheehy It is ridiculously expensive by our standards - mind you Ireland isn't cheap either any more !

12:21 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@cathyby @ginanid Overly strong beers are not allowed in shops - ordinary beer is OK

12:19 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@GSheehy Not at all - the prices impose their own limit :-)

12:18 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@cathyby Was it called Christiannia then? ;-)

12:17 24th Jun 2012 - Link

The drinking culture is TOTALLY different here. There is too much focus on drink in Ireland. Happy medium would be nice :-)

12:16 24th Jun 2012 - Link

Have to admit that it is a real pain not being able to nip out for a bottle of wine for dinner

12:15 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@cathyby Never saw that one - sure it's Norway? ;-)

12:12 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@cathyby @ginanid No it's not - beer is sold in supermarkets

12:11 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@cathyby It is illegal to advertise alcohol in Norway

12:10 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@GinaNiD. Spirits and wine are sold in government run stores with limited opening hours. Beer is sold in supermarkets - also limited opening

12:02 24th Jun 2012 - Link

I see ppl are discussing advertising and alcohol. In Norway it is illegal to advertise alcohol. Works just fine.

08:42 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@YvonneIrving I was joking :-)

08:41 24th Jun 2012 - Link

Feel it building? All the way from yer toes and working its way up? Gwan just let it out - forza Italia! Gli azzurri! Feels better eh?!

08:25 24th Jun 2012 - Link

@YvonneIrving It has been hell ;-)

08:06 24th Jun 2012 - Link

Good morning @williamcrawley we are following you on @Ireland - a meeting place for the Irish Diaspora - a mention would be nice ;-)

08:04 24th Jun 2012 - Link

A suitable Sunday topic. Should we have religion taught in our schools?

07:59 24th Jun 2012 - Link

Bacon and eggs on the go here once the teens drag their lazy asses out of bed ;-) What are you having for breakfast? #clonakilty pudding

07:51 24th Jun 2012 - Link

If you are up and about give @williamcrawley and Sunday Sequence a listen on radio Ulster #importantissues

07:25 24th Jun 2012 - Link

Gerry Adams on THAT handshake youtube.com/watch?v=z8B9gK… via @youtube

06:55 24th Jun 2012 - Link

Good morning from a rainy, windswept #Sandefjord. Last day in the chair and a new curator tomorrow. More details later :-)

21:20 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@henrymcdonald News from the colonies is really not of interest don't you know

20:26 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@Colmogorman I read about several deaths in Gaza and none in Israel - do you have other information?

20:23 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

Spain vs France #Euro2102 BIG DISAPPOINTMENT ;-(

20:17 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@unakavanagh Eating late is bad for you dontchaknow? :-)

20:07 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@unakavanagh That's a late dinner :-)

19:15 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@ConorWilson he he

19:14 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@AdrianKavanagh Ireland are already out no need to criticise them any more

19:13 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@adrianweckler Is the shop in Beverly Hills?

19:12 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@unakavanagh Can you send them again I am trying to watch the match ;-)

19:10 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@ConorWilson I thought he used his head?

18:59 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@NinaLjFredman Get them on and let the Catalans and the Basques run wild ;-)

18:55 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@NinaLjFredman nobody from Euskadi on the team is there?

18:46 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

I am going for Spain and the Catalans #em2012 #Euro2012

18:43 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@ickle_tayto @colmtobin Very personal even if true. I hope you 2 are still friends? :-)

18:33 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@ccferrie Is he playing tonight?

18:14 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

So who are the Diaspora cheering for tonight? Our allies from the 1600s or our allies from the 1700 and 1800s? #em2012

17:28 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@colmtobin So it's not just TEAM there is no "I" in ;-)

17:17 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

Would the real Colm Toibin please stand up?! ;-)

17:14 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@unakavanagh @colmtobin Yes Una I got that now - along with 40 other people :-) Sorry Colm :-)

16:24 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

#FavoriteIrishWriters Joseph O'Connor, Ronan Bennett, Colum McCann

15:19 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

Who's your favorite Irish author? You are not allowed to say @colmtobin as his head is big enough already ;-) Let's hear from youse.

15:07 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@kaptainhandsome @sweden @StephenAtHome Chance would be a fine thing :-)

14:54 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@Marcc68 You will fit right in. Thats what they expect from you ;-)

14:41 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@fhayesmccoy Give me a few mins and I will do just that ;-)

14:36 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@fhayesmccoy I RTed a couple of posts about podcasts. Did you see them?

