Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @aaroadwatch
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
123
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-21
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-30
Tweets covering
8 days
Average age of authors' accounts
8 years
Summarization
Several tweets expressed frustration with the Irish Times' biased reporting and called for more attention to be paid to the needs of motorists. There were also calls for more enforcement of bus lanes through the use of cameras and fines. Several tweets warned of road closures and floods due to high tides, and one pointed out the need for bus lane cameras nationally. Other tweets addressed traffic congestion, fuel economy, and the death of a former AA patrolman.
Topic Modeling
- Newspaper bias and red top approach
- Traffic enforcement and camera use
- Bus lanes and non-motorist road users
- Road closures and traffic updates
- Fuel economy and vehicle models
Emotional Analysis
These tweets express a range of emotions, primarily frustration and anger towards road and traffic regulations. The authors express dissatisfaction with the use of bus lanes, arguing that they should be reserved for buses, cyclists, and emergency vehicles only. Many tweets call for the use of cameras for enforcement and issue complaints about the high cost of services. However, positive emotions are also present in a few tweets, such as appreciation for wildlife signs or remembering a kind AA patrolman who has passed away.
Trend Analysis
- Advocacy for unbiased news reporting
- Calls for more enforcement on bus lane violations
- Displeasure with AA membership fees
- Updates on road closures and traffic conditions
- Discussion of fuel economy and vehicle types
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
19
Percentage of total tweets
15%
Number of Original tweets
15
Percentage of total tweets
12%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
123
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
87
Percentage of total tweets
70%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
2
Percentage of total tweets
1%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
15
Percentage of total tweets
12%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter for Android | 46 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 43 |
| Twitter Web App | 27 |
| Twitter for iPad | 3 |
| Hootsuite Inc. | 3 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| franmcnulty | Fran McNulty | Presenter @RTE_PrimeTime #rtept former Correspondent @rtenews Views = mine Threema: https://t.co/Fjxf7oWjIC | 25,890 |
| barbarascully | Barbara Scully | Writer, Broadcaster, Dreamer. Debut book ‘Wise Up’ 🦉 now available from bookshops, Amazon & from my website Repairer of broken lives on Moncrieff @NewstalkFM. | 20,511 |
| damienwlr | Damien Tiernan | “Hello there and a very good morning to you…” first 4 years 2xGold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze = award winning prog #deisetoday on #wlr | 16,893 |
| TIITraffic | TII Traffic | TII Motorway Traffic Control Centre. DMs monitored Mon-Fri, 8am-4pm. Contact us 24/7: 0818-715100 / info@mtcc.ie. Privacy statement, visit https://t.co/iNxKBl5c4b | 14,828 |
| sligococo | Sligo County Council | Official Twitter account for Sligo County Council. https://t.co/XwlUTDVlHY… | 9,379 |
| EimearMcCormack | Eimear McCormack | MD of @bdifferentIE. Often spotted in the wild 🏊♀️ 🚴♀️ ⛵️ 🚣♀️ 🏔 Sports lover. Snap taker 📸 & storyteller. #DublinCityCoastalRowingClub #Coach | 6,603 |
| WhatsOnWOW | WOW Team | Sharing your tweets - Promote your events and offers as they occur to a dedicated loyal audience. Also @WhatsOnWeddings | 4,959 |
| JoanScalesIT | Joan Scales | Journalist, broadcaster, formerly founding editor travel2ireland, and award-winning journalist with The Irish Times. Voice for hire. | 4,931 |
| Michaelkelly707 | Michael Kelly | Independent supplier of Aviation / Travel images., Oh yes, and travel writing also. Interested in the #PaxEx & Irish aviation. RT's ≠ endorsements. Ex Mule | 4,639 |
