AS OUR MOTTO goes, we invite our followers to read, share and shape the news. And you did just that this year.

These are the stories you read on TheJournal.ie in 2011 and most wanted to share with your friends on Facebook.

In order of most retweeted (links under the slideshow if you want to see what they are all about…)

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

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1. US Congress rules that pizza is now a vegetable
Pic: AP Photo/Nelson Antoine
2. Woman died from allergic reaction after sex with dog
Stock pic/AP Photo/PA Images
3. The tweets that made Darron Gibson quit Twitter in 2 hours
Manchester United player Darron Gibson (Pic: Mike Egerton/EMPICS Sport/PA Images)
4. Images of the 'Super Moon' in March
AP Images
4. Man jumps into Liffey after pet rabbit
Image: Sebastian Dooris via Flickr.com
6. Church in Howth cancels bin Laden tribute Mass
The house where Osama bin Laden was caught and killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash,File)
7. A poll on Lucinda Creighton's views on gay marriage
Junior minister Lucinda Creighton. (Niall Carson/PA Wire)
8. Do you have faith in homeopathy?
Pic: Geek Calendar/Flickr.com
9. Woman dies of hypothermia in flat
Family of Rachel Peavoy protest outside Dublin City Council offices in Ballymun last June after her inquest hears that she died from hypothermia at home. (Pic: Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
10. Poll: Do you support the Gaza flotilla?
Pic: AP Photo/Darko Bandic

US Congress rules that pizza is a vegetable
Woman died from allergic reaction to sex with dog
Here are the Tweets that made Darron Gibson quit Twitter within two hours [Updated: or did they?]
Slideshow: Dramatic images of last night’s ‘Super Moon’
Man jumps into Liffey to save pet rabbit
Church in Howth cancels mass in memory of Osama bin Laden
Poll: Do you agree with Lucinda Creighton’s comments on marriage?
Do you have faith in homeopathy?
Woman died of hypothermia in flat, after council refused to fix heating
Poll: Do you support the efforts of the Gaza flotilla?

The Top 10 TheJournal.ie stories you tweeted in 2011>

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1. US Congress rules that pizza is now a vegetable

2. Woman died from allergic reaction after sex with dog

3. The tweets that made Darron Gibson quit Twitter in 2 hours

4. Images of the 'Super Moon' in March

4. Man jumps into Liffey after pet rabbit

6. Church in Howth cancels bin Laden tribute Mass

7. A poll on Lucinda Creighton's views on gay marriage

8. Do you have faith in homeopathy?

9. Woman dies of hypothermia in flat

10. Poll: Do you support the Gaza flotilla?

The Top 10 TheJournal.ie stories you tweeted in 2011>

Making a difference

A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article. Over 5,000 readers like you have already stepped up and support us with a monthly payment or a once-off donation.