14:12 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@trimbleirl @sweden You don't seriously think there are more Swedes than Irish in the world? LMAO

14:11 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

Roadmap to Apartheid is a new film narrated by writer Alice Walker about the occupation of Palestine-well worth a look youtube.com/watch?v=UBmXme…

13:58 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

Count John McCormack. We will never hear his like again youtube.com/watch?v=yZ92i1…

13:10 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@MulFrankie @StephenAtHome Well why doesn't he mention @ireland ?He's a Colbert fer crying out loud - he's one of us #IrishDiaspora

13:09 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@NiamhNic @buseireanndeals You call throwing you off the bus defensive? ;-)

12:42 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@OBFT_Euro_trip Erm.....

12:31 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

How come @ireland has 7,000 followers and @sweden has 60,000? Come on then. Invite your Irish friends to twitterireland :-)

10:06 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

First #rugby match I have ever seen where @ireland lost by #cricket score :-(

10:05 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@michaelkls GRMA :-)

10:05 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@josefoshea GRMA :-)

09:57 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

Anybody got any good podcasts they can recommend - music, history or literature? #Irish of course ;-)

09:52 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

Is it safe to come out from behind the sofa now? #rugby

08:42 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@fhayesmccoy We go by meters here :-)

08:27 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@fhayesmccoy he he it is a real word, I promise :-)

08:06 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@newzealand torn between supporting the team and hiding behind the sofa ;-)

07:59 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@helpwithdebt make that NZ 26

07:59 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@helpwithdebt IRELAND 0 Nz 21 :-(

07:55 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

What an absolute fckn disaster #rugby :-(

07:51 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

Now we will see what this Irish team is made of #rugby

07:49 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@FinancialUAE @jenzer_irlanda Good point :-)

07:45 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@WeAreUkraine Hop on the boat - Sankthans only getting started here :-)

07:36 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

A wee burst of @ireland riverdance would have been a good counter to the @newzealand haka

07:29 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

Why do they say "We need a Titanic effort" when we want to win? Surely it was the iceberg that won?

07:28 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@Ireland to take the All Blacks today. A good start to Sankthans!

07:27 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@WiseMona Get the rugby on then :-)

07:14 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

I keep forgetting people are still in bed. Get up! The day is almost over ;-)

07:11 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

Are you celebrating Sankthans today?In #Sandefjord there will be hundreds of small boats out in the fjords and bonfires along the coast :-)

06:23 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

Some people tell other people what they themselves think and then clander them for disagreeing with them. Yes it is that complicated ;-)

06:22 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

@frbryanshortall Pretty good - there are some maniacs out there though :-)

06:21 23rd Jun 2012 - Link

Good morning from rainy #Sandefjord :-( Where did the sun go? Hopefully to @ireland?

23:08 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

@unakavanagh @garethoconnor List nerd eh? :-)

23:07 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

@garethoconnor hello right back :-)

23:05 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

@unakavanagh @garethoconnor @clubaontroma Hmmm.... So where is it then? ;-)

23:02 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

@unakavanagh @garethoconnor You could make a county GAA list :-) @ClubAontroma

23:00 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

@unakavanagh @sweden And France and Russia and Euskadi and .... ;-)

22:50 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

@unakavanagh Done with that Una ;-)

19:48 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

@iandevlin OK that's me done with you. Grow up son.

19:46 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

@iandevlin And BTW I am not the least afraid to venture opinions - controversial or otherwise. In this case you are wrong so let it go ;-)

19:44 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

@iandevlin Did you ask him?

19:42 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

@iandevlin Maybe just not overly sensitive. It is absolutely true about the German football team. Wait and see :-)

19:37 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

@iandevlin I think you are maybe overreacting. War was the farthest thing from my mind.

19:35 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

@eowyn_ithilien @iandevlin Oh no...it's the RT police ....

19:33 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

@iandevlin U lost me there

19:13 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

@eoinbutler He he depends what point you are making ;-)

19:01 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

@VonBarracuda Bit harsh there

18:42 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

OK so if Samaras gets his game on the Greeks can win. If not, they will be massacred #em2012

18:40 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

@eoinbutler Glasgow kiss? :-)

18:34 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

@lisamareedom Samaras is Australian born :-)

15:39 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

@VincentMelvin @RonanOGara10 Wouldn't annoy me either way V. As long as he doesn't tug the oul forelock and curtsey at the same time. You?

