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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[TheJournal.ie]]></title>
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<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Should Alan Shatter have made his Prime Time comments?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-should-alan-shatter-have-made-his-prime-time-comments-916621-May2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-should-alan-shatter-have-made-his-prime-time-comments-916621-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[As a row between Alan Shatter and Mick Wallace rumbles on, we ask was the Minister’s use of information appropriate?]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Driving" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mick Wallace" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mobile Phone" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Penalty Points" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Have you reduced your alcohol consumption in the past year?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-alcohol-consumption-ireland-915836-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c9a853ab-6f6b-2732-0630-94c8204934bb</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-alcohol-consumption-ireland-915836-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-alcohol-consumption-ireland-915836-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[In the last year, the amount of alcohol consumed in Ireland fell by 4.4 per cent.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="alcohol bill" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Alcohol Consumption" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="booze" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Drink" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="SPIRITS" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Wine" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: France has legalised gay marriage, would you welcome it in Ireland today?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-same-sex-marriage-914811-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a0719e90-a043-1b6f-96b1-af59ca898418</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-same-sex-marriage-914811-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-same-sex-marriage-914811-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[French President Francois Hollande has signed gay marriage into law today, making it the 14th country to do so.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Francois Hollande" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Gay Marriage" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Same-Sex" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Should vaccinations be compulsory for children?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/parents-vaccinations-913035-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:46aed2ef-b6bd-4b41-3ad5-07ec8136ffc4</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/parents-vaccinations-913035-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/parents-vaccinations-913035-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A court has ruled that a 5-year-old boy must get his booster shots, but should vaccinations for children be compulsory across the board?]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="booster" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Children" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Measles" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="MMR" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="mumps" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="nacolepsy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="rubella" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Vaccination" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Would you support a smartphone tax to fund suicide prevention? ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-smartphone-tax-911232-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:47613616-1076-b236-323a-4e2a0f14edc0</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-smartphone-tax-911232-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-smartphone-tax-911232-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A Senator has suggested that a one to four per cent levy would raise major funds for these resources. Would you support it?]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Devices" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Tablets" />
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<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Could you live without your TV? ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-television-909413-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:89023ed6-12dc-fe36-b7ce-4c6ff1104f73</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-television-909413-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A survey today has revealed that just 5 per cent of people don’t have one, so could you live without yours? ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Film" />
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<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Do you trust the European Union to represent your interests?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-trust-european-union-907754-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ee57817a-5151-00b4-ce3c-56ad4e429112</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-trust-european-union-907754-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-trust-european-union-907754-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A new survey has shown a massive decline in favourable views of the EU. So, do you trust them to make decisions that are right for you?]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Austerity" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="decisions" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Survey" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="trust" />
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<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Should more gardaí be armed with taser guns?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-should-more-gardai-be-armed-with-taser-guns-906135-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:8456d1be-2a65-6c65-78ff-172d33273962</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-should-more-gardai-be-armed-with-taser-guns-906135-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-should-more-gardai-be-armed-with-taser-guns-906135-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Gardaí believe they could offer more protection but opponents say they are dangerous weapons. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/sussex-police-taser-training-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Gardaí" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="GRA" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Tasers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Are Bus Éireann workers right to go on strike? ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/bus-eireann-strike-7-905382-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:8a029f05-d85a-c2be-bffe-786018b09f23</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/bus-eireann-strike-7-905382-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/bus-eireann-strike-7-905382-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Management says cost-cutting measures are necessary but unions say their members will be thousands of euro worse off as a result of the changes. What do you think? ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bus Eireann" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Industrial Action" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="National Bus and Rail Union" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="NBRU" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Strike" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Workers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Should Ireland spend more on overseas development funding? ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/overseas-development-poll-904756-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:98991f04-c491-c0b5-ebbe-a411c5982559</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/overseas-development-poll-904756-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/overseas-development-poll-904756-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Current spending does not meet UN targets but should we be spending 0.7 per cent of GNP on overseas development funding when we are in a bailout? ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Aid spending" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="ODA" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Official Development Assistance" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Overseas Development Aid" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="UN" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="United Nations" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Will the Bangladesh factory collapse change the way you shop? ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-bangladesh-factory-903112-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e62b3eac-5e3c-5dad-529c-7d5d7b2b90dc</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-bangladesh-factory-903112-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-bangladesh-factory-903112-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[As the death toll passes 1,000, we want to know: Will this incident have an impact on your shopping habits?]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Clothing factory" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Death" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mango" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Penneys" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Primark" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Retail" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Safety" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="safety standards" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Workers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Working Conditions" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Is the bad Irish weather making you consider a summer holiday abroad?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-irish-weather-holidays-901726-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:96fb9f6d-75f5-a494-978f-aa15e1b97eb8</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-irish-weather-holidays-901726-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-irish-weather-holidays-901726-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Met Éireann has warned that warmer weather is still some time off, so a staycation could be a chilly prospect.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish weather" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Met Éireann" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Staycation" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Summer" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Summer Time" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sun" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Do you shop around for your car insurance?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-car-insurance-savings-899990-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f08076e4-3b84-032f-77e5-7f4439dc320f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-car-insurance-savings-899990-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-car-insurance-savings-899990-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A survey has found that you could save up to €1,335 if you shopped around for your car insurance.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Insurance" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Motor insurance" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="National Consumer Agency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="NCA" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Shop Around" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Would you welcome a refund scheme for empty bottles and cans?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/bottle-refund-scheme-898436-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:fbc0d9b8-c941-0b5e-ec17-7e68af63f6c3</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/bottle-refund-scheme-898436-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/bottle-refund-scheme-898436-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A Labour Party councillor has called for a cash for cans and bottles scheme to help curb illegal dumping.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="alcohol containers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Beer bottles" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bottles" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="can refund" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="cash for cans" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Illegal dumping" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Rubbish" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Do you read the product information on your medicines? ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-do-you-read-the-product-information-on-your-medicines-897847-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:274f9921-387d-3dbe-1f45-919e7e4c9246</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-do-you-read-the-product-information-on-your-medicines-897847-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-do-you-read-the-product-information-on-your-medicines-897847-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Have your say…]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/shutterstock_113451310-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Medicine" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/jennifer-wade/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Has President Michael D Higgins crossed the line by criticising Europe?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-president-higgins-europe-austerity-896841-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1746a9d4-b04b-4d09-7ee9-ed4e10978dc9</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-president-higgins-europe-austerity-896841-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-president-higgins-europe-austerity-896841-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Some believe the president has overstepped the remit of his office by criticising EU austerity policies in an interview with the Financial Times.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/poll-president-higgins-europe-austerity-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Austerity" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EU" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Union" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Financial Times" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish President" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael D Higgins" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="president" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Should Ireland follow Scotland and introduce a minimum alcohol price?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-minimum-alcohol-price-896068-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:126b68b3-467f-50f2-827d-1dc1098c94fe</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-minimum-alcohol-price-896068-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-minimum-alcohol-price-896068-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Minimum pricing stops retailers from selling alcohol cheaply in a bid to prevent people from binge drinking.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/minimum-alcohol-price-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Alcohol" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="alcohol action" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="binge drinking" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="conor cullen" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="minimum alcohol price" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Scotland" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Should people who pay for sex be named and shamed?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-prostitution-894341-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1be8df6d-9355-9128-eb1e-d57152a5aab5</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-prostitution-894341-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-prostitution-894341-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[TDs will discuss a bill tabled by Deputy Thomas Pringle today that would make it illegal to pay for sex. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/netherlands-red-light-crackdown-4-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Debate" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="discussion" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Prostitution" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="TDs" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Should there be one TD per constituency?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-one-td-per-constituencey-893133-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9683d910-6c17-df96-e4e1-af4d15e6fbad</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-one-td-per-constituencey-893133-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-one-td-per-constituencey-893133-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Should there be one TD per constituency – or should we keep the current system?]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/2732013-meath-east-by-elections-campaigns-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="constituency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dáil" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="TD" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: How do you feel about the contents of the abortion bill?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-proposed-abortion-legislation-891705-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:2a5f4af6-0b6f-3d53-7cbc-8f8241cfb244</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-proposed-abortion-legislation-891705-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-proposed-abortion-legislation-891705-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The bill was published last night after much discussion – are you happy with the terms laid out in the bill?]