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# thejournal-ie - Saturday 19 May, 2012

You Told Us

Top readers’ comments of the week

Sat, 10:00 AM 2,262 Views 12 Comments

Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you lot made this week. Did you make it in?

# thejournal-ie - Thursday 17 May, 2012

Opinion

Column: A response from an Irish taxi driver

17/05/12 9,742 Views 137 Comments

Following on from the debate about attitudes towards non-Irish national taxi drivers, one Irish driver says he has noted antipathy towards non-nationals – but that it is also important not to pigeonhole Irish cabbies.

# thejournal-ie - Wednesday 16 May, 2012

Fiscal Compacted

Referendum roundup: 15 days to go

16/05/12 2,189 Views 19 Comments

Austerity treaty, stability treaty or somewhere in between? TheJournal.ie keeps you up to date with our evening Fiscal Compact referendum bulletin.

# thejournal-ie - Tuesday 15 May, 2012

Fiscal Compacted

Referendum roundup: 16 days to go

15/05/12 2,626 Views 31 Comments

Austerity treaty, stability treaty or somewhere in between? TheJournal.ie keeps you up to date with our evening Fiscal Compact referendum bulletin.

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Poll: Should taxis be allowed to display signs of ‘Irishness’?

15/05/12 7,330 Views 180 Comments

Following the widespread reaction to TheJournal.ie’s exclusive investigation into green lights carried on top of some Dublin taxis, the Transport Minister has said that any sign to indicate that a driver is Irish is ‘inherently racist’.

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 12 May, 2012

You Told Us

Top readers’ comments of the week

12/05/12 3,367 Views 7 Comments

Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you lot made this week. Did you make it in?

# thejournal-ie - Thursday 10 May, 2012

From Business ETC Media

New figures show Distilled Media is Ireland’s largest online publishing group

10/05/12 1,814 Views 46 Comments

Latest figures show that Distilled, which publishes sites including TheJournal.ie and Daft.ie, gets more monthly page impressions than RTE.ie, IrishTimes.com and Independent Digital.

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 5 May, 2012

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Top readers’ comments of the week

05/05/12 3,782 Views 11 Comments

Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you lot made this week. Did you make it in?

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 28 April, 2012

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Top readers’ comments of the week

28/04/12 3,169 Views 10 Comments

Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you lot made this week. Did you make it in?

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 14 April, 2012

You Told Us

Top readers’ comments of the week

14/04/12 2,715 Views 4 Comments

Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you lot made this week. Did you make it in?

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 7 April, 2012

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Top readers’ comments of the week

07/04/12 4,105 Views 18 Comments

Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you lot made this week. Did you make it in?

# thejournal-ie - Tuesday 3 April, 2012

Job Fairy

WE’RE HIRING: Attention, news journalists

03/04/12 5,660 Views 19 Comments

Are you a journalist? Interested in online media? Passionate about current affairs? We want to hear from you…

# thejournal-ie - Sunday 1 April, 2012

Print

Stop press: An announcement from TheJournal.ie team

01/04/12 16,269 Views 69 Comments

Soon we’ll be bringing you breaking news and the best of the web – on paper.

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 31 March, 2012

You Told Us

Top readers’ comments of the week

31/03/12 3,084 Views 1 Comment

Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you lot made this week. Did you make it in?

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 24 March, 2012

From The Daily Edge You Told Us

Top 10 readers’ comments of the week

24/03/12 3,804 Views 12 Comments

Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you lot made this week. Did you make it in?

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 17 March, 2012

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In pics: How you spent St Patrick’s Day from Auckland to Dingle

17/03/12 10,429 Views 6 Comments

We asked you what you did for Patrick’s Day – and here’s what you told us.

From The Daily Edge Readers' Comments

Top 10 readers’ comments of the week

17/03/12 2,819 Views No Comments

Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you lot made this week. Did you make it in?

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 10 March, 2012

From The Daily Edge Readers' Comments

Top 10 readers’ comments of the week

10/03/12 4,381 Views 22 Comments

Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you lot made this week. Did you make it in?

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 3 March, 2012

From The Daily Edge Readers' Comments

Top 10 readers’ comments of the week

03/03/12 3,068 Views 13 Comments

Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you lot made this week. Did you make it in?

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 25 February, 2012

From The Daily Edge Readers' Comments

Top 10 readers’ comments of the week

25/02/12 3,250 Views 6 Comments

Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you lot made this week. Did you make it in?

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 18 February, 2012

Readers' Comments

Top 10 readers’ comments of the week

18/02/12 6,612 Views 20 Comments

Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you lot made this week. Did you make it in?

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 11 February, 2012

From The Daily Edge Readers' Comments

The top 10 readers’ comments of the week

11/02/12 2,488 Views 2 Comments

Here’s our round up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you lot made this week.

# thejournal-ie - Monday 6 February, 2012

From Business ETC Announcement

TheJournal.ie appoints Business Development Manager

06/02/12 3,748 Views 31 Comments

Also, our site hit one million unique users for the first time in January. Woo!

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 4 February, 2012

Readers' Comments

Top 10 readers’ comments of the week

04/02/12 3,594 Views 11 Comments

Here’s our round up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you lot made this week.

