http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/hashtag IrishCentral hashtag en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/irish-media-nation/twitter-hashtag-brings-out-positive-thinking-and-reality-checks-in-ireland-111687819.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/irish-media-nation/twitter-hashtag-brings-out-positive-thinking-and-reality-checks-in-ireland-111687819.html Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:20:06 PST Ireland is world news hotspot for all the wrong reasons Traditional media from around the globe is declaiming on the dire economic situation, backed by a Greek chorus of social media chatter A new Twitter hashtag, #positiveireland, has surfaced, attracting a real time digital stream of good Irish economic news to counter the prevailing Celtic doom, gloom and ire (represented the video surging on YouTube linked to below) Here's a sample of what they're tweeting with the #positiveireland hashtag:“Financial services firm Citi is to create 250 jobs in Dublin and Waterford”“300 construction jobs with €37m health center”“more good news, 250 job places in Citi FS for Dublin and Waterford”“US Tech investors Vanitas on why they're moving to Dublin in spite of it all”I’ve tweeted using the #positiveireland hashtag, but triggering an economic revival is an awful lot to ask of 140 characters READ MORE ]]>