15:07 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

@AWanderingIrish You liked that one? :-)

14:49 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

Not to mention the @cscnorway connection :-) cscn.no/index1.html

14:48 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

Ppl have bn asking why so many #Celtic supporters in Belfast. We always had a strong connection. Part of the reason= youtube.com/watch?v=8BeJto…

14:36 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

A Belfast song sung in Belfast by an unusual group in unusual surroundings. Hope you like it :-) youtube.com/watch?v=odXwSZ…

14:14 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

Listening to James Vincent McMurrow - great stuff - new for me. What are you listening to? youtube.com/watch?v=29zK3h…

13:56 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

@clarkybhoy88 @hoopsghirl88 @houndsecho @HuddleHound @Hunskelper1967 @HURFY81 @iTwistsnturns @JellyTim @jimthetim79 @kellieohx Ta for #FF

13:02 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

I can see the boat coming in from @sweden. Time to get the freezer sorted ;-)

10:55 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

@CountryLife100 Velkommen skal du være :-)

10:17 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

@redmadden I can post another one if you like :-) youtube.com/watch?v=mIILCt…

10:06 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

The MAGNIFICENT Davy Spillane - if this doesn't reach you, you have no soul :-) youtube.com/watch?v=Mwxga8…

08:00 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

Eamonn Andrews. Forgot about him. Loved that show :-)

07:55 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

If you are a smoker watch this and even if you are not :-) wimp.com/smokingads/

07:21 22nd Jun 2012 - Link

Good morning from sunny #Sandefjord! The girls are off on a run to @sweden so we should get fed this evening :-) pic.twitter.com/uq4h1Wc7

21:33 21st Jun 2012 - Link

And yet again..we are EVERYWHERE :-) youtube.com/watch?v=47Ltpj…

21:30 21st Jun 2012 - Link

Yes we are everywhere :-) youtube.com/watch?v=7XZJLA…

20:55 21st Jun 2012 - Link

@Marcc68 True-both victims of same colonial mentality. Brits Mandate re Palestine-1917 a whole year after 1916 and colonial Ireland ;-)

20:32 21st Jun 2012 - Link

@Marcc68 @mkearley2008 Why would you say that?

18:22 21st Jun 2012 - Link

@ccferrie Have to admit I have a soft spot for the Czechs :-) Are you there?

18:15 21st Jun 2012 - Link

@Marcc68 Sorry? You lost me there

18:14 21st Jun 2012 - Link

supporting #Portugal tonite in #em2012 - a coastal nation like ourselves and part of Bob Quinn's Atlantic civilisation. Whataboutyouse?

13:34 21st Jun 2012 - Link

@laurabelton Most ppl speak good English - start learning it at primary school. You will get by while u learn the language ;-) @ireland

13:32 21st Jun 2012 - Link

@laurabelton Unemployment here is slightly lower than @ireland - 3% ;-) Check nav.no for jobs - there is a page in English :-)

12:11 21st Jun 2012 - Link

@wendytalksback Hi Wendy could you invite your listeners to join us here on @ireland we are tweeting about MidSummer traditions in @ireland

12:09 21st Jun 2012 - Link

@TheEliselise What do you miss most? :-)

11:46 21st Jun 2012 - Link

Anybody else from @norway @norge on the @ireland list? Or other parts of @scandinavia?

10:59 21st Jun 2012 - Link

Nice Irish story to round off the #em2012 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe…

10:55 21st Jun 2012 - Link

This article is how I spent the first part of the day. Its about fishermen in #Palestine risking their lives daily! palestiniansolidarity.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/ris…

09:48 21st Jun 2012 - Link

@laurabelton There are about 600 Irish in Norway - probably more Laura. @ireland What do you want to know? :-)

08:13 21st Jun 2012 - Link

Did you know there is an Oslo GAC? @officialgaa @Global_GAA Check it out here oslogaa.com

07:21 21st Jun 2012 - Link

Good morning all! A sad start to the day with the news that young James Nolan has been found. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

19:32 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@iam_pakistan Tell us about the @ireland - Pakistan connection :-)

18:51 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@Chrisryder47 @patphelan @gbarlowofficial @jimmycarr Maybe a saint in the church of the almighty buck?

