Dubliners do indeed say howya - an occasionally, ironically, yo. I've never heard alright in Ireland, and in England it's mostly orright?

Today's peeve: spotting 'n' used as a short form for and (eg rock 'n' roll), but with the apostrophes the wrong way round - the first and second apostrophes should both face the same way, as these are not quotation marks, but markers indicating a missing letter. (Since the Courier used in the typing of this translates into Times, my expression of this here will probably look confusing.)