If you follow Gerry Adams on Twitter, you'll know by now that he's...well a little bit eccentric to say the least.

His updates tend to be a little bit odd, but even by his own standards, this morning's tweet was a bit of a bolt from the blue. 

Why? well because the politician decided to snap a quick selfie with a goat, as you do. Yeah, we're not sure how to process that sentence either, so here's a picture that's worth much more than just a mere thousand words. 

To be fair, the goat (or Jenny, as she prefers to be known) does seem to be loving it...