For the first time ever, a list of the most influential users of social media in the Irish political and policy landscape has been released.
The research, conducted by agency Wilson Hartnell, looks behind the Twitter handle to see who is shaping and informing political debate and policy in Ireland.
They analysed the top 250 political influencers on Twitter and identified the #Power100 at the top of the rankings (made up of a broad mix of politicians, media, commentators and analysts).
To rank in the top 10, influencers must have combined both broad public reach and influence on other influencers.
The Last Word’s Matt Cooper came in at number 2, with Today FM’s Political Correspondent Gavan Reilly taking 13th place.
Here are the top 20:
1 David McWilliams @davidmcw
2 Matt Cooper @cooper_m
3 Politics.ie @PoliticsIE
4 Gerry Adams TD @GerryAdamsSF
5 Harry McGee @harrymcgee
6 Shane Ross TD @Shane_RossTD
7 Fionnan Sheahan @fionnansheahan
8 David McCullagh @mcculld
9 David Cochrane @davidcochrane
10 Oireachtas News @OireachtasNews
11 MerrionStreet.ie @merrionstreet
12 Constantin Gurdgiev @GTCost
13 Gavan Reilly @gavreilly
14 An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD @EndaKennyTD
15 Lucinda Creighton TD @LCreighton
16 Politico.ie @politico_ie
17 Minister Simon Coveney TD @simoncoveney
18 The Labour Party @labour
19 Elaine Byrne @ElaineByrne
20 IDA Ireland @IDAIRELAND
