TheJournal Politics

@TJ_Politics · The halls of Leinster House · joined 06 Aug 2014

Political news, views, analysis and craic from The Journal. Tweets from @thejournal_ie reporters.

11 961Followers

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22 818Posts total

333.1KViews on collected posts

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TheJournal Politics@TJ_Politics16 Sep

Sinn Féin TDs have thrown their support behind Macklemore after he was cut from Ed Sheeran’s US tour over his support of Palestine. TD Louise O Reilly says the groundswell of support from Irish people should be a lesson for the FAI, that the upcoming fixture should be boycotted.

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TheJournal Politics@TJ_Politics15 Sep

@TJ_Politics These people are religious zealots and apparently don't realize it. 965 views · 16 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

TheJournal Politics@TJ_Politics15 Sep

@TJ_Politics They have gone from bad to worse since Roisin Shortall and Catherine Murphy left 715 views · 16 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

TheJournal Politics@TJ_Politics15 Sep

@TJ_Politics Probably sent off to the Leitrim gulag for some reconditioning. 644 views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

TheJournal Politics@TJ_Politics15 Sep

For a 2nd year in a row, the SocDems think-in has been dominated by a controversy surrounding their Dublin Bay South TD Eoin Hayes. Earlier this month, the Ditch reported that Hayes boasted about cutting 200 tech jobs. He was notably absent from today’s press conference. https:

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TheJournal Politics@TJ_Politics13 Sep

And that’s a wrap. US President Donald Trump has departed the Irish Open in Marine One, after making the shock announcement that he was removing tariffs on Irish Whiskey in honour of Shane Lowry’s win. https://t.co/HbekEEAWci

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TheJournal Politics@TJ_Politics13 Sep

@TJ_Politics Martin HATES when a woman, in particular, asks him a question or challenges him on his hypocrisy. Martin is siding with Israel because he's a weasel who's only concern is 🤑 💸. He has singlehandedly destroyed Ireland's policy of human right & dignity for all. 996 views · 77 likes · 6 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

TheJournal Politics@TJ_Politics13 Sep

@TJ_Politics An absolute bullshitter. That's all he's good for. 2.6K views · 238 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

TheJournal Politics@TJ_Politics13 Sep

@TJ_Politics Won’t even back up his own words. What a leader 1.7K views · 90 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

TheJournal Politics@TJ_Politics13 Sep

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he did not refer to the situation in Gaza as a “genocide” when speaking to US President Donald Trump. He said it was “unfair” to suggest this was a change in his language. https://t.co/GaL3SAg1Q7 https://t.co/C1NRrRPsjy

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TheJournal Politics@TJ_Politics13 Sep

Lots of cheers for Trump as he made his way down to the starting tee box to watch Shane Lowry tee off this afternoon at the Irish Open here in Doonbeg. https://t.co/Hv0ehWD34Y

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11 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views2 571this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %21.49%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.47%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	2 571	924	2.78×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	21.49%	3.62%	5.94×
Engagement rate	1.47%	1.52%	0.97×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

59.9K13 Sep

178.6K

1.7K

2.6K

996

3.5K

67.5K15 Sep

644

715

965

15.9K16 Sep

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Engagement rate per post

1.47%13 Sep

0.22%

5.28%

9.30%

8.53%

1.19%

0.18%15 Sep

1.40%

2.24%

1.97%

1.47%16 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes66.0%1 500 in total

Reposts6.2%140 in total

Replies18.1%411 in total

Quotes3.8%87 in total

Bookmarks5.9%134 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

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