17:00 20th Jun 2012 - Link

The grill is on - we need to make the best of the long bright nights while we have them ;-) #Sandefjord pic.twitter.com/kaYBtqql

14:14 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@MaryOLP1 @cathyby I don't think the planet would suffer from once a year :-)

13:49 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@LesHaricotsVert @sweden I bow to your experience My Lady and look forward to your support when the onslaught commences ;-)

13:40 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@LesHaricotsVert Red herrings. My favourite food :-) Did you read the blog? It's about Ireland, Norway and Palestine.

13:30 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@LesHaricotsVert I'm intrigued :-)

13:23 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@ireland @fhayesmccoy @thesilvervoice Here's another one - this time about #Palestine palestiniansolidarity.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/pal…

13:20 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@wroot Check the website :-)

13:19 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@ireland @fhayesmccoy @thesilvervoice @celticbelfast There is a website about Belfast Celtic too :-) belfastceltic.org

13:16 20th Jun 2012 - Link

“@fhayesmccoy: @ireland @thesilvervoice Can't beat the combination of passionate historian and inspired communicator :)”

12:32 20th Jun 2012 - Link

Thats nice - I have an article there too about the late great Belfast Celtic thewildgeese.com/pages/belfcelt…

12:18 20th Jun 2012 - Link

Celebrating Sankthans in Norway and hearing about the same in Donegal, Sligo, Mayo, Galway, Clare, Cork and Kerry. All west coast! East ?

12:13 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@faintlyfalling Mayo celebrate Sankthans with a bonfire? :-)

12:05 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@Britt_W Never a truer word spoken. I can see Sweden from here on a clear day #Sandefjord #Strømstad

12:03 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@fhayesmccoy @thesilvervoice Thats nice - I have an article there too about the late great Belfast Celtic thewildgeese.com/pages/belfcelt…

12:02 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@Britt_W Your team had a great win last night :-)

12:02 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@fhayesmccoy @thesilvervoice Irish Wars was one fof the first books I ever read :-)

11:51 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@fhayesmccoy @thesilvervoice Any relation to the historian? :-)

11:50 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@ireland Forgot Sligo too :-) @ireland

11:46 20th Jun 2012 - Link

So that's Donegal, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Galway that all celebrate Sankthans Norwegian-style by the sea with a bonfire? Any more counties?

11:00 20th Jun 2012 - Link

Cool! @fearraigh75: @cathyby @ireland Portuguese immigrants revived the flagging one back home in Sligo. Was a big thing when I was a kid.

11:00 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@fearraigh75: @cathyby @ireland The French for bonfire, incidentally, is “St-Jean”. Possibly the same in other European languages.

10:56 20th Jun 2012 - Link

All over-its a coastal tradition “@cathyby: @ireland Have heard you can see bonfires along the coast as you fly into Bergen on Sankthans.”

10:55 20th Jun 2012 - Link

Great article on Sankthans in SW Ireland - I will look for one about here in English felicityhayes-mccoy.blogspot.com/2012/06/summer…

10:27 20th Jun 2012 - Link

Today #Sandefjord is getting ready for Sankthans-the longest day of the year. We celebrate it in Donegal too but other parts of Ireland?

09:28 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@tearneck @BonoVox_ @AmnestyIreland @Colmogorman I'd be a lot prouder if Bono would pay his taxes

09:25 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@TheCasinoMarino @ireland Thats what I like best about them - that you can trust them to be factually correct and still a great story :-)

08:44 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@AWanderingIrish Absolutely just posted a link. One of the main characters is from your place :-) Check the link

08:43 20th Jun 2012 - Link

Any fans of the Sister Fidelma mysteries out there at all? An excellent series of books sisterfidelma.com/main.htm Let's hear from youse!? :-)

08:31 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@AWanderingIrish Great pics thanks for sharing. Do you know the Sister Fidelma mysteries? @ireland

07:35 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@AWanderingIrish Send us a wee pic of #Northumerland then? Big Celtic connection there :-)

07:34 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@GotIreland Thanks bud. Mind you, they might not be mine?! ;-)

07:32 20th Jun 2012 - Link

Today is the start of the Clonard Novena - a major religious and cultural event in #Belfast. Here for those interested clonard.com/webcam.html

07:21 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@psneeze @georgeinnorway Is he Irish? Hof is hillbilly country. No offence George :-)

07:09 20th Jun 2012 - Link

@psneeze Or goes to depending on your direction ;-) And how would you know that lad? Been there, done that? :-)

06:48 20th Jun 2012 - Link

Good morning from sunny, summery, #Sandefjord. How is it where you are? :-) pic.twitter.com/TrbzYLVX

22:25 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@blathnaidhealy Darkish about 23.00 but we are one hour ahead :-) I will post a few more pics tmrw.

