To the uninitiated, Twitter can be a bit of mine field. It's where memes and news stories are often born and, in many ways, it's a language in and of itself. And then, of course, you've got the specific subculture that is Irish Twitter which is a whole other ball game.
We here at LADBible understand that it can be overwhelming trying to stay on top of a platform that feels like if you blink, you'll miss something crucial. That's why we've put together this nifty guide to the best of what's occurred on Irish Twitter this week - the funniest memes, the hottest takes and the moments that just made us say WT actual F.
So grab a cuppa, sit back and catch up on all the best tweets you might have missed this week, safe in the knowledge you can regurgitate them all to your friends as though they're your original thoughts in the coming week.
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LOL - This week's funniest tweets
God be with the days when all the edgy kids were bragging about listening to 'Murder On The Dancefloor' on their discmans, eh?
Nothing cuts deeper than the memory of the shops from which you bought your outfit for every single teenage disco.
Love Island finally came to an end last week but not before the revelation that Toby's mum hails from Co. Mayo of all places. Hard luck Toby - you never stood a chance it seems.
It's actually gas when you think about the harsh misery of those books. A Series Of Unfortunate Events had nothing on Dustbin Baby.
We've all employed a 'desperate times call for desperate measures' attitude at various points throughout the pandemic but this really takes it to a new extreme - did this woman not have access to even an ankle sock?
There's no clearer sign that it's time to pack it in than realising you're being aged out of illegal raves by anonymous TikTokkers.
TBH - The tweets that made us go 'Hmm...'
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Dublin City Council caught a lot of, frankly hilarious, heat this week by gleefully tweeting about the great success of the recent pedestrianisation of Capel Street and Parliament Street... and in the same tweet announcing their plans to end it all this coming weekend.
Cue an onslaught of backlash and ridicule, followed by the Council doubling back on the announcement and instead deciding to extend the arrangement for a further month... It's certainly been a week for DCC.
All the same, isn't it cool to see that sometimes your tweets moaning at government bodies can actually achieve something?
In an insightful thread by Emer McLysaght, the journalist and author shares her experience of seeking in-patient treatment in St. Pat's for an eating disorder without the luxury of having private health insurance. For the uniformed, it's shocking to read about the reality of how much this treatment could cost someone who desperately needs it.
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The replies are equally as revealing as many others shared similar experiences about their attempts to seek appropriate care for themselves or a loved one suffering with an eating disorder, and the challenges they faced within the Irish healthcare system.
Irish priest Fr. Paddy Byrne again highlighting the bizarre hypocrisy of the Vatican's stance on happily allowing its clergy to offer blessings for anything from inanimate objects, such as tractors or rings, to cows and pets but drawing a strict line at the idea of blessing the union of two human beings of the same sex. It's head scratching stuff but then, it's not the only confusing aspect of the Church.
WTF - An ode to the tweet we just didn't see coming
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We didn't see this monstrosity coming and we frankly never want to see it again. This has brought great dishonour to the Guinness-drinking community.
Topics: Ireland
