Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @fotoole
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
295
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-21
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-30
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
8 years
Summarization
Fintan O'Toole, an Irish journalist, author, and columnist, is a prominent commentator on Brexit and politics in Ireland. In his articles and interviews, he discusses various topics ranging from the future of the United Kingdom to the legacy of the Belfast Agreement. He also critiques the media's role in politics and societal issues such as gender ideology in Ireland. O'Toole's columns often attract controversy and debate, and he is known for his sharp analysis and writing style.
Topic Modeling
- #Brexit book festival
- Discussion on the state of the UK
- Gender ideology in Ireland
- Intel and US MNCs coming to Ireland in the late 1980s
- Politics, journalism, and history
- Excess deaths in the wake of lockdown
- Religious dominance and supernatural beliefs
- Reading recommendations on Brexit
- Joeliveline and Irish Times
- Mental health and belief systems forced on individuals
Emotional Analysis
The tweets cover a range of topics, but overall there is an underlying tone of frustration and criticism towards various political and societal issues, particularly in Ireland and the UK. Fintan O'Toole's opinions are frequently referenced, with some expressing admiration for his writing and insights, while others criticizing his viewpoints. There is also a sense of exasperation towards politicians and the media, with some expressing disillusionment over the current state of politics.
Trend Analysis
1. Brexit and its impact on the UK and Ireland 2. Criticism of the media and journalistic practices 3. Gender and religious ideologies in Ireland 4. Criticism of government policies and their effects on society 5. Reflection on historical events and their relevance to current issues.
- Brexit and its impact on the UK and Ireland
- Criticism of the media and journalistic practices
- Gender and religious ideologies in Ireland
- Criticism of government policies and their effects on society
- Reflection on historical events and their relevance to current issues.
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
57
Percentage of total tweets
19%
Number of Original tweets
38
Percentage of total tweets
12%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
295
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
195
Percentage of total tweets
66%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
30
Percentage of total tweets
10%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
19
Percentage of total tweets
6%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter Web App | 109 |
| Twitter for Android | 88 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 82 |
| Twitter for iPad | 10 |
| TweetDeck | 4 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| nybooks | The New York Review of Books | ‘The premier literary-intellectual magazine in the English language.’ | 2,292,072 |
| ShippersUnbound | Tim Shipman | Chief Political Commentator, Sunday Times. Author of All Out War (https://t.co/mMlv8dVzb9) & Fall Out (https://t.co/6gEK3tLrF2) | 211,158 |
| AllisonMorris1 | Allison Morris | Crime Correspondent and columnist with the Belfast Telegraph, commentator specialising in politics and security. Allison.Morris@belfasttelegraph.co.uk | 69,507 |
| OhGodWhatNowPod | Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast | Making sense of our political hell every Tues & Fri. Produced by @PodmastersUK Sign Up: https://t.co/GmHPkHRHD9 Tweets w/o signatures from the production team. | 48,415 |
| MarkLTighe | Mark Tighe | Sunday Independent reporter. Co-author Champagne Football. Donegal. Harps. Everton. Story? Email: mark.tighe@independent.ie. Post: 27-32 Talbot Street, Dublin 1 | 44,064 |
| hlinehan | Hugh Linehan | Arts & Culture Editor @IrishTimes. Presents Inside Politics podcast. I don’t engage with anonymous accounts. | 37,861 |
| Michael_O_Regan | Michael O'Regan | Journalist | 36,632 |
| newbelfast | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir | Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine. 🇺🇦 | 34,973 |
| SiCarswell | Simon Carswell | Journalist & author, Public Affairs Editor at @irishtimes Email: simon.carswell{at}https://t.co/xh42HsGqhW Past: Finance & US Correspondent | 28,314 |
| LordRickettsP | Peter Ricketts | Former diplomat, Nat Security Adviser, Amb Paris. Vice-Chair @RUSI_org. Hon Pres Normandy Memorial Trust. Author of ‘Hard Choices’. Views strictly my own! | 26,942 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| BrianwDolan | Brian Dolan OBE, RMN, RGN | Creator #Last1000days #EndPJparalysis Hon Prof Leadership in Healthcare, Uni of Salford; Honorary President AGILE network of physios working with older people | 20,639 |