22:22 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@blathnaidhealy Here is one over Larvik pic.twitter.com/j4BFQzyX

22:14 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@blathnaidhealy That could easily be here. I suppose beautiful sunsets really are a worldwide thing :-)

21:56 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@newzealand It should be a cracker :-)

21:55 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@jameshendicott Hatred and bigotry? Well there's just no response to that. Try having a wee lie down-things will maybe look better tomorrow

21:36 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@jameshendicott Really? Perhaps you could repost one of my anti-English tweets just to refresh my memory?

21:28 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@jameshendicott Actually I just asked a question the rambling is all your own

21:20 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@jameshendicott Erm...well.....you started it

21:17 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@PenTroll Must have missed the ref blowing for offside?

21:16 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@jameshendicott Referee blew for offside did he?

21:11 19th Jun 2012 - Link

So can we expect the disallowed Ukrainian goal to be the main topic in all the English papers tomorrow or will they just move on?

21:04 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@conorobyrne @sweden Aye well they can go home early then too :-)

20:59 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@lexia Biro-and-mirror, left-handed, while-drunk look to them ;-)

20:58 19th Jun 2012 - Link

Congratulations @sweden on a great victory. Sorry to see you going home :-(

20:57 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@john_mcguirk I hope that statement doesn't come with a raised hand salute?

20:41 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@lexia And they are all equally bad. Did he do them himself?

20:25 19th Jun 2012 - Link

Jammy bassas is a phrase that springs to mind #em2012

19:32 19th Jun 2012 - Link

England scraping through by the skin of their teeth

18:47 19th Jun 2012 - Link

Now we're talking - Kris for Belfast and Dublin goldenplec.com/kris-kristoffe…

18:31 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@SamLanes Tragic statement from Norsk TV :-(

18:29 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@Marcc68 @eyeblinks Best is undoubtedly the way of life. Worst? The cold and the dark - in the Winter ;-)

18:25 19th Jun 2012 - Link

Norwegian TV is saying that Roy Hodgson says Wayne Rooney can be England's Pele LMAO

18:23 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@gribers Are France not through regardless?

18:16 19th Jun 2012 - Link

So we have 3 people declaring support for England - that means 7330 not supporting them ;-) #em2012

18:15 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@Leabharlannai80 Actually Scotland is Ireland's nearest neighbour ;-)

17:53 19th Jun 2012 - Link

So England or Ukraine who are the Irish in the world rooting for? #em2012 #abe

16:59 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@EyeBlinks @Marcc68 We encumbents need all the help we can get ;-)

16:33 19th Jun 2012 - Link

This is what we do for fun in #Sandefjord - what do youse do? :-) youtube.com/watch?v=RyUf7r…

16:15 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@Marcc68 @worldirish GRMA Marc - I'll give that a go :-)

15:07 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@unakavanagh Well apart from yourself of course ;-)

15:01 19th Jun 2012 - Link

Jaypers the people who have been curator before me must have been a weird bunch judging by who they have been following #potpourri

14:53 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@lawlorlicious There's more where that came from so be careful ;-)

14:33 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@amysnow Fair to middlin - my friend calls it the Social Democratic Paradise #norge

14:10 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@amysnow Failte romhat :-)

14:04 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@lawlorlicious BTW didn't realise they were taxing Mass now ;-)

14:03 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@lawlorlicious Surely if the people have no faith in the taxation system they are entitled to reject it #notaxationwithoutrepresentation

13:34 19th Jun 2012 - Link

Doing this for a week @Ireland, WorldIrish worldirish.com/atireland via @worldirish

13:32 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@lawlorlicious Good point. Hence the huge crisis we are in at the moment?

13:30 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@Nerin_ Short memories? I don't think so ;-) #historyireland

13:28 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@significantrisk Aye well it's how you define stuff you see ;-)

13:28 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@nikkers09 Well the people who like the long, dark, winter nights are happy as Larry :-)

13:27 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@darran PROC abu :-)

13:25 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@GSheehy It come on top of state taxes. Normal to pay 40% tax on wages which is fine cos we have the best public services in the world here

13:22 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@Nerin_ FF - I thought they had been deported? #vandiemensland

13:21 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@lawlorlicious Seems they have no faith in how the state will use the taxes?

