Dara Ó Briain has become the focus of Twitter users this week as he used the social media site to remind people that Irish people can talk ‘as Gaeilge’. The comedian got into a bit of a debate with Twitter user @extrastarsboss and this is how it panned out…

@extrastarsboss I’m from a different country, raised in a different language, diff sports, music, culture, literature media. Get over it. — Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) October 27, 2014

The debate continued when @extrastarsboss replied: “@daraobriain no not at all u can’t say that Ireland is so different. It’s the same as all other English speaking nations” (sic)

@extrastarsboss No, nil se, Ta teanga da chuid fein aici, agus an cultur a theann leis. Is trua nach dtuigeann tu sin. — Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) October 27, 2014