| SavetheHellfire | SavetheHellfire | Help maintain the natural integrity of this landscape & protect this amenity & fragile ecosystem from development | 4,262 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| barbarascully | Barbara Scully | Writer, Broadcaster, Dreamer. Debut book ‘Wise Up’ 🦉 now available from bookshops, Amazon & from my website Repairer of broken lives on Moncrieff @NewstalkFM. | 7,020 |
| EimearMcCormack | Eimear McCormack | MD of @bdifferentIE. Often spotted in the wild 🏊♀️ 🚴♀️ ⛵️ 🚣♀️ 🏔 Sports lover. Snap taker 📸 & storyteller. #DublinCityCoastalRowingClub #Coach | 6,606 |
| damienwlr | Damien Tiernan | “Hello there and a very good morning to you…” first 4 years 2xGold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze = award winning prog #deisetoday on #wlr | 5,698 |
| franmcnulty | Fran McNulty | Presenter @RTE_PrimeTime #rtept former Correspondent @rtenews Views = mine Threema: https://t.co/Fjxf7oWjIC | 5,625 |
| WhatsOnWOW | WOW Team | Sharing your tweets - Promote your events and offers as they occur to a dedicated loyal audience. Also @WhatsOnWeddings | 5,461 |
| evbnb_ie | Irish EV Wannabes & owners | Lampost chargers in cities & chargers in AirBnbs. Remove barriers to free competition in Irish EV charger marketplace to help expand number of public chargers. | 5,000 |
| Al66575287 | Al | 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 ULTRA MAGA PATRIOT 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 | 4,909 |
| MikeMcKillen | Mike McKillen - System Change for Climate | @mikemckillen@mastodon. Retired academic biochemist & safety specialist (bio-safety trainer to CL-3) #AndICycle #ClimateActionNow #CovidAir #SeparateChurchState | 4,273 |
| SavetheHellfire | SavetheHellfire | Help maintain the natural integrity of this landscape & protect this amenity & fragile ecosystem from development | 3,853 |
| NiallHeenan | Niall Heenan | Delivering programmes in Resilience, Time Management, Remote Working, Giving Feedback, 1:1 and Group Coaching. Online and Offline. | 3,097 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| evbnb_ie | Lampost chargers in cities & chargers in AirBnbs. Remove barriers to free competition in Irish EV charger marketplace to help expand number of public chargers. | 6 |
| MontanaTrades69 | - | 4 |
| CorkTruckDriver | Your reputation precedes you. Keen motorcyclist, It’s a BMW, but it has indicators and they work 😀 | 4 |
| MacL0ve | Cyclist, pedestrian, driver, rugby coach, manager, father, husband, brother, son, uncle, nephew and friend to many. | 3 |
| dricky2011 | It's ok to have an opinion just don't be afraid to accept the facts | 3 |
| brianburgess76 | 🤷♂️ | 3 |
| sligococo | Official Twitter account for Sligo County Council. https://t.co/XwlUTDVlHY… | 3 |
| Grants_Butchers | The funkiest little butcher shop in Ireland. Purveyor of fine meats, creator of silly videos and annoyer of vegans. You might recognise us from tik tok. | 3 |
| buckser23 | husband,father, Part time Coach, Massive LFC fan, love sport and always game for a laugh !! | 2 |
| imnotPuloiswear | this is backup to the backup because unfortunately I'm not allowed tell cunts they're cunts | 2 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638801020062146560 | 🚧ROAD CLOSED: The Gibraltar Road at Second Sea Road in #Sligo town is closed this morning due to flooding from high tides. Please avoid the area and use alternative routes. @OceanFmIreland @FireSligo @aaroadwatch https://t.co/cBp3ntWT0l | 3 |
| 1638802390618116096 | ⚠️The Mardyke at Rosses Point Road is partially flooded from high tide. Motorists are advised to drive with care. @OceanFmIreland @aaroadwatch @FireSligo https://t.co/CIy5F9dmzu | 2 |
| 1641075316511604738 | @aaroadwatch @DublinCommuters And drivers of Taxis are just there as guests under a trial that simply hasn’t come to an end. This needs to be stopped and enforced. @TFIupdates, @dublinbusnews and @GardaTraffic are all willing to roll with camera enforcement what’s keeping it from happening? | 1 |
