Black woman inundated with racist abuse while tweeting for @Ireland

Blogger and plus-size model forced to take a break from Ireland's community Twitter account after being told to 'return to your ancestral lands' by trolls

A black British woman who was chosen to tweet from the @ireland account for a week has been subjected to a barrage of racist abuse, forcing her to take a break from Twitter.

Michelle Marie took over the account - which is curated by a different Twitter user in Ireland each week - on Monday. She introduced herself as a mother, blogger and plus-size model.