| MarkLTighe | Mark Tighe | Sunday Independent reporter. Co-author Champagne Football. Donegal. Harps. Everton. Story? Email: mark.tighe@independent.ie. Post: 27-32 Talbot Street, Dublin 1 | 18,665 |
| orwell4ever | Mark Wayne | Aim to be the Orwell of twitter generation. Love truth justice human rights democracy. Dislike hypocrisy ignorance prejudice bigotry racism. #MUFC #FBPE #FBR | 12,190 |
| newbelfast | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir | Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine. 🇺🇦 | 11,949 |
| VijaySrao | Vijay Srao | - | 11,294 |
| yllekonadnerb | Brendan O'Kelly | Irish; B.Ed., https://t.co/GgK5LY9C7Z (Sociology/Epistemology, London) interests include, Natural Law, Art, Archaeology, History, Nature, Natural Law, Theatre+ Film, BDS supporter | 9,419 |
| brianjohnspencr | Brian John Spencer | Irish artist, and writer. At @CanvasGalleries. See my art on my IG: | 8,984 |
| adunlea | Annette J Dunlea (Irish Writer) 🇺🇦 | Writer, Author, Blogger & Foodie... My litblog:https://t.co/jxCj3dS7g0 I Support Ukraine 🇺🇦 | 8,717 |
| JohnOBrennan2 | John O’Brennan | Professor of European Politics, Jean Monnet Chair of European Integration. Commentary on Brexit, Balkans, EU, Ukraine, Russia-EU, UK politics,and Gambling. | 8,523 |
| ABroadBrush | Penny Ewles-Bergeron | Artist/writer ex-Naples/Lisbon, now England. Requires art, music, dance, history, politics & good food to thrive. Ed/co-author Napoli Unplugged Guide to Naples | 8,130 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| chat_annie | Faraway Hills are Green | 13 |
| Michael08483429 | Retired public servant, commentator on public affairs, researcher | 10 |
| ja022103 | Irish woman defending women's rights | 10 |
| EoghanCasey11 | 🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜 | 4 |
| dereirsin | Retweets or quotes for circulation, not always as an endorsement of content | 4 |
| Sdansarah | American in Ireland since 1992, Irish citizen as of 2 March 2020 also on https://t.co/CdQoIueYWi -- Fav book The Hidden Spring by Mark Solms | 4 |
| KarlMartinIrl | News/current affairs, Military vehicles, Transport, History. Occupation: doing what my wife wishes - secret to a happy life! Fav film: The Big Lebowski. No DMs | 3 |
| MrVirtueSignal | Ideas have consequences — consequences that bless or destroy. People’s behavior, for good one evil, does not come out of nowhere. | 3 |
| JasonSymes4 | Two loves, art and Sheffield Wednesday. | 3 |
| frankarmstrong2 | Textosaurus, hoping to evolve. Content editor of Cassandra Voices. | 3 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1640285066222874624 | Curious about why American pharma giants, American banks and American corporations are funding gender ideology in Ireland? You should be. @rtenews @NTBreakfast @fotoole @willieodeaLIVE @WomensSpaceIre @wicklowwomen4w1 @bjportraits @LeoVaradkar https://t.co/1t7TawWPni | 19 |
| 1638816098257711112 | The UK is “muddling towards extinction”, says @fotoole. He joins @rosamundmtaylor to discuss why the UK is not the natural union that its supporters believe it to be. Listen ➡️ https://t.co/7CaxSiYMlw https://t.co/ilEnvSuTUK | 15 |
| 1638882944499478529 | @bunker_pod @fotoole @rosamundmtaylor Always good to hear more insights from @fotoole. For a broadly similar take on the structural imbalance in the Union and the role of English nationalism in Brexit, try this 2017 piece by Nicholas Boyle: https://t.co/YyWcVdPeVk | 15 |
| 1639601967705083906 | Soon a #brexit book festival? @pmdfoster @chrisgreybrexit @anandMenon1 @fotoole @robfordmancs @tconnellyRTE @DenisMacShane @agendapub @SCollinsIT @james_lisak @ConUnit_UCL @ShippersUnbound @GoodwinMJ @LordRickettsP @philipstephens @davidallengreen @jonathancoe @AmandaPCraig https://t.co/GwA7uItb6y | 11 |
| 1638882956491239424 | OGWN listeners, this is relevant to your interests. One of the most penetrating writers on Brexit @fotoole talks to our @RosamundTaylor about the shaky future of the UK… https://t.co/nJqdIRmA8x | 5 |
| 1641137820868673544 | As we approach the 25th anniversary of the Belfast Agreement, @fotoole joins me on this week’s Inside Politics podcast to discuss the achievement of the agreement, its legacy and what the future holds for the framework it established. https://t.co/YEy2VeQ0me https://t.co/aszMyLQMej | 5 |
| 1639579087705448448 | Fascinating article by @fotoole How journalists were complicit in one of the great con jobs of modern times https://t.co/4ZMXYSlmgv | 4 |