| 1640402401948581888 | Are you having a laugh @aaroadwatch ? You want me to fork out €417 for 12 months and a maximum of 6 call outs in that time. What a rip-off. https://t.co/iXfN1ka0AU | 1 |
| 1639215599065653249 | Friday, 24th March 2023. Unfortunately, due to high winds and big tides sailings are suspended from 11.00am to 4.00pm. Apologies for the inconvenience. @ShannonFerries @aaroadwatch @ClareFM @radiokerrynews | 1 |
| 1641312295547437058 | @aaroadwatch @DublinCommuters Only buses, cyclists and emergency services should be in bus lanes, taxis need to be banned and bus lane cameras installed. | 1 |
| 1639258317666287618 | Traffic on M1 massively ba ked between M50 and airport. Avoid @aaroadwatch @rte https://t.co/9vdKi8PU5o | 1 |
| 1639360370908225549 | @aaroadwatch @FineGael @fiannafailparty @greenparty_ie @DundalkDemocrat @TodayFMNews @IrishTimes @Independent_ie | 0 |
| 1639021398852026373 | @aaroadwatch A grass! | 0 |
| 1639023538148614144 | @Fingalcoco @GardaTraffic @gardainfo @aaroadwatch Portmarnock today. https://t.co/mASzqplBQz | 0 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1640254584768610304 | @IrishTimesOpEd There was a time the newspapers reported the news and gave unbiased narrative but that’s greatly changed… this is a red top approach …. The Irish Times unfortunately not as it was. @BobFlavin @aaroadwatch @philipnolan1 we need to champion motorists too. | 20 |
| 1641075316511604738 | @aaroadwatch @DublinCommuters And drivers of Taxis are just there as guests under a trial that simply hasn’t come to an end. This needs to be stopped and enforced. @TFIupdates, @dublinbusnews and @GardaTraffic are all willing to roll with camera enforcement what’s keeping it from happening? | 20 |
| 1641343707193507843 | @aaroadwatch @DublinCommuters More enforcement is needed. Cameras on buses to photograph the number plate of anyone in the bus lane ahead of them, fines and penalty points. | 16 |
| 1641132536502812697 | @aaroadwatch @DublinCommuters Really encouraging to see the AA drawing attention to this issue, thank you! @DublinCommuters | 13 |
| 1640402401948581888 | Are you having a laugh @aaroadwatch ? You want me to fork out €417 for 12 months and a maximum of 6 call outs in that time. What a rip-off. https://t.co/iXfN1ka0AU | 11 |
| 1640063149691764737 | Wonderful sign to see! @aaroadwatch @Irishwildlife @BioDataCentre https://t.co/JpdpF97lwo | 9 |
| 1638801020062146560 | 🚧ROAD CLOSED: The Gibraltar Road at Second Sea Road in #Sligo town is closed this morning due to flooding from high tides. Please avoid the area and use alternative routes. @OceanFmIreland @FireSligo @aaroadwatch https://t.co/cBp3ntWT0l | 8 |
| 1641312295547437058 | @aaroadwatch @DublinCommuters Only buses, cyclists and emergency services should be in bus lanes, taxis need to be banned and bus lane cameras installed. | 7 |
| 1641066531487399939 | @aaroadwatch @DublinCommuters All bus lanes nationally.. | 6 |
| 1638802390618116096 | ⚠️The Mardyke at Rosses Point Road is partially flooded from high tide. Motorists are advised to drive with care. @OceanFmIreland @aaroadwatch @FireSligo https://t.co/CIy5F9dmzu | 4 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #ev | 6 |
| #fuel | 3 |
| #costoflivingcrisis | 3 |
| #skoda | 2 |
| #enyaq | 2 |
| #sligo | 2 |
| #commuting | 1 |
| #dublin | 1 |
| #busconnects | 1 |
| #podcast | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @aaroadwatch | 123 |
| @dublincommuters | 32 |
| @gardatraffic | 8 |
| @tomoconor | 6 |
| @corktruckdriver | 5 |
| @oceanfmireland | 5 |
| @firesligo | 5 |
| @cyclinginkk | 4 |
| @willow34 | 4 |
| @bobflavin | 4 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
19
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| ❗ | 4 | red_exclamation_mark |
| 👏 | 2 | clapping_hands |
| 🤷♂️ | 2 | man_shrugging |
| 🤯 | 2 | exploding_head |
| ⚠️ | 2 | warning |
| 🚧 | 2 | construction |
| ☹️ | 1 | frowning_face |
| 🤡 | 1 | clown_face |
| 🤷 | 1 | person_shrugging |
| 😕 | 1 | confused_face |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 8 |
| People & Body | 7 |
| Symbols | 7 |
| Travel & Places | 2 |