The Social is a live Irish

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 weekly topical comedy-style chat show which first aired in November 2011, and is shown on RTÉ Two

RTÉ Two

RTÉ Two is a free-to-air general entertainment channel operated by Irish state broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. RTÉ Two is available throughout the island of Ireland through digital terrestrial service Saorview, VHF and UHF bands, and is also available via satellite to Irish subscribers of...

. The show is presented by Craig Doyle

Craig Doyle

Craig Doyle is an Irish television and radio presenter. To British viewers he is recognisable as working for the BBC and ITV...

 with guests discussing latest topical news interspersed with news on the latest events on social media such as Twitter

Twitter

Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...

 and Facebook

Facebook

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. The first episode aired on Tuesday 15 November 2011.

External links

• Official Site