On Twitter: what does your MP do?

The logo of social networking website Twitter is seen displayed on the screen of an iPhone smartphone.

Orfhlaith Begley has sent thousands of tweets since setting up her account, analysis of her online activity reveals.

Looking at the work of our politicians, we take a look at how active the Sinn F�in MP for West Tyrone is on the social media platform.

Analysis of Orfhlaith Begley's Twitter account (@OrfhlaithBegley) by Motive PR shows she had sent around 2,300 tweets between first joining the website on November 1 2011 and March 29 this year.

It means the 30-year-old sends an average of less than one tweet per day – putting out just 18 per month.

However, Ms Begley has had this account since before she was elected to the seat – on May 3 2018.

The average MP that has an account sends 3.5 tweets per day, but around one in 10 representatives did not have one at the time the research was done.