An analysis of social media posts related to violent protests in county Wicklow came from non-Irish accounts.
An analysis of social media posts related to violent protests in county Wicklow came from non-Irish accounts.
That's according to research by Sky News that shows there were close to 54-thousand posts on X mentioning Newtownmountkennedy last Friday after anti-immigration protests the day before.
More than half came from users based in the US while just 21 per cent were from Irish accounts.
Of the five posts that saw the most engagement, three were based outside of Ireland.

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