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Mary Lou McDonald

UK Politicians Twitter/X
#60
X Rank
68,538
Benchmarker Score
118
Posts
50,175
Total Likes
6,121
Total Replies
425
Avg Likes/Post
0
Followers
0
Posts/Week
56,296
Total Engagement
477
Engagement Rate
9.2
Posts/Week
Daily
Posting Regularity
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203,539 followers

Data last refreshed: February 11, 2026

Engagement metrics shown below reflect data as of this date. Current X stats may differ.

Recent Posts

20 posts

Micheál Martin can't handle the truth. His rent hike bill will increase rents by up to €5000 a year for 60,000 people. This is a recipe for disaster and will drive more and more young people to Aus...

Housing & Planning Renters' Rights Cost of Living Feb 11, 2026 View on X
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It’s hard to listen to Micheál Martin. Food prices out of control. Hundreds of thousands of households unable to pay their electricity bills. No end in sight. And what’s he doing? Absolutely not...

Economic Policy & Budget Cost of Living Inflation Feb 11, 2026 View on X
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People with disabilities forced to protest outside the Dáil for a winter cost of living payment. While at the same time Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael dish out big pay hikes for CEOs. That’s this govern...

Economic Policy & Budget Cost of Living Disability Support Benefits & Welfare Wages & Pay Feb 10, 2026 View on X
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Did you know that from March 1st Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are pushing through a rent hike bill that will mean thousands more in rent for 60,000 renters a year. A gift to vulture funds and big lan...

Housing & Planning Renters' Rights Cost of Living Feb 07, 2026 View on X
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Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have done nothing to stop the rip-off! 70,0000 more households are behind on their electricity bills! A massive increase in a year. 303,465 households are now behind overa...

Economic Policy & Budget Cost of Living Public Spending Business Regulation Feb 06, 2026 View on X
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I am shocked and devastated that a person has lost their life after a bus struck pedestrians on Dublin’s North Earl Street this afternoon. My thoughts are with the family of the deceased and with a...

Crime, Justice & Policing N/A Feb 05, 2026 View on X
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Like so many families, mine has felt the impact of cancer. It’s a journey no one chooses, but one that reveals incredible strength and resilience. Today on World Cancer Day, we stand together, to ...

Health & Social Care Public Health Feb 04, 2026 View on X
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Stories of Gardaí being taunted by hoods on scramblers are all too common. It is unforgivable that it took the death of Grace Lynch to get Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael to finally change the law. Laws and...

Crime, Justice & Policing Police Funding Antisocial Behaviour Feb 04, 2026 View on X
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Lá Fhéile Bríde libh go leir! St. Brigid’s Day symbolizes the arrival of spring, hope and the strength of the feminine spirit 🌸 https://t.co/SWd8qlYyPR

Personal & Human Interest Arts & Culture Faith & Religion Feb 01, 2026 View on X
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Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are absolutely tone deaf. We have found out they increased the pay of the CEO of Uisce Éireann by over €100,000 in the same week they cruelly refused a winter payment for ...

Economic Policy & Budget Cost of Living Budget & Fiscal Policy Benefits & Welfare Disability Support Jan 31, 2026 View on X
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🇮🇪 We continue the fight back against Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael’s shameful plan to turn the GPO into shops and offices. This is sacred ground - the birthplace of the Irish Republic, the heartbeat o...

Culture, Media & Sport Arts & Culture Jan 31, 2026 View on X
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📢 Matt’s Site Public Meeting A planning application has been submitted for a 249-bed student accommodation development on Matt’s site. While we recognise the real need for student housing, this p...

Housing & Planning Housing Supply Social Housing Jan 30, 2026 View on X
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Close to 17,000 are homeless. Yet Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael move ahead with a Bill to hike rip-off rents even further from March 1st and push more families into homelessness. They are siding with b...

Housing & Planning Homelessness Social Housing Renters' Rights Housing Supply Jan 30, 2026 View on X
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54 years ago today, the British Army shot and killed 14 people on the streets of Derry. For more than five decades their brave families have fought for truth and justice. We stand with them in memo...

Personal & Human Interest Northern Ireland Jan 30, 2026 View on X
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Congratulations to these 11 amazing women graduating tonight from the Community Women Leaders programme at Google!👏🏻🎉 Inspiring women who have already achieved so much. Learning together while for...

Education & Skills Skills & Training Gender & Women's Rights Jan 29, 2026 View on X
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Today, I met with Jim O’Neill’s parents Ann and Paul to hear their heartbreaking account of the State’s complete failure of their son. Jim died in the Phoenix Park in 2023. Despite there being nine...

Crime, Justice & Policing Victims' Rights Jan 28, 2026 View on X
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You couldn’t make this up! Communities plagued by anti-social behaviour are crying out for more gardaí. And now we hear that new gardaí are prevented from starting work because their Gardai vetting...

Crime, Justice & Policing Antisocial Behaviour Police Funding Jan 28, 2026 View on X
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Get these scramblers off our streets now! https://t.co/Eu4WzpTYdj

Crime, Justice & Policing Antisocial Behaviour Jan 27, 2026 View on X
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Grace Lynch matters. What happened to her matters. What happens next matters. Scrambler bikes have been a scourge in working class communities for years. Gangs allowed to run amok putting lives in ...

Crime, Justice & Policing Antisocial Behaviour Jan 27, 2026 View on X
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My thoughts and prayers are with Grace Lynch and her family and friends in Finglas. Scramblers are a scourge on our communities and the danger caused by reckless driving on our roads, paths and in...

Crime, Justice & Policing Antisocial Behaviour Police Funding Jan 26, 2026 View on X
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Rank History

11 Feb 2026
#60

Content Categories

Economic Policy & Budget 18
Personal & Human Interest 13
Housing & Planning 13
Crime, Justice & Policing 12
Culture, Media & Sport 12

Topics & Themes

Cost of Living Sport Housing Supply Opposition Arts & Culture Northern Ireland Public Spending Renters' Rights Victims' Rights Taxation Disability Support Business Regulation Antisocial Behaviour Social Housing Farming & Agriculture Ministerial Standards Social Care Gender & Women's Rights Waiting Lists Pharmaceuticals

Top Quartile Benchmarks

Based on top 28 of 111 in UK Politicians

Posts
128
Mary: 118 ↓
Total Likes
327,257
Mary: 50,175 ↓
Total Replies
34,948
Mary: 6,121 ↓
Avg Likes/Post
1,296.2
Mary: 425.2 ↓
Followers
183,358
Mary: 203,539 ↑
Posts/Week
12
Mary: 9 ↓
Benchmarker Score
432,101
Mary: 68,538 ↓
Avg Post Length
224 chars
Mary: 362 ↑
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