Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @EPAIreland
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
286
Earliest tweet was on
2023-02-09
Latest tweet was on
2023-02-18
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
8 years
Summarization
This conversation is centered around Ireland's water quality and environmental targets, upstream violators of water quality standards, and actions to protect against poor water quality in the future. The conversations reference unlicensed wastewater discharge, excessive pollutants, livestock reduction, food waste, and the need for research on circular material use rates to reach environmental policy targets. Other topics include judicial engagement, coastal and marine resilience, and long-term funding for EcoEye programming.
Topic Modeling
- Environmental Pollution
- Climate Change and Ireland's Targets
- Food Waste
- Ireland's Peatlands
- Circular Economy
Emotional Analysis
The emotions expressed in these tweets are mainly anger and frustration. People are angry that Fingal CC was granted permission for an unlicensed wastewater discharge without proper environmental assessments. They are also frustrated with the Irish Water sewage causing rivers in 6 counties to be polluted, with a derisory fine as the only consequence. There is also a sense of urgency, as the tweeters call for more action to be taken to meet climate targets and stop food waste. Finally, there is a feeling of hope that the research projects being funded by the EPAIreland will help to create a more sustainable future.
Trend Analysis
- Pollution in Ireland
- Climate Change & Environmental Issues
- Food Waste & Food Rescue
- Livestock Reduction & Forestry Targets
- Coastal & Marine Resilience
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
81
Percentage of total tweets
28%
Number of Original tweets
45
Percentage of total tweets
15%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
286
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
146
Percentage of total tweets
51%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
31
Percentage of total tweets
10%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
78
Percentage of total tweets
27%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter Web App | 101 |
| Twitter for Android | 99 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 67 |
| TweetDeck | 8 |
| Twitter for iPad | 4 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| NewstalkFM | NewstalkFM | We aim to engage, challenge, inform, and entertain. Tune in: 106-108FM or https://t.co/oOJNYJq3A2 | 300,393 |
| siliconrepublic | Silicon Republic | Sci-tech news and views since 2001. Voted Ireland's best science & technology website 7 times. Leading coverage in Fintech, IoT, Blockchain, AI, Future of Work. | 70,940 |
| uniofgalway | Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway | University of Galway is The Sunday Times University of the Year 2022. Social Policy: https://t.co/ur5hGvHbnm RCN 20002107 | 55,053 |
| EamonRyan | Eamon Ryan | Minister for Transport, Climate, Environment & Communications. TD Dublin Bay South. Green Party Leader. | 50,393 |
| think_or_swim | John Gibbons | Freaking out - & speaking out - on #ClimateEmergency. By campaigning journalist John Gibbons Email: Irishclimate@mac.com Blog: https://t.co/DBB20A4Gek | 34,598 |
| Corkcoco | Cork County Council | Official tweets from Cork County Council T: 021-4276891 E: customercare@corkcoco.ie Emergency Out of Hours T: 021-4800048 Customer Portal: https://t.co/vik114qtxR | 28,388 |
| BirdWatchIE | BirdWatch Ireland | Ireland's largest conservation charity dedicated to protecting birds and biodiversity. | 26,750 |