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/05/shutterstock_77245495-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Abortion" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bill" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Legislation" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="maternal life" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Pregnancy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Should the government legislate for assisted suicide with safeguards?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-assisted-suicide-legislation-890067-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:58e3a686-3fbc-d1a2-f605-5c815dae8927</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-assisted-suicide-legislation-890067-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-assisted-suicide-legislation-890067-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Yesterday, Marie Fleming was told in the Supreme Court that her ‘right to die’ appeal was being dismissed – but a judge said that the Oireachtas could legislate to deal with cases such as this.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/04/shutterstock_127229321-1-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Assisted Suicide" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Legislate" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Marie Fleming" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Pub Justice" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Supreme Court" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Should adults be banned from using sunbeds?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-sunbeds-banned-ireland-888571-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:02b78930-5f85-dc14-1f9f-68529c0961aa</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-sunbeds-banned-ireland-888571-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-sunbeds-banned-ireland-888571-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[New legislation will mean it will be illegal for under-18s to use sunbeds. Should this be extended to adults, resulting in a total ban? ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/04/shutterstock_88847785-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Adult" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Child" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="health risks" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="illegal" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="legl" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="melanoma" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="permission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sunbed" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Do you think Fianna Fáil will ever get back into government?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/fianna-fail-election-887653-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:220ab9ac-91e5-f8dd-fc51-70f1cdc0bcd3</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/fianna-fail-election-887653-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/fianna-fail-election-887653-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The party has been told today that its brand is still damaged. What do you reckon?]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/04/27042013-fianna-fail-ard-fheis-leader-of-fiann-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Fianna Fáil" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="General Election" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Politics" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Do you think introducing laws for abortion would make it a common practice?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/abortion-poll-pervasive-886947-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:955914a1-10ea-2551-95f3-7d9ce979c245</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/abortion-poll-pervasive-886947-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/abortion-poll-pervasive-886947-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A cross-party group of pro-life politicians says introducing laws will lead to a dramatic increase in the number of abortions.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/04/abortion-poll-pervasive-2-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Abortion" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Pro-Choice" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Pro-Life" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="savita" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Savita Halappanavar" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Should paid parental leave cover a child’s first year?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-paid-parentl-leave-885536-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:35ad7be4-e2a4-8578-4d56-c578224360d8</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-paid-parentl-leave-885536-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-paid-parentl-leave-885536-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[That proposal has been made in a submission to the National Early Years Strategy – but what do you think?]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/04/shutterstock_109751450-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Children" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="National Early Years Strategy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Parental Leave" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="parents" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="start strong" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Would you support scrapping 1c and 2c coins?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-scrap-1c-2c-coins-884175-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ca991317-5252-5fd5-f0eb-bb15bb8f78fb</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-scrap-1c-2c-coins-884175-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-scrap-1c-2c-coins-884175-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A new pilot project in an Irish town will see the coins being taken out of use. Do you think it should go national?]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/04/shutterstock_62754622-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="1 cent" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="2 cent" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cash" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Coins" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Consumer" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Money" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Should schools introduce ‘CAO-style’ admission?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/schools-enrolment-882584-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e13bc3a5-99b7-ec62-d53a-2f20eb4f9521</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/schools-enrolment-882584-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/schools-enrolment-882584-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Irish Primary Principals’ Network has proposed the idea, saying that parents could rank their school choices similar to how the CAO form is organised. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/04/shutterstock_115746919-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="admissions" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="CAO" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="enrolment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Law" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Primary" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Schools" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Secondary" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Do you take “technology breaks”?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-technology-breaks-881145-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6f1f969d-3a15-de02-1f79-176f93282321</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-technology-breaks-881145-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-technology-breaks-881145-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A new eircom survey says that 1.3 million Irish people want to stay connected 24/7.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2013/04/apple-iphone-4-goes-on-sale-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="switch off" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Technology" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Is Ireland still a ‘rip-off Republic’?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-ireland-rip-off-republic-879553-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e08a55ef-a20f-075f-0585-84446aa05137</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-ireland-rip-off-republic-879553-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-ireland-rip-off-republic-879553-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A survey of tourists shows that our image among overseas visitors as a rip-off country has reversed – do you agree?]