A microblogging site allowing users to share what they are doing with others. Entries are called 'tweets' and are limited to 140 characters. The site was founded by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams andBiz Stone and was launched in 2006. The company has 141 employees and over 190 million users.
# twitter - Monday 18 February, 2013
The 10 jobs we’d REALLY like to see at Facebook
We just want to make the world (i.e. Facebook) a better place. These are the positions they should be filling at Facebook HQ.
Chavez uses Twitter to announce his surprise return to Venezuela
Hugo Chavez has spent more than two months in Cuba for cancer surgery and treatment.
# twitter - Friday 15 February, 2013
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Jerry Kiernan’s interview last night
The former Irish athlete has provoked a strong reaction from his views on the payment of grants to inter-county players.
# twitter - Thursday 14 February, 2013
11 tweets from the world of Gerry Adams
They’re really not what you’d expect.
# twitter - Monday 11 February, 2013
Murdoch “considering” getting rid of “so last century” Page 3
The newspaper king made the comment following an online campaign by the No More Page 3 activist group.
# twitter - Sunday 10 February, 2013
Snapshot: The Dublin lads are ‘no craic’ on the bus back home
The side put in a hard shift against Kerry earlier today, and it showed.
# twitter - Saturday 9 February, 2013
Martin O’Neill: ‘Is James McClean maturing? No.’
The Sunderland boss has criticised the Ireland winger’s decision to start using Twitter again.
Tweet Sweeper: Here’s what Brian O’Driscoll likes to eat
Our pick of the week’s tweets from famous people.
# twitter - Thursday 7 February, 2013
‘Is this the Gathering?’: The very best #promnight tweets
Whatever happens, we’ll tweet our way out of this.
# twitter - Tuesday 5 February, 2013
Trapattoni hits back at Harte criticism
“I know him. I saw many games,” an exasperated Trapattoni said in Malahide today.
How Twitter reacted to the Magdalene Laundry report
From Enda Kenny’s non-apology to the record of previous governments, here’s what people on Twitter had to say about the Magdalene Laundry report.
Half of Irish adults now ‘two-screening’ while watching TV
A survey from Sky shows that almost 50 per cent of adults now text, tweet or use Facebook to discuss what they watch.
# twitter - Sunday 3 February, 2013
Rickie Fowler is a Belieber: It’s the sporting tweets of the week
Catch up on some of our favourite comments from the past 7 days.
# twitter - Saturday 2 February, 2013
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Ireland v Wales
It was heart in mouth stuff there for a while but Ireland eventually came out on top. Here’s how Twitter reacted to the game.
Tweet Sweeper: Rosanna Davison is dribbling
All down herself. Our pick of the week’s tweets from famous people.
Twitter attacked by ‘sophisticated’ hackers
The attackers may have gained some access to user information.
# twitter - Friday 1 February, 2013
So, Molly Malone’s on Twitter, picking fights
In Dublin’s fair city, no less!
# twitter - Thursday 31 January, 2013
A beginner’s guide to Vine courtesy of some famous people
Nothing eases you into a new app like advice from Dick Van Dyke
9 things to do while Twitter is down
We got this…
Dublin WiFi: Where can you get access?
The free version of the service, available from today, has a download speed of 512Kbps and an upload speed of 128Kbps.
# twitter - Tuesday 29 January, 2013
Ronnie Wood’s first day on Twitter… a retrospective
Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks?
# twitter - Monday 28 January, 2013
Twitter’s new video app accidentally puts porn as its ‘Editor’s Pick’
Vine users were surprised to see six seconds of smut as an editorial choice – which Twitter has blamed as ‘human error’.
We’re trying out Vine, and have already seen a naked man
Vine is Twitter’s new video-sharing app, but why should you be a little afraid of it?
Official Police Tweet of the Day
Morto for the Dallas Police Department.
# twitter - Sunday 27 January, 2013
Weird Wide Web – Steampunk, blocking goggles and a new looks-based dating app…
All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.
# twitter - Saturday 26 January, 2013
Céard? 17 words from modern Ireland, in Irish
Have you ever sent a ‘tvuÃt’ about the ‘tarrtháil’?
# twitter - Friday 25 January, 2013
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Jonny Sexton leaving Leinster
It’s official: Jonny Sexton will leave Leinster. And here’s what Twitter made of it all.
# twitter - Thursday 24 January, 2013
Twitter unveils new 6-second video app called Vine
The new feature allows users to take short looping videos which can be shared on social media.
French court says Twitter must identify racist tweet authors
The ruling follows a complaint by a Jewish student union after anti-Semitic messages were posted on the site.
# twitter - Wednesday 23 January, 2013
9 ways to text like your mam
Where r u? Who r u with?
# twitter - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
The Twitter awards are coming to a town near you
Assuming you will be living near Dublin town sometime in October, of course.
# twitter - Saturday 19 January, 2013
‘I’m turning this crap off now…’ Derval O’Rourke slams Lance Armstrong
To say the Cork athlete has little sympathy for the shamed cyclist is an understatement.
‘Dembele’s not good enough’ – How I became public enemy number one on Twitter
How one tweet opened up a new side of Twitter that Paul Fennessy had never experienced before.
# twitter - Friday 18 January, 2013
LISTEN: New music from Prince, from a mysterious source
Tell that cat to chill.
Twitter tributes to John Mullane
There’s been a lot of social media love for the Waterford hurler who announced his retirement last night.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to the Lance Armstrong-Oprah interview
The social networking site this evening was largely unsympathetic to the disgraced cyclist.
# twitter - Thursday 17 January, 2013
Shane McGrath: ‘I thought it was very uncalled for’
A leading inter-county hurler has highlighted the social media abuse players suffer as an unsettling new trend creeping into the game.























































