[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @irish_news The Irish News President-elect Catherine Connolly's recent visit to Belfast has generated significant attention, marking her first trip to the North since her landslide victory. She attended Oireachtas na Samhna, a celebration of the Irish language through performing arts. This visit has been seen as bringing "life into the room" and has been widely reported. ### Engagements: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::99960420/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXX -XX% - X Month XXXXXXXXX -XX% - X Months XXXXXXXXXX +44% - X Year XXXXXXXXXX +16% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::99960420/posts_active)  - X Week XX -XX% - X Month XXX -XXXX% - X Months XXXXX +93% - X Year XXXXX +27% ### Followers: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::99960420/followers)  - X Week XXXXXXX -XXXX% - X Month XXXXXXX -XXXX% - X Months XXXXXXX -XXXX% - X Year XXXXXXX +0.75% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::99960420/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) XXXXX% [stocks](/list/stocks) XXXX% [fashion brands](/list/fashion-brands) XXXX% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) XXXX% **Social topic influence** [ireland](/topic/ireland) #503, [the first](/topic/the-first) 6.9%, [murder](/topic/murder) #1116, [the north](/topic/the-north) #646, [strike](/topic/strike) 3.45%, [parade](/topic/parade) 1.72%, [hidden](/topic/hidden) 1.72%, [pha](/topic/pha) 1.72%, [for all](/topic/for-all) 1.72%, [the good](/topic/the-good) XXXX% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@markoneiom](/creator/undefined) [@markrobinson98](/creator/undefined) [@gazni1886](/creator/undefined) [@anteo75](/creator/undefined) [@annalong](/creator/undefined) [@steptoes_orphan](/creator/undefined) [@markmcc7](/creator/undefined) [@dli_odoir](/creator/undefined) [@seamusrobinson9](/creator/undefined) [@wdavidh13](/creator/undefined) [@caustic54061355](/creator/undefined) [@eunan_180](/creator/undefined) [@charltonplaque](/creator/undefined) [@geekeee28](/creator/undefined) [@imakealot](/creator/undefined) [@archiepurple](/creator/undefined) [@campbell11by](/creator/undefined) [@_primitivewar](/creator/undefined) [@churchillsciga7](/creator/undefined) [@irish_bees](/creator/undefined) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "A North Antrim MLA is calling for councils across Northern Ireland to pause noise complaint notices targeting people playing Lambeg drums. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/irish_news/status/1990693241096696112) 2025-11-18T08:07Z 137.3K followers, 45.8K engagements "Two confirmed dead after heartbreaking Glenavy crash" [X Link](https://x.com/irish_news/status/1992560686271226335) 2025-11-23T11:47Z 137.3K followers, 6774 engagements "A loyalist band parade and rally was held in Belfast on Saturday. The march organised by the 1642 Boyne Bridge Defenders Historical Group followed the reopening of Durham Street and the new Boyne Bridge Parade outside Belfast Grand Central Station. The demonstration started at Sandy Row Orange Hall before moving along Glengall Street Victoria Street College Square East Wellington Place and Donegall Square North. A rally was held at City Hall coinciding with a Pro-Palestine rally which was also happening in the city centre. 🎥 Colm Lenaghan" [X Link](https://x.com/irish_news/status/1994799844058120483) 2025-11-29T16:05Z 137.3K followers, 61.7K engagements ""My lovely Mum died back in February after weeks being gravely ill in a hospital that for the first few weeks of her stay was still bedecked with Christmas decorations. "Christmas was always all about her : what I was going to buy her the carol services and craft fairs we went to the lighting of her Christmas tree the ancient seen-better-days one she had from when we were children." Read Leona O'Neill:" [X Link](https://x.com/irish_news/status/1996512113305497935) 2025-12-04T09:29Z 137.3K followers, 6160 engagements "One of the Republics main tourism marketing brands is to be extended across the border for the first time next year. The Irelands Hidden Heartlands brand will be adopted in the north and promoted with a 300000 marketing campaign that aims to boost visitor numbers in the area. