'Christ Almighty, lads, use the main roads': Twitter talks about the trouble with online maps

Have you ever been brought the long way around by map apps or your car's GPS? Tell us

A Google Maps/Street View car spotted on Parkgate Street in Dublin. Pic: Collins Courts

When he's not raising a chuckle with sketches or tunes, comedian and video artist Michael Fry is among Irish Twitter's most thoughtful conversation-starters.

So, it was not a small bit amusing to see him venting about a misadventure he was led on by his Google Maps app when driving to Skibbereen to Cork.