| 1640779674379857921 | This @fotoole column prefers to ignore the actual policy reasons that made it possible for Intel and other US MNCs come to Ireland from the late 1980s. Perhaps because he doesn't like that those policies worked. https://t.co/rDZVLxl1pw | 4 |
| 1638960247325749269 | @louiseadler @adelwritersweek @fotoole @FergusonNews @abc730 @IrelandFundsAU Louise every living Jew I know is glad not to have been at your hatefest. Why did Twitter suspend Susan Abulhawa whilst you gave her a prominent platform to spew her #Jewhate ? https://t.co/NanomAy7mZ | 4 |
| 1640623858507042818 | Brilliant @fotoole piece combining the Kerry Babies case and Intel’s semiconductors to argue that Ireland’s centre of gravity has moved “from Maynooth to Leixlip” over the last 30 years. (* I read this on the bus between Maynooth and Leixlip) https://t.co/CY7IG1PEFb | 3 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1639601967705083906 | Soon a #brexit book festival? @pmdfoster @chrisgreybrexit @anandMenon1 @fotoole @robfordmancs @tconnellyRTE @DenisMacShane @agendapub @SCollinsIT @james_lisak @ConUnit_UCL @ShippersUnbound @GoodwinMJ @LordRickettsP @philipstephens @davidallengreen @jonathancoe @AmandaPCraig https://t.co/GwA7uItb6y | 42 |
| 1638816098257711112 | The UK is “muddling towards extinction”, says @fotoole. He joins @rosamundmtaylor to discuss why the UK is not the natural union that its supporters believe it to be. Listen ➡️ https://t.co/7CaxSiYMlw https://t.co/ilEnvSuTUK | 40 |
| 1638882944499478529 | @bunker_pod @fotoole @rosamundmtaylor Always good to hear more insights from @fotoole. For a broadly similar take on the structural imbalance in the Union and the role of English nationalism in Brexit, try this 2017 piece by Nicholas Boyle: https://t.co/YyWcVdPeVk | 37 |
| 1640285066222874624 | Curious about why American pharma giants, American banks and American corporations are funding gender ideology in Ireland? You should be. @rtenews @NTBreakfast @fotoole @willieodeaLIVE @WomensSpaceIre @wicklowwomen4w1 @bjportraits @LeoVaradkar https://t.co/1t7TawWPni | 32 |
| 1640779674379857921 | This @fotoole column prefers to ignore the actual policy reasons that made it possible for Intel and other US MNCs come to Ireland from the late 1980s. Perhaps because he doesn't like that those policies worked. https://t.co/rDZVLxl1pw | 25 |
| 1640686926830219264 | Fintan O’Toole (@fotoole) on Trump, Stormy Daniels, and the law https://t.co/OizmkYJDNB | 22 |
| 1640755421936746498 | If you have seen @fotoole's IT article one can only be full of admiration for Fintan staying to fight the good fight through the dark ages of Irish patriarchal society in the 1980s. My parents must have shielded me well from this dark land I lived through in my late teens! | 15 |
| 1638882956491239424 | OGWN listeners, this is relevant to your interests. One of the most penetrating writers on Brexit @fotoole talks to our @RosamundTaylor about the shaky future of the UK… https://t.co/nJqdIRmA8x | 14 |
| 1640623858507042818 | Brilliant @fotoole piece combining the Kerry Babies case and Intel’s semiconductors to argue that Ireland’s centre of gravity has moved “from Maynooth to Leixlip” over the last 30 years. (* I read this on the bus between Maynooth and Leixlip) https://t.co/CY7IG1PEFb | 13 |
| 1641137820868673544 | As we approach the 25th anniversary of the Belfast Agreement, @fotoole joins me on this week’s Inside Politics podcast to discuss the achievement of the agreement, its legacy and what the future holds for the framework it established. https://t.co/YEy2VeQ0me https://t.co/aszMyLQMej | 12 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #ireland | 3 |
| #brexit | 2 |
| #lent2023 | 2 |
| #day35 | 2 |
| #irelandfootball | 2 |
| #covid_19 | 2 |
| #jewhate | 2 |
| #lockdown | 2 |
| #northernireland | 1 |
| #books | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @fotoole | 298 |
| @hlinehan | 31 |
| @toby00green | 28 |
| @hselive | 27 |
| @indepdubnrth | 27 |
| @kevinbardosh | 27 |
| @default69202648 | 27 |
| @ewanmackenna | 27 |
| @honigsbaum | 27 |
| @verdur_in | 27 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
13
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 🤣 | 9 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 🚨 | 3 | police_car_light |
| 😁 | 2 | beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes |
| 😳 | 2 | flushed_face |
| ➡️ | 2 | right_arrow |
| 👏 | 2 | clapping_hands |
| 6️⃣ | 2 | keycap_6 |
| 🇪🇺 | 1 | European_Union |
| 🙄 | 1 | face_with_rolling_eyes |
| 😜 | 1 | winking_face_with_tongue |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 19 |
| Symbols | 8 |
| People & Body | 5 |
| Travel & Places | 3 |
| Activities | 2 |
| Flags | 1 |
| Food & Drink | 1 |