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 28 January, 2012

From The Daily Edge Readers' Comments

Top 10 readers’ comments of the week

28/01/12 3,269 Views 18 Comments

Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you lot made this week…

# thejournal-ie - Tuesday 24 January, 2012

Over To You

Open thread: Have any pubs near you closed down?

24/01/12 6,194 Views 49 Comments

The recession has hit pubs hard with almost 1,000 of them closing in the past five years. Have any in your area closed down? And are they missed?

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 21 January, 2012

Readers' Comments

Top 10 readers’ comments of the week

21/01/12 4,560 Views 13 Comments

Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you made this week.

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 14 January, 2012

Readers' Comments

Top 10 readers’ comments of the week

14/01/12 5,278 Views 14 Comments

Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you made this week…

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 7 January, 2012

Readers' Comments

Top 10 readers’ comments of the week

07/01/12 5,408 Views 1 Comment

Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you made this week…

# thejournal-ie - Friday 6 January, 2012

From Business ETC Job Fairy

WE’RE HIRING: Attention, software engineers

06/01/12 3,704 Views 25 Comments

Do you love the idea of building products that are used by tens of thousands of people every day? Check out our exciting vacancy…

# thejournal-ie - Sunday 1 January, 2012

TheJournal.ie

All we want for 2012 (and what we won’t miss from 2011)

01/01/12 6,437 Views 18 Comments

TheJournal.ie’s writers have each picked one thing that they are glad to see the back of – and one thing they are looking forward to this year.

# thejournal-ie - Wednesday 28 December, 2011

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Top 10 TheJournal.ie stories you shared on Facebook in 2011

28/12/11 5,818 Views No Comments

Pizza is a vegetable, a pet rescue in the Liffey and the tragedy of one young woman’s lonely death – some of the stories you most wanted to share with your Facebook friends.

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 24 December, 2011

Readers' Comments

Top 10 readers’ comments of the week

24/12/11 4,746 Views 12 Comments

Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you made this week…

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 17 December, 2011

Readers' Comments

Top 10 readers’ comments of the week

17/12/11 3,625 Views 10 Comments

Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you made this week…

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 10 December, 2011

Readers' Comments

Top 10 readers’ comments this week

10/12/11 3,860 Views 5 Comments

Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking, and original comments you made this week…

# thejournal-ie - Wednesday 7 December, 2011

Budget 2012

Readers’ panel: How Budget 2012 has affected YOU

07/12/11 5,938 Views 53 Comments

How is the Budget going to affect readers? We’ve asked a broad selection of readers what they think about the news from the past two days to find out.

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 3 December, 2011

Readers' Comments

Top 10 readers’ comments this week

03/12/11 2,630 Views 4 Comments

Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most throught-provoking and original comments you made this week…

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 26 November, 2011

Readers' Comments

Top 10 readers’ comments this week

26/11/11 3,562 Views 13 Comments

Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most throught-provoking and original comments you made this week…

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 19 November, 2011

Readers' Comment

Top 10 readers’ comments this week

19/11/11 4,672 Views 9 Comments

Ireland qualifying for Euro 2012, the long-awaited integrated ticketing for Dublin, whether pizza is a vegetable or not – here are some of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you made this week…

# thejournal-ie - Saturday 12 November, 2011

Readers' Comments

Top 10 readers’ comments this week

12/11/11 1,988 Views 10 Comments

Bieber baby fever, eurozone turmoil and the hack of Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan’s hemp suit – here are some of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you made this week…

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Poll: Are you satisfied with your quality of life?

A NEW REPORT from the OECD has suggested people living in Ireland have some of the best lives in the world, with Ireland among the top countries in its Better Life Index.

The index finds that life expectancy, low pollution, positive experiences and a healthy work-life balance are among the factors that contribute to happy lives in Ireland.

It did note, however, that the gap between the rich and poor is wider in Ireland than elsewhere, while the gender gap in educational performance is also larger than average.

Today we’re simply wondering whether (assuming you live in Ireland) you’re satisfied with your quality of life.


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Aggressive banks are making mortgage resolution impossible, writes David Hall of New Beginning – and suggests a way to restore trust between lenders and borrowers.

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Confidence and stability will be the last things to emerge from this dangerous experiment, writes Michael Taft.

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Vote Yes: EU funds are like our credit union. Let’s not go to the loan sharks.
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A Yes to the Stability Treaty will give Ireland access to the ESM, writes Naoise Nunn – and keep us out of a potentially lethal game of chicken.

Seamus Breslin
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Self-styled republican vigilantes are terrorising a city, writes Seamus Breslin – and perceived neglect by authorities is fuelling the fire.

Mike Morris
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Phil Hogan is planning to introduce new regulations which are meant to make for better buildings. He’s making a major mistake, writes Mike Morris.

Jane Suiter
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With nine days to go before referendum day, Dr Jane Suiter of UCC analyses the parties and the latest polls to see how the campaign is playing out.

Micheál Martin
Column: Job creation is too important for party politics. Let’s work together.
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Writing for TheJournal.ie, Micheál Martin explains why Fianna Fáil’s new plan to tackle youth unemployment should be seriously considered.

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Column: National pride or bald-faced bigotry? Maybe neither, or both.
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Being proud to be Irish is sometime looked on as a social gaffe, writes Lisa McInerney, but that’s not always fair… and it’s not always the best way to figure out who really is racist…

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