Twitter Policy
Twitter Policy – Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ireland
Who we are:
@dfatirl is
the official Twitter account of the Department of Foreign Affairs
and Trade. It is managed by the Department’s Press Office.
Other DFAT accounts:
@dfatravel - Information
relating to Consular and Passport matters
@Irish_Aid - Irish Aid,
Ireland’s overseas aid programme
Ireland’s Diplomatic Missions on Twitter:
Europe
@irlembberlin -
Embassy of Ireland, Berlin
@IrelandRepBru -
Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union,
Brussels
@IrelandEmbGB – Embassy of
Ireland, London
@IrishEmbBelgium
– Embassy of Ireland, Belgium
@IrishEmbVilnius
- Embassy of Ireland, Lithuania
@IrlEmbMadrid – Embassy of
Ireland, Madrid
@IrlEmbParis – Embassy of
Ireland, Paris
@IrlEmbRome -
Embassy of Ireland, Rome
@IrishEmbFinland
– Embassy of Ireland, Helsinki
@IrishEmbSweden -
Embassy of Ireland, Stockholm
@IrishEmbMalta -
Embassy of Ireland, Valletta
The Americas
@IrelandEmbUSA – Embassy of
Ireland, Washington D.C.
@IrelandAtlanta -
Consulate General of Ireland, Atlanta
@IrelandBoston –
Consulate General of Ireland, Boston
@IrelandChicago –
Consulate General of Ireland, Chicago
@IrelandinNY –
Consulate General of Ireland, New York
@IrelandSanFran -
Consulate of Ireland, San Francisco
@IrishEmbMexico -
Embassy of Ireland, Mexico
Asia-Pacific
@IrishEmbJapan – Embassy of
Ireland, Tokyo
@IrishEmbKorea –
Embassy of Ireland, Seoul
@irlembaustralia
- Embassy of Ireland, Canberra
@IrelandSydney –
Consulate General of Ireland, Sydney
Africa
@IrelandinZambia -
Embassy of Ireland, Lusaka
DFAT Ministers on Twitter
@EamonGilmore –
Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
@JoeCostelloTD –
Minister for Trade and Development
@LCreighton – Minister
for European Affairs
If you follow us, you can expect tweets covering some or all of the following:
· Press Releases on the Departments activities and Ministerial speeches
· Event information and occasional live coverage of events
· Alerts about new content on our website
· Emergency communications – for example changes to the Department’s Travel Advice
· Other practical information on services available through the Department
RTs ≠ Endorsement
Who we follow:
If you follow us, we will not automatically follow you
back. This is to help our followers identify
other Twitter accounts that we are following such as other DFAT
Twitter accounts, other Government Departments, Houses of the
Oireachtas, relevant European institutions and accounts of
particular relevance to Ireland.
@Replies and Direct Messages:
We welcome feedback from our followers and will try to join the
conversation where possible. However, we may not be able to reply
individually to all the messages we receive via Twitter. The
best means of communicating a query to the Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade is by using the Submit Query link
on our website.
Please do not include personal/private information in your tweets to us.
Availability:
Twitter may occasionally be unavailable and we accept no
responsibility for lack of service due to Twitter downtime.
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