Twitter To The Rescue! Social Network Helps Irishwoman Find Pet Dog That Took Train To Dublin

When Patch hopped aboard the train to Dublin, the power of Twitter reunited the dog with his master. Irish Rail sent a "Lost dog!" tweet with a photo attachment after the Jack Russell terrier arrived with Wednesday morning commuters on a train from neighbouring Kilcock, County Kildare. By all accounts, the friendly dog had spent his hourlong journey being petted vigorously. After more than 500 retweets in just 32 minutes, the photo found Patch's owner, Deirdre Anglin, who tweeted the state railway: "That's my dog!"

http://tinyurl.com/85fys9s

Polar Bears are Irish

An international team of scientists has discovered that the female ancestor of all living polar bears was a brown bear that lived in the vicinity of present-day Britain and Ireland just prior to the peak of the last ice age -- 20,000 to 50,000 years ago.

http://tinyurl.com/3vctzpr