13:17 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@GSheehy It is for a specific purpose and for a specific period

13:17 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@GSheehy Property taxes can be made by local councils - I'd say it's about 50% of municipalities that have it

13:14 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@psneeze Forewarned is...and all that ;-)

13:13 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@Evy_C In what sense Evy?

13:12 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@Nerin_ I take it you voted for someone else then? ;-)

13:10 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@ScottArbs Every cloud and all that :-)

13:09 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@NiallOK Isn't there a proposal going to the Dail any day now? To drop the household charge I mean?

13:07 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@psneeze OK but let's let others have their opinion then :-)

13:07 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@RozanneStevens Eat at @FailteRstaurant Visit Napoleon's Nose on the top of the Cave Hill. Enjoy the people :-)

13:05 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@psneeze Erm...I don't think I will. Let's hear from you then?

13:02 19th Jun 2012 - Link

Are you in Ireland? What's your opinion on the household charges?

13:00 19th Jun 2012 - Link

The sun will be turning soon - only another few days before the nights start getting longer again #Sankthansaften

12:04 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@darran @sweden Why not go for @norway too? Oh thats right.. ppl in Oslo know nothing about Norway :-) Where you at in the Big Smoke then?

11:38 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@GTCost @seamusfmartin Tell us more?

10:49 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@Pinell_radio Har hatt Supersound II radioen i 2 år uten problemer nå får jeg kun "Please wait connecting..." - skjer ingen ting :-(

10:45 19th Jun 2012 - Link

Anybody got a Pinell supersound II radio? #help

10:43 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@Senakah It will undoubtedly be worse than that - it will take many years off his life

10:33 19th Jun 2012 - Link

I was in #Palestine with a union delegation recently and wrote this blog when I was there. Might be of interest? palestiniansolidarity.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/pal…

10:28 19th Jun 2012 - Link

Good news! Israel to release Palestinian footballer #Mahmoud Sarsak after 3 yrs interned w/out charge + 90 days on hungerstrike #solidarity

09:46 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@mionloch True but I think St Breandan was there first :-)

09:43 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@IrishAbroad_com Any chance they are contributing to the media stereotype? #nonaynever

09:25 19th Jun 2012 - Link

And if you ever end up on the Faroe Islands make sure they know you are Irish and you will never want for anything. Common history there too

09:24 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@alphadevx @unakavanagh GRMA John - aye they were wild plunderers altogether :-)

09:21 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@unakavanagh The common history in terms of our coastal traditions is the key for Irish ppl to understand Norway. Norwegians LOVE Ireland.

09:16 19th Jun 2012 - Link

@unakavanagh Then you can start by reading about Olav den Kvite or Amlaíb Conung in the Ulster Annals. He was from just down the road here!

09:01 19th Jun 2012 - Link

What? Is the whole Diaspora having a lie in? ;-) #deadinhere

07:18 19th Jun 2012 - Link

Good morning from sunny Norway. So what's the verdict on yesterdays #em2012? Trap to go? Bring back Mick McCarthy? pic.twitter.com/cMS3YSRM

20:26 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@ballsdotie Its The Huddle

20:24 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@demudder Not any more? :-)

19:34 18th Jun 2012 - Link

So 1-0 down at HT. What do you all think of Ireland tonight? #refereesucks #coybig

19:19 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@98FMdotcom Its not the Poznan its the Huddle #celtic

18:15 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@frbryanshortall Roy Keane might give you an argument there ;-) #COYBIG

16:51 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@RobbieKeenan He he indeed

16:07 18th Jun 2012 - Link

Do u agree with Eamonn Dunphy that Roy Keane is "an attention seeking pain in the arse" or does he make a valid point?independent.ie/sport/soccer/e…

15:05 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@AineKerr @FergalTodayFM @DublinAirport This would be the same Bono that won't pay his taxes? #hypocrite

14:38 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@sineadoconnor16 @slidingndiving GRMA Sinead - disgraceful approach from @amnesty sineadoconnor.com/index.php/2-ma…

14:38 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@sineadoconnor16 @slidingndiving GRMA Sinead - disgraceful approach from @amnesty

14:24 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@slidingndiving @sineadoconnor16 What is Sinead saying?