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/irish_news/status/1996551810031685654) 2025-12-04T12:07Z 137.3K followers, XXX engagements "The number of flu cases among adults and children has more than trebled in the last two weeks and it's come earlier than last year. There have also been XXX flu-relatedhospital admissions up from XXX last week. Dr Joanne McClean from the PHA spoke The Irish News" [X Link](https://x.com/irish_news/status/1996645841122324834) 2025-12-04T18:20Z 137.3K followers, 1627 engagements "Belfast Diageo strike suspended after improved pay offer" [X Link](https://x.com/irish_news/status/1996656711252525176) 2025-12-04T19:03Z 137.3K followers, 1269 engagements "Belfast Diageo strike suspended after improved pay offer" [X Link](https://x.com/irish_news/status/1996691077273997790) 2025-12-04T21:20Z 137.3K followers, 1759 engagements ""Part of the population wants to lobby for a border poll as written into the Good Friday Agreement and others want to put it on the longest possible finger or preferably make it superfluous for all time." Read Denis Bradley's Friday column:" [X Link](https://x.com/irish_news/status/1996856937728852391) 2025-12-05T08:19Z 137.3K followers, 1240 engagements "A Belfast-born dad is asking the government to help his Irish brothers and their dad to get out of Gaza amidst the ongoing onslaught. Khalid El-Astal (30) was born and raised in Belfast and had been working in Saudi Arabia when the October X Hamas attacks took place. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/irish_news/status/1996872376563204446) 2025-12-05T09:20Z 137.3K followers, 1387 engagements "A lot of work is being done with the underage players and that must augur well for the future of the club." Greatest Cuchulainns crop of all hoping to rubber stamp their status with Ulster IFC title. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/irish_news/status/1996874120001442208) 2025-12-05T09:27Z 137.3K followers, 1108 engagements "An ex-PSNI detective who was instrumental in uncovering the murder of Katie Simpson says a criminal investigation into the death of a man on the M1 motorway in 2018 should be reopened. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/irish_news/status/1996912436314886619) 2025-12-05T12:00Z 137.3K followers, 5320 engagements "The young son of parents in a dysfunctional and violent relationship is to be freed for adoption a High Court judge has ruled. In the first case of its kind opened to the press in Northern Ireland Mr Justice Kinney on Thursday granted the order sought by the Western Health and Social Care Trust. Full story:" [X Link](https://x.com/irish_news/status/1996921931711336944) 2025-12-05T12:37Z 137.3K followers, 1708 engagements "BBC supports decision allowing Israels Eurovision participation amid boycott" [X Link](https://x.com/irish_news/status/1996932343731273944) 2025-12-05T13:19Z 137.3K followers, 1384 engagements "A mother jailed for murdering her baby son and attempting to murder his toddler sister in Northern Ireland is to have her convictions quashed the Court of Appeal has ruled. Full story:" [X Link](https://x.com/irish_news/status/1996989102542008553) 2025-12-05T17:04Z 137.3K followers, 1464 engagements "From a strong message to "it wont make a jot of difference - Northern Ireland's leaders give opposing views on the Eurovision boycott. Read more:" [X Link](https://x.com/irish_news/status/1997019989878960163) 2025-12-05T19:07Z 137.3K followers, 1141 engagements "The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland have learned their potential World Cup 2026 group stage opponents. The draw was made in Washington DC on Friday with Ireland in Group A alongside joint hosts Mexico South Africa and South Korea. Meanwhile Northern Ireland could face co-hosts Canada Qatar and Switzerland in Group B. Both sides have to come through play-offs in March to realise their World Cup dream. The Republic face Czechia in Prague and if they come through that they will face the winners of Denmark versus North Macedonia for a place at next summers spectacular. Northern Irelands" [X Link](https://x.com/irish_news/status/1997075762550354103) 2025-12-05T22:49Z 137.3K followers, 1809 engagements "Dozens attend mens outdoor rosary held in Belfast city centre" [X Link](https://x.com/irish_news/status/1997587193637056933) 2025-12-07T08:41Z 137.3K followers, 1800 engagements "Crowds gathered to take part in an all-mens rosary in Belfast city centre on Saturday afternoon. The event organised by Mens Rosary Ireland took place at Castle Junction in front of Primark. Many participants knelt in prayer in front of a statue of Our Lady and some carried crucifixes and other religious items. Around XX male participants gathered with shoppers and passers-by including women and children joining in throughout the event. 