Pop Sensation Cher Wants To Save Irish Legend Fungie From Troubled Waters

It's the news story we never thought we'd be writing. Today pop sensation and Oscar winner Cher has publicly declared her support to thousands of dolphins swimming through the Irish sea. The Green Party legislative researcher Sinead Mercier tweeted to Cher that our aquatic wildlife is in danger from offshore oil and gas drilling. Mercier asked Cher to tweet Taoiseach Leo Varadkar this important message:

@CherOfficiaI could you please ask @campaignforleo to support the #ClimateEmergency Bill today? Ireland has 250,000 bottlenose dolphins visiting our seas every summer - we want to become the 4th country in the world to ban oil&gas drilling to protect them! https://t.co/BoEegZGjqR https://t.co/HFfZqiX28D

— Sinéad Mercier (@merrimerci) February 8, 2018

According to Mercier's research, Ireland has over 250,000 bottlenose dolphins that visit the Irish coast every summer. To stop these mammals from being harmed, and to limit Ireland's overall impact on a changing climate, the Green Party are calling on Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to support the Climate Emergency bill.

Cher, the Moonstruck star, is known for being an activist and didn't shy away from sharing her support for the campaign by tweeting #HELLTOTHEYES. Her support may help Irish hero Fungie who made his debut in 1983 in Irish waters and alongside his friends has become a hero of Dingle harbour and a crucial part of our ecosystem.

Of course, we were not the only ones enamored by this random exchange:

cher asking leo veradkar to save the dolphins is the weirdest thing i've encountered today

— rachel (@rrrachelsarah) February 8, 2018

I, and our dolphins, have been #blessed by Cher. I'm better than the holy water font at mass now.

— Sinéad Mercier (@merrimerci) February 8, 2018

Even the Oireachtas tried to get in on the Cher action:

Hi @cher - if you would like to watch the #DáilÉireann debate on the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018, I '#BELIEVE' you'll find the playback here #seeforyourself #climatechange https://t.co/QvZGAMA1BT

— Oireachtas News (@OireachtasNews) February 8, 2018