The impact Twitter has had on Irish society over the past 17 years is difficult to quantify. It has made the careers of individuals, forged friendships, connected minds, been the source and distributor of news stories and served as an A/B testing platform for any number of political flying kites.  But the nostalgia for a virtual space that promoted a town-hall bonhomie and a global exchange of ideas appears to be growing fast as unmoderated hate speech becomes louder, the platform is clunkier and billionaire owner Elon Musk has actively limited the number of tweets a user can see in…

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