📽Mal McCann" [X Link](https://x.com/irish_news/status/1997388071348892033) 2025-12-06T19:30Z 137.3K followers, 46.4K engagements ""Young Gaels will one day play with other kids at that cricket club in Comber and logic dictates the Irish tricolour will soon also have its day above City Hall in recognition of the national identity of the majority community within Irelands second city and in recognition of the reciprocal need and desire to accommodate the British national identity within the north in a united Ireland of the future." Read Chris Donnelly:" [X Link](https://x.com/irish_news/status/1996866886047334781) 2025-12-05T08:59Z 137.3K followers, 33K engagements ""This is very distressing for residents who shouldn't have to leave their homes." Sinn Fein councillor Nichola Bradley says residents were asked to leave their homes twice in a matter of hours following two separate security alerts in the Havana Court area of Ardoyne on Sunday night and Monday morning. A 'viable pipe bomb' was discovered under a car during the first alert. 🎥 Mal McCann" [X Link](https://x.com/irish_news/status/1998019523060838557) 2025-12-08T13:19Z 137.3K followers, 7140 engagements "Lisa Dorrian: Man arrested on suspicion of murder XX years after disappearance released" [X Link](https://x.com/irish_news/status/1998139472618401964) 2025-12-08T21:15Z 137.3K followers, 1304 engagements
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@irish_news The Irish News
President-elect Catherine Connolly's recent visit to Belfast has generated significant attention, marking her first trip to the North since her landslide victory. She attended Oireachtas na Samhna, a celebration of the Irish language through performing arts. This visit has been seen as bringing "life into the room" and has been widely reported.
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Social Influence
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Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @markoneiom @markrobinson98 @gazni1886 @anteo75 @annalong @steptoes_orphan @markmcc7 @dli_odoir @seamusrobinson9 @wdavidh13 @caustic54061355 @eunan_180 @charltonplaque @geekeee28 @imakealot @archiepurple @campbell11by @_primitivewar @churchillsciga7 @irish_bees
Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"A North Antrim MLA is calling for councils across Northern Ireland to pause noise complaint notices targeting people playing Lambeg drums. Read more:"
X Link 2025-11-18T08:07Z 137.3K followers, 45.8K engagements
"Two confirmed dead after heartbreaking Glenavy crash"
X Link 2025-11-23T11:47Z 137.3K followers, 6774 engagements
"A loyalist band parade and rally was held in Belfast on Saturday. The march organised by the 1642 Boyne Bridge Defenders Historical Group followed the reopening of Durham Street and the new Boyne Bridge Parade outside Belfast Grand Central Station. The demonstration started at Sandy Row Orange Hall before moving along Glengall Street Victoria Street College Square East Wellington Place and Donegall Square North. A rally was held at City Hall coinciding with a Pro-Palestine rally which was also happening in the city centre. 🎥 Colm Lenaghan"
X Link 2025-11-29T16:05Z 137.3K followers, 61.7K engagements
""My lovely Mum died back in February after weeks being gravely ill in a hospital that for the first few weeks of her stay was still bedecked with Christmas decorations. "Christmas was always all about her : what I was going to buy her the carol services and craft fairs we went to the lighting of her Christmas tree the ancient seen-better-days one she had from when we were children." Read Leona O'Neill:"
X Link 2025-12-04T09:29Z 137.3K followers, 6160 engagements
"One of the Republics main tourism marketing brands is to be extended across the border for the first time next year. The Irelands Hidden Heartlands brand will be adopted in the north and promoted with a 300000 marketing campaign that aims to boost visitor numbers in the area. Read more:"
X Link 2025-12-04T12:07Z 137.3K followers, XXX engagements
"The number of flu cases among adults and children has more than trebled in the last two weeks and it's come earlier than last year. There have also been XXX flu-relatedhospital admissions up from XXX last week. Dr Joanne McClean from the PHA spoke The Irish News"
X Link 2025-12-04T18:20Z 137.3K followers, 1627 engagements
"Belfast Diageo strike suspended after improved pay offer"
X Link 2025-12-04T19:03Z 137.3K followers, 1269 engagements
"Belfast Diageo strike suspended after improved pay offer"