14:04 18th Jun 2012 - Link

Anyone in Dublin watching #AungSanSuuKyi

14:03 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@NinaLjFredman Now that's a team! :-)

13:35 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@ferguskelly I always thought Sheffield Wednesday was a holy day of obligation ;-)

13:33 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@ferguskelly She must have been a stunner to get you to do that ;-)

13:31 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@PiperHawk Do I hear calls for a referendum?

13:29 18th Jun 2012 - Link

So come on share your darkest secrets? What's your favourite soccer team? So far we have #Celtic and #Derby

13:28 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@PiperHawk You do realise that it IS Monday - whether you remember it or not? ;-)

13:27 18th Jun 2012 - Link

Thanks to everyone who RT the appeal for the missing lad in Poland thejournal.ie/appeal-for-iri…

13:26 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@PenTroll Bruce Rioch, Archie Gemmell, Dave Mackay, Roy McFarland = Derby :-)

13:21 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@PenTroll I saw #Celtic playing at Kongsvinger a few years back. My son was the mascot :-)

13:04 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@PenTroll Are you in Kongsvinger? KIL fan? ;-)

13:02 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@augustine_ryan The craic was good in Cricklewood when the Paddies came to town :-)

13:01 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@PenTroll GRMA didnt realise that. No way will it go 4 goals though? ;-)

12:54 18th Jun 2012 - Link

Do we have somebody in Italy who can tell us how the media is presenting tonites game? Foregone conclusion or? #em2012 #coybig

12:42 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@augustine_ryan I was there 25 years ago and it was jumpin :-)

12:15 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@unakavanagh @ferguskelly GRMA - will do. I am on all day today so lotsa time for Q&A :-)

12:14 18th Jun 2012 - Link

Irish fan missing in Poland pls RT thejournal.ie/appeal-for-iri…

12:13 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@ferguskelly So you think I should ask questions? ;-) GRMA Fergus :-)

12:01 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@ferguskelly Just started - any tips ? :-)

11:57 18th Jun 2012 - Link

The Craic in Cricklewood - Irish in London youtube.com/watch?v=2IE7OY… Anybody ever been?

11:46 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@runmurphyrun Not many races but lots of good routes along the fjords ;-) pic.twitter.com/Odh8bCzS

11:44 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@ferguskelly I read between the Lines ;-)

11:22 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@ferguskelly Thanks Fergus - a strange coincidence that the same teams are playing on the same date - 18 yrs to the day #coybig #Euro2012

11:16 18th Jun 2012 - Link

Remember Loughinisland - The Ireland team will. #coybig #loughinisland #justice 18years twitpic.com/9xt5k1

10:45 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@ConzieSays better actor than player I hope #celtic #coybig

10:36 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@runmurphyrun Grma - are you a runner? Me too :-)

09:44 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@ConzieSays 2 Koreans playing for #Celtic - do you know them? ;-)

09:42 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@web_bod No taxation without representation eh? ;-) Ireland is one of the few European countries that does not give emigrants a vote

09:31 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@psneeze @raptureponies What did you think of the election result? :-)

09:30 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@web_bod I most definitely do. Do you?

09:25 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@laurabelton Just posted a pic for you #Sandefjord

09:19 18th Jun 2012 - Link

#Sandefjord yesterday pic.twitter.com/CMMX4tI6

09:16 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@unakavanagh Both :-) #Sandefjord #Sandyford

09:15 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@ConzieSays 4am - where r u?

09:13 18th Jun 2012 - Link

If you are #Irish living in Greece I would love to hear your view on the election

09:11 18th Jun 2012 - Link

Anybody here living in Italia? Looking forward to today's match #Euro2012 #em2012

09:09 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@unakavanagh @boneye8 Gotta be one for Peter Tremayne's Sister Fidelma. Have you read her? #celticmystery

08:49 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@unakavanagh It comes from the Viking time. Isnt the local Catholic church called St Olav? #Sandefjord #Sandyford

08:41 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@blathnaidhealy Which came first? :-)

08:38 18th Jun 2012 - Link

@ConzieSays I was worried someone would mention the match :-)

08:20 18th Jun 2012 - Link

Good morning from Sandefjord, Norway. I will be curating @ireland this week so lets hear from you. What is moving in the Diaspora? :-)