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# childrens-books - Monday 13 January, 2020
81-times capped Wales star set to retire from rugby to focus on children's books
James Hook scored 352 points for his country from his debut in 2006 to his final bow in 2015.
# childrens-books - Thursday 7 March, 2019
'The entire infrastructure has dissolved': School libraries are struggling to meet students' needs
The school libraries grant was withdrawn during the recession and has never been reinstated.
# childrens-books - Wednesday 14 November, 2018
4 events for... literature lovers to bookmark at Dublin Book Festival
A weekend of storytelling, exhibitions, and panel discussions featuring Ireland’s finest literary figures.
# childrens-books - Wednesday 13 September, 2017
10 important things we learned from Roald Dahl books
It’s Roald Dahl Day!
# childrens-books - Wednesday 28 June, 2017
The man who created Paddington Bear has died
More than 30 million Paddington Bear books have been sold worldwide.
# childrens-books - Tuesday 23 May, 2017
These are the best children's books in Ireland right now
The awards were presented at a ceremony in Smock Alley today.
# childrens-books - Saturday 4 March, 2017
How Well Do You Remember Enid Blyton Books?
Jolly hockey sticks!
# childrens-books - Friday 13 January, 2017
9 things you probably did if you grew up reading A Series of Unfortunate Events
The world is quiet here.
# childrens-books - Friday 18 November, 2016
We've all been pronouncing 'Roald Dahl' wrong for years and everything is a lie
It’s Roo-al. ROO-AL.
# childrens-books - Thursday 3 March, 2016
# childrens-books - Sunday 21 February, 2016
The Hardest Roald Dahl Quiz Ever
It’s a Whipplescrumtious Fudgemallow Delight of a quiz.
# childrens-books - Tuesday 16 February, 2016
13 things you'll understand if you were a total bookworm as a kid
School book fairs were no joke.
# childrens-books - Sunday 8 November, 2015
Here's a quick trip around Ireland with one piece of trivia from each county
They’re explored in Fatti and John Burke’s new book, Irelandopedia.
# childrens-books - Thursday 24 September, 2015
Parents are losing the rag over this book's cheeky name
But there’s just one problem…
# childrens-books - Wednesday 11 March, 2015
Which Beloved Children's Book Character Are You?
Are you a Matilda, or more of an Artemis Fowl? Take our quiz and find out.
# childrens-books - Tuesday 8 July, 2014
JK Rowling has written a brand new Harry Potter short story
It’s available to read on her website, Pottermore.
# childrens-books - Sunday 16 February, 2014
Undeniable signs you were (and still are) obsessed with Harry Potter
For a start, you definitely know it’s Wingardium Levio-saa, not Levio-saar.
# childrens-books - Sunday 9 February, 2014
A definitive ranking of the children's books you read in school
From Roald Dahl to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
# childrens-books - Tuesday 14 January, 2014
This short Twitter story by R.L. Stine will give you Goosebumps all over again
The spooky tale by the childen’s horror author will take you right back.
# childrens-books - Wednesday 5 June, 2013
8 books that MADE your childhood
You wouldn’t have minded doing that book report on these stories.
# childrens-books - Saturday 14 July, 2012
Column: Why I want to give a book to every child born in Ireland
Children’s Laureate Niamh Sharkey writes for TheJournal.ie about why reading is so important – and the reason she loves Dr Seuss.
# childrens-books - Wednesday 25 April, 2012
Parents concerned over content in children's books
International concerns about what children read are now troubling Irish parents.
# childrens-books - Sunday 5 February, 2012
Boy in the Striped Pyjamas voted favourite winner of Bisto Book Awards
John Boyne says he hopes his 2006 novel proves that “successful and complex subjects” can be explored in children’s books.
# childrens-books - Thursday 20 October, 2011
Seamus Heaney to get lifetime award as Irish Book Awards shortlist released
The Nobel laureate will be honoured at the Bord Gáis Irish Book Awards 2011.
# childrens-books - Tuesday 13 September, 2011
Campaign to save Roald Dahl's 'little nest' writing hut
Push to preserve the shed where author Roald Dahl wrote his most famous works has sparked a backlash from people who think royalties should cover the costs.
# childrens-books - Wednesday 5 January, 2011
Dick King-Smith, creator of ‘Babe’, dies at 88
The children’s author, best known for writing the books that spawned the Babe films, passes away at home.
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Poll: Are you still using the Covid-19 tracker app?
IT’S A MONTH since the launch of the HSE’s new Covid-19 contact tracing app.
Since then, the app has had well over one million downloads, with the take-up rate heralded as being “the most successful launch” of the app anywhere in the world, said HSE CEO Paul Reid last month.
The app is intended to help contact tracing, particularly with people who aren’t family and friends, and uses Bluetooth technology to determine whether you’ve been a close contact of someone who’s tested positive for the virus.
Users are encouraged to switch on their Bluetooth settings, and to check in with their symptoms every day. The bluetooth function means that users will be notified via the app if they have been a close contact of a confirmed case.
As cases begin to rise again – particularly in Kildare, Laois and Offaly – health officials fear that transmission could once again spread within the community.
Of the 174 cases reported yesterday, around 50 of them were reported outside of the three counties now under new restrictions.
With that in mind, we want to know: Are you still using the Covid-19 tracker app?
Poll Results:
Yes, I check in every day (4699)
Yes, I check in most days (4070)
I didn't download it (3859)
No, I've stopped using it (2761)
Yes, but I only check in once or twice per week (2742)
Yes, but I only have the bluetooth contact tracing function enabled (1778)
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