| EPAIreland | EPA Ireland | Our mission is to protect and improve the environment as a valuable asset for the people of Ireland. Contact us at info@epa.ie. RT is not an endorsement. | 22,098 |
| EcoEye | The Eco Eye Team | Environmental documentaries. Here to support evidence based discussions on environment issues. Retweets ≠ endorsements. https://t.co/xo2YYMudyu | 17,019 |
| iiea | IIEA | The Institute of International and European Affairs. Independent, not-for-profit. Sharing Ideas, Shaping Policy. Retweets are not endorsements. | 16,838 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| m_parrington | Mark Parrington | Senior scientist Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service @CopernicusECMWF @ECMWF working on global #wildfires #airquality #atmoschem & #scicomm. | 7,376 |
| CreativeDynamix | @creativedynamix@mastodon.social | I’m no longer here much, don’t expect a response #behavioural #experiential #designstrategy #servicedesign @irishdenetwork #inclusion #tunnelvision 💚🌍✌🏻 | 5,880 |
| JuniorEinsteins | JuniorEinsteins | Slime makers, explosion creators. Science Parties, Camps, after-school clubs, STEM workshops. Female founder. Scientist. Speaker UN. Franchise opportunities. | 5,768 |
| DCUWater | Water Institute DCU | 💧Water 👩🏻🔬Research 🤝Partnerships 👩🏼🏫Knowledge Transfer 🌍Conservation & Protection💡Innovation 🛰 Technology 🌊Marine 🚰 #Water4Climate #ValueWater | 5,374 |
| fishmigration | Fish Migration | We ENABLE practitioners to remove dams #damremoval & RESTORE #freeflowingrivers We HOST #damremovaleurope CELEBRATE #worldfishmigrationday #happyfish May25 2024 | 5,362 |
| Default69202648 | Shane Corr | Department of Health - Whistleblower | 5,175 |
| Sandyshark | Shan Kelly | Digital Communications specialist Formerly with @akidwa and DSAI https://t.co/80RdUhIXAV https://t.co/CneMBpr7bK | 5,002 |
| 1noeloconnor | 🇺🇦Noel O Connor🐄🐑 | Father of 4, husband of 1. Dairy farmer for income, sheep farmer for penance. Saving the world, one cow at a time. #LFC #YNWA #JFT97 And I routinely block Q/Ts | 5,001 |
| RomanowskiRonal | Romanowski Ronald | Od Sasa do Lasa i róbta co chceta. | 5,001 |
| cnbcwatcher90 | 🌹 Rosie Greene 😷 🇺🇦🙏 | Law grad|Britney Spears fan 👱♀️|Sonic fan🦔| London Underground enthusiast🚇|Gamer🎮|Computer nerd🖥|pop music fan🎤💃|Pokemon + Potter fan|Student notetaker | 5,000 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| DCUWater | 💧Water 👩🏻🔬Research 🤝Partnerships 👩🏼🏫Knowledge Transfer 🌍Conservation & Protection💡Innovation 🛰 Technology 🌊Marine 🚰 #Water4Climate #ValueWater | 9 |
| MouseDonegal | Ex Internet cafe owner, now #letterkenny #Donegal Mechanical engineer @TCD BA,BAI. @UCC Hdip Sustainability in Enterprise.NSAI crane expert. | 6 |
| potooleifj | Lives at the Farmers Journal's newsdesk, then home to family and farm in Ferns | 6 |
| nomorequangos | Chartered Civil Engineer. Anything to do with one off housing especially septic tank issues and Building Regulations. | 6 |
| iiea | The Institute of International and European Affairs. Independent, not-for-profit. Sharing Ideas, Shaping Policy. Retweets are not endorsements. | 6 |
| lpearsemoran | Farmer. Prefer those who build up to those who tear down Could re-tweet anything mindlessly. Capable of holding contradictory thoughts in my head occasionally😀 | 5 |
| JamesBCarr1 | Content Writer for SMEs | Nature Friendly Farmer | Dago Red Irish Tour Manager & Singer | 5 |
| Aily_NC | - | 5 |
| kemper_sabrina | Environmental Human Rights Defender, Equality/, Advocate for Enviro Justice. Community Representative, Mother, Swimmer, Dublin Ireland. @SJK@mastodon.ie | 5 |
