UTV Ireland will launch on January 1st 2015 and will be carried on SAORVIEW, Sky, eView and UPC. In common with most companies in 2014 UTV Ireland is also present on social media, including Twitter. Unfortunately they may have made a wee faux pas earlier today:
@belfast_pixie @PaulClark_UTV No, UTV is for NI, UTV Ireland is for Ireland. There are no currently no plans to show UTV Ireland in the UK.
— UTV Ireland (@UTVIreland) December 2, 2014
While the tweet may not have been retweeted that many times the reactions from users were, understandably, quite “interesting”
For example:
So, whoever is running the @UTVIreland Twitter account might be in need of a history/politics lesson… pic.twitter.com/UFuQhEmi66
— David Cochrane (@davidcochrane) December 2, 2014
If you check the original tweet (linked above) you can see that some of the reactions were pretty strong!
Moral of the story? Be careful with politics and history ..
No comments yet.