VIDEO: A foreigner's guide to Irish accents

With Paddy's Day coming up, let's try to nip bad impressions of our accent in the bud.

We all know that the Irish accent can be woefully difficult for foreigners to get right, often descending into an embarrassing stereotype.

So this video should be required viewing for Hollywood producers intent on hiring actors to do their best Oirish impression.

If we’d had this sooner, maybe we would have been spared from Gerard Butler's accent in PS. I Love You.

Dire.