| RediscoveryCtr | Rediscovery Centre, National Centre for the Circular Economy that provides a creative space connecting people, ideas & resources for greener living RCN-20070106 | 4 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1623986120248680448 | Got a letter today stating that Fingal CC granted permission 11 days ago for an unlicensed wastewater discharge via Pump Station in Howth without carrying out stage 2 AA/ EIA / dual consent with @EPAIreland. I went to court to ensure this wouldn’t happen again, but here we are. https://t.co/47YSLVS0YX | 58 |
| 1624064682712526848 | Irish Water sewage causing rivers in 6 counties to be polluted & "grossly polluted", with pollutants 10-45 times permitted levels. €7000 fine is derisory. Shocking + unacceptable that @DeptHousingIRL & @EPAIreland are allowing this to continue up to 2029. https://t.co/xVMlAervTP | 42 |
| 1624061202149044225 | In Ireland at least 1.1 MILLION tonnes of #foodwaste is generated annually. We are excited to announce the launch of new #FoodRescueCafe pilot to help #stopfoodwaste & inspire other cafes, run from our very own #BoilerHouseCafe! Funded by @EPAIreland #GreenEnterprise Programme https://t.co/oHqoVIjlZ5 | 17 |
| 1624703501249945609 | ‘Ireland will need to reduce its livestock numbers by 30%, quadruple its forestry targets, and re-wet 90% of reclaimed land in order to meet its climate targets, new @EPAIreland research has found’. https://t.co/ngE8BBTf6d | 16 |
| 1624520013011992577 | While @IrishRugby were systematically diamantling the French challenge, I was wrestling with the context and implications of @BrianMahon's front page scoop- an @EPAIreland report that talks of a 30% cut in livestock numbers. This weekend's long read- https://t.co/huMG9IhWDT | 15 |
| 1626496358331867137 | 🔔2.3 Mt Carbon pear year🔔 our latest estimate of national GHG emissions from all Irish peatlands with more than 1/2 coming from peat under grassland and 1/3 from domestic extraction. Let that number sink... @EPAIreland @agriculture_ie @Dept_ECC @noonan_malcolm https://t.co/avULnx2yi5 | 12 |
| 1625149050650521602 | #ICYMI: "Climate is a class issue. There is little or no chance of tackling a crisis of overconsumption without deeply disturbing the overconsumers." Op-ed from @fotoole with reference to an @EPAIreland study by @DCUClimate post-doc @brendamcnally. https://t.co/kICwrkxe0k | 10 |
| 1623780493035556867 | Excellent episode. Worth watching and listening. Such honesty @ElaineMcgoff is brilliant. @InlandFisherIE excellent. Why are they not succeeding? 20 years after #WFD why is our water quality declining? @EcoEye well done! @EPAIreland water is too important. https://t.co/kpvO0JZdMF | 10 |
| 1626162362330882049 | New research report from @EPAIreland and @MarineInst funding on #coastal #resilience in Ireland with partners from @MaREIcentre. Thank you to the #Maharees and #Youghal communities for collaborating @ohaganam @DocFloodS @Galway_Research @RyanInstitute https://t.co/3cy7nGxQqE https://t.co/2W6dRAVSe0 | 7 |
| 1626671909671690249 | Just a few days left for atmospheric scientists to apply for this exciting postdoc opportunity - working at the forefront of science for policy for #airquality and #climatechange. Apply before 22nd Feb to work with our stellar team!@EPAIreland @Galway_Research @Mace_Head https://t.co/qXKLnHwFsK | 6 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1623986120248680448 | Got a letter today stating that Fingal CC granted permission 11 days ago for an unlicensed wastewater discharge via Pump Station in Howth without carrying out stage 2 AA/ EIA / dual consent with @EPAIreland. I went to court to ensure this wouldn’t happen again, but here we are. https://t.co/47YSLVS0YX | 210 |