X Link 2025-12-04T21:20Z 137.3K followers, 1759 engagements
""Part of the population wants to lobby for a border poll as written into the Good Friday Agreement and others want to put it on the longest possible finger or preferably make it superfluous for all time." Read Denis Bradley's Friday column:"
X Link 2025-12-05T08:19Z 137.3K followers, 1240 engagements
"A Belfast-born dad is asking the government to help his Irish brothers and their dad to get out of Gaza amidst the ongoing onslaught. Khalid El-Astal (30) was born and raised in Belfast and had been working in Saudi Arabia when the October X Hamas attacks took place. Read more:"
X Link 2025-12-05T09:20Z 137.3K followers, 1387 engagements
"A lot of work is being done with the underage players and that must augur well for the future of the club." Greatest Cuchulainns crop of all hoping to rubber stamp their status with Ulster IFC title. Read more:"
X Link 2025-12-05T09:27Z 137.3K followers, 1108 engagements
"An ex-PSNI detective who was instrumental in uncovering the murder of Katie Simpson says a criminal investigation into the death of a man on the M1 motorway in 2018 should be reopened. Read more:"
X Link 2025-12-05T12:00Z 137.3K followers, 5320 engagements
"The young son of parents in a dysfunctional and violent relationship is to be freed for adoption a High Court judge has ruled. In the first case of its kind opened to the press in Northern Ireland Mr Justice Kinney on Thursday granted the order sought by the Western Health and Social Care Trust. Full story:"
X Link 2025-12-05T12:37Z 137.3K followers, 1708 engagements
"BBC supports decision allowing Israels Eurovision participation amid boycott"
X Link 2025-12-05T13:19Z 137.3K followers, 1384 engagements
"A mother jailed for murdering her baby son and attempting to murder his toddler sister in Northern Ireland is to have her convictions quashed the Court of Appeal has ruled. Full story:"
X Link 2025-12-05T17:04Z 137.3K followers, 1464 engagements
"From a strong message to "it wont make a jot of difference - Northern Ireland's leaders give opposing views on the Eurovision boycott. Read more:"
X Link 2025-12-05T19:07Z 137.3K followers, 1141 engagements
"The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland have learned their potential World Cup 2026 group stage opponents. The draw was made in Washington DC on Friday with Ireland in Group A alongside joint hosts Mexico South Africa and South Korea. Meanwhile Northern Ireland could face co-hosts Canada Qatar and Switzerland in Group B. Both sides have to come through play-offs in March to realise their World Cup dream. The Republic face Czechia in Prague and if they come through that they will face the winners of Denmark versus North Macedonia for a place at next summers spectacular. Northern Irelands"
X Link 2025-12-05T22:49Z 137.3K followers, 1809 engagements
"Dozens attend mens outdoor rosary held in Belfast city centre"
X Link 2025-12-07T08:41Z 137.3K followers, 1800 engagements
"Crowds gathered to take part in an all-mens rosary in Belfast city centre on Saturday afternoon. The event organised by Mens Rosary Ireland took place at Castle Junction in front of Primark. Many participants knelt in prayer in front of a statue of Our Lady and some carried crucifixes and other religious items. Around XX male participants gathered with shoppers and passers-by including women and children joining in throughout the event. 📽Mal McCann"
X Link 2025-12-06T19:30Z 137.3K followers, 46.4K engagements
""Young Gaels will one day play with other kids at that cricket club in Comber and logic dictates the Irish tricolour will soon also have its day above City Hall in recognition of the national identity of the majority community within Irelands second city and in recognition of the reciprocal need and desire to accommodate the British national identity within the north in a united Ireland of the future." Read Chris Donnelly:"
X Link 2025-12-05T08:59Z 137.3K followers, 33K engagements
""This is very distressing for residents who shouldn't have to leave their homes." Sinn Fein councillor Nichola Bradley says residents were asked to leave their homes twice in a matter of hours following two separate security alerts in the Havana Court area of Ardoyne on Sunday night and Monday morning. A 'viable pipe bomb' was discovered under a car during the first alert. 🎥 Mal McCann"
X Link 2025-12-08T13:19Z 137.3K followers, 7140 engagements
"Lisa Dorrian: Man arrested on suspicion of murder XX years after disappearance released"
X Link 2025-12-08T21:15Z 137.3K followers, 1304 engagements