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/04/shutterstock_90973391-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="republic" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="rip-off" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Survey" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Tourists" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Should weekly State pensions be means-tested?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-state-pension-weekly-means-tested-878514-Apr2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-state-pension-weekly-means-tested-878514-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-state-pension-weekly-means-tested-878514-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A report from the OECD due out tomorrow reportedly says that the weekly state pension should be means-tested.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Should school summer holidays be shortened?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-school-summer-holidays-shortened-877766-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f2bb2956-fd16-55ed-1e52-a5792dc7c500</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-school-summer-holidays-shortened-877766-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-school-summer-holidays-shortened-877766-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The UK’s Education Secretary is calling for longer term times – should that be considered in Ireland too?]]></summary>
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<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Do you think the Personal Insolvency spending guidelines are fair?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-do-you-think-the-personal-insolvency-spending-guidelines-are-fair-876250-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ca219990-0dad-05aa-7d93-68c83328a05f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-do-you-think-the-personal-insolvency-spending-guidelines-are-fair-876250-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-do-you-think-the-personal-insolvency-spending-guidelines-are-fair-876250-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The spending guidelines set a limit of around €900 for a single person and roughly €1,400 a month for a family with children.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="personal insolvency guidelines" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Do you support plans to sell the National Lottery?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-do-you-support-plans-to-sell-the-national-lotto-874693-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6b60b519-d23c-8059-71a8-39933172584e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-do-you-support-plans-to-sell-the-national-lotto-874693-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-do-you-support-plans-to-sell-the-national-lotto-874693-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Dáil has passed leglisation to allow for the National Lottery licence to be sold.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bill" />
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<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Should the wearing of hoodies be banned to prevent crime?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-should-the-wearing-of-hoodies-be-banned-to-prevent-crime-873254-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e71dd6a6-c729-f3d1-e25a-cd54e05b7a16</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-should-the-wearing-of-hoodies-be-banned-to-prevent-crime-873254-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-should-the-wearing-of-hoodies-be-banned-to-prevent-crime-873254-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A town councillor in Mayo has called for a discussion on the issue as he believes criminals are getting away with crimes because their identities are hidden by hoodies.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mayo" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael Kilcoyne" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="New Law" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Do you think judicial independence is being undermined?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-do-you-think-judicial-independence-is-being-undermined-871775-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:5ea14eb2-ff34-e797-7c8e-ea88fe0a28cf</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-do-you-think-judicial-independence-is-being-undermined-871775-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-do-you-think-judicial-independence-is-being-undermined-871775-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Government has been accused of demolishing the judiciary “brick by brick”.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Court" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Courts" />
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<author><name>Amy Croffey</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/amy-croffey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Should non-Irish citizens be eligible for jury duty?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-non-irish-citizen-jury-duty-870164-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:08152203-a3ef-dd86-1c03-1b345139f388</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-non-irish-citizen-jury-duty-870164-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-non-irish-citizen-jury-duty-870164-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A report being launched today wants EU citizens and other long-term residents to be included in panels to sit on juries.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jury Duty" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Jury Service" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Law Reform Commission" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman" />
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Should illegal rubbish dumpers be ‘named and shamed’?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-name-and-shame-illegal-rubbish-869094-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9d34a55f-673c-e54b-816a-8892e638fa36</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-name-and-shame-illegal-rubbish-869094-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-name-and-shame-illegal-rubbish-869094-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Dublin City Council hopes to be able to name and shame people who dump rubbish illegally – but it requires a change of law. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Should primary schools spend less time on religious instruction?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-religion-classes-primary-schools-868282-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:56869eb9-1d09-342d-6548-a9e622f5ca3b</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-religion-classes-primary-schools-868282-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-religion-classes-primary-schools-868282-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A recent survey showed that the majority of schools spend more than their allocated time on religious instruction. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Children" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Primary" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Schools" />
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<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Is filming a performance on your mobile phone acceptable? ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-is-filming-a-performance-on-your-mobile-phone-acceptable-866840-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:002edfac-8e1a-23ba-7fde-7769ed64985a</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-is-filming-a-performance-on-your-mobile-phone-acceptable-866840-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-is-filming-a-performance-on-your-mobile-phone-acceptable-866840-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[We’d like to know what you think…]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Actors" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mobile Phone" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Musicians" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Performance" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/jennifer-wade/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Should Ireland introduce a formal honours system? ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-should-ireland-introduce-a-formal-honours-system-865621-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:38cfe4af-c678-acf7-f120-80b97bb8e9ce</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-should-ireland-introduce-a-formal-honours-system-865621-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-should-ireland-introduce-a-formal-honours-system-865621-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-21T06:32:33+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Let us know what you think…]]></summary>
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<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/jennifer-wade/</url>
</author>
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