With the impending release of Independence Day: Resurgence, it's high time Ireland looked long and hard at its readiness for an alien invasion.

You might think that's absolutely ludicrous and that things like this could never possibly happen, but Leicester managed to win the Premier League and the Blizzards have reformed so stranger things are bound to happen.

Here's six tips to surviving the alien apocalypse when it happens in Ireland.

 

6. FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE ALIENS WANT

If aliens have decided to launch their attack on Ireland, there's obviously a very good reason for this. Could it be that they're after our valuable minerals? We're not talking red lemonade now, we're talking all the oil and whatnot out on the coast. If that's the case, we need to prepare adequate defences against the attack. We've got all those catapults and swords from both Game of Thrones and Vikings nearby, so we can ship them up there and launch a counterattack.

 

"Is that an alien or a street artist?" - "I don't know, get a picture with it and see."

 

5. IF WE CAN'T FIGHT THEM, WE NEED TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO HIDE

That means finding a large, impenetrable building somewhere on the island that has enough food to sustain pockets of civilisation and can be turned into fortress to repel possible invaders. There's any number of possible locations, including that big Tesco in Maynooth, the Ilac in town, the Mahon Point in Cork - the key is that there needs to be enough food and a certain amount of windows to fire stuff out of.

Former US President Whitmore / character actor Bill Pullman recommends hiding in any one of the shopping centres on Henry Street, if you happen to find yourself in North Inner City Dublin.

 

4. PEOPLE NEED TO START DOING MORE CARDIO BECAUSE...

It's like this - we're going to be running from alien attackers. Like, a lot. So that means more cardio. The best way to motivate yourself to do more cardio is to put Meghan Trainor's album on your headphone and run as fast as you can until the song ends. You'll be running so fast in the hope that it finishes that you'll be outrunning Usain Bolt before you know it.

 

3. WE NEED SOME KIND OF ALIEN TRANSLATOR

It's entirely possible that we might have assumed the worst and that they're really just here to enjoy the weather, the scenery and aren't actually interesting in boring a giant hole in Athlone in order to harvest the Earth's molten core. Again, communication is key. We'll need someone who's got a mind for languages, communication and can translate almost anything. One of the Seoige sisters should suffice.

 

2. USE SOCIAL MEDIA SPARINGLY

If the aliens are advanced enough to land on Ireland, chances are they've managed to crack the whole social media thing and are probably reading your tweets and Instagram posts to locate you. That means no selfies, no Facebook updates, no Periscoping, no Snapchat stories, no nothing. It'll be tough, but it's either letting people know what you had for dinner or being an alien's dinner. You decide.

 

1. ANYTHING CAN BE A WEAPON IF YOU HIT HARD ENOUGH

Assuming that the men and women of the Irish Defence Forces have brought in some sort of draft system, you're now going to be tasked with fighting off the aliens yourself. That means finding a weapon. Luckily, Ireland is home to hurling - once described by Jason Statham as a mixture of hockey and murder. Hurleys can be found just about anywhere, so pick one up and aim for the squishy part of the brain.

 

You can read our FOUR STAR-review of Independence Day: Resurgence here and, in the meantime, check out the trailer below!