| 1624064682712526848 | Irish Water sewage causing rivers in 6 counties to be polluted & "grossly polluted", with pollutants 10-45 times permitted levels. €7000 fine is derisory. Shocking + unacceptable that @DeptHousingIRL & @EPAIreland are allowing this to continue up to 2029. https://t.co/xVMlAervTP | 89 |
| 1624013322910674946 | @kemper_sabrina @EPAIreland Sorry Sabrina, but how can any Council grant permission for something that’s unlicensed? Country is literally going down the drain. | 54 |
| 1624703501249945609 | ‘Ireland will need to reduce its livestock numbers by 30%, quadruple its forestry targets, and re-wet 90% of reclaimed land in order to meet its climate targets, new @EPAIreland research has found’. https://t.co/ngE8BBTf6d | 53 |
| 1624061202149044225 | In Ireland at least 1.1 MILLION tonnes of #foodwaste is generated annually. We are excited to announce the launch of new #FoodRescueCafe pilot to help #stopfoodwaste & inspire other cafes, run from our very own #BoilerHouseCafe! Funded by @EPAIreland #GreenEnterprise Programme https://t.co/oHqoVIjlZ5 | 47 |
| 1626496358331867137 | 🔔2.3 Mt Carbon pear year🔔 our latest estimate of national GHG emissions from all Irish peatlands with more than 1/2 coming from peat under grassland and 1/3 from domestic extraction. Let that number sink... @EPAIreland @agriculture_ie @Dept_ECC @noonan_malcolm https://t.co/avULnx2yi5 | 41 |
| 1624520013011992577 | While @IrishRugby were systematically diamantling the French challenge, I was wrestling with the context and implications of @BrianMahon's front page scoop- an @EPAIreland report that talks of a 30% cut in livestock numbers. This weekend's long read- https://t.co/huMG9IhWDT | 39 |
| 1625096047209897984 | Thanks to everyone who came to our Countryside Bird Survey (CBS) Workshop at the University of Limerick. Thanks to @EPAIreland for funding and our partners in the National Parks and Wildlife Service. https://t.co/Gvgn0kPLa9 | 36 |
| 1623780493035556867 | Excellent episode. Worth watching and listening. Such honesty @ElaineMcgoff is brilliant. @InlandFisherIE excellent. Why are they not succeeding? 20 years after #WFD why is our water quality declining? @EcoEye well done! @EPAIreland water is too important. https://t.co/kpvO0JZdMF | 26 |
| 1626162362330882049 | New research report from @EPAIreland and @MarineInst funding on #coastal #resilience in Ireland with partners from @MaREIcentre. Thank you to the #Maharees and #Youghal communities for collaborating @ohaganam @DocFloodS @Galway_Research @RyanInstitute https://t.co/3cy7nGxQqE https://t.co/2W6dRAVSe0 | 25 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #environmentalresilience | 10 |
| #circulareconomy | 7 |
| #climateaction | 6 |
| #doughnut | 6 |
| #economics | 6 |
| #airquality | 5 |
| #reuserepairrecycle | 5 |
| #climatescam | 4 |
| #sustainability | 4 |
| #socent | 3 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @epaireland | 289 |
| @irishrugby | 30 |
| @brianmahon | 30 |
| @ecoeye | 29 |
| @potooleifj | 24 |
| @dept_ecc | 23 |
| @noonan_malcolm | 17 |
| @kemper_sabrina | 15 |
| @biodatacentre | 13 |
| @irishwildlife | 13 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
30
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 👉 | 11 | backhand_index_pointing_right |
| 🐸 | 6 | frog |
| 🔔 | 6 | bell |
| 🤷♂️ | 6 | man_shrugging |
| 😭 | 6 | loudly_crying_face |
| 🤔 | 3 | thinking_face |
| 🥰 | 3 | smiling_face_with_hearts |
| 🤬 | 3 | face_with_symbols_on_mouth |
| 🤞 | 3 | crossed_fingers |
| 🗓️ | 2 | spiral_calendar |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| People & Body | 26 |
| Smileys & Emotion | 24 |
| Animals & Nature | 11 |
| Objects | 10 |
| Symbols | 9 |
| Travel & Places | 4 |
| Food & Drink | 1 |
| Activities | 1 |