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# DISTRACTING

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A girl was forced to miss a school test because her outfit was 'too distracting'

“She told me she’d rather me completely miss the test than distract the boys from doing well on theirs.”

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Jan 21st 2016, 8:18 AM

Invite a royal to 2016? Should we have the Kaiser's relatives too? --- O'Cuiv

The Fianna Fáil TD (and grandson of Eamon de Valera) says he believes such a move would be “seriously distracting”.

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Sep 23rd 2014, 12:54 PM

Children are 12 times more distracting to a driver than a mobile phone

A new survey finds that the average parent takes their eyes off the road for three minutes and 22 seconds during a 16-minute trip.

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Oct 21st 2013, 12:44 PM