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Wednesday 29 March 2023 Dublin: 13°C

# Manners

All time
# Decision time
A plea to contestants on First Dates Ireland: if you don’t want to go on a second date, speak first
Lads.
# Google search
This grandma asked Google the most polite question, and got an excellent reply
We love nana May.
# Manners
Munster call on fans to show respect in wake of jeers for Keatley
The province have released a statement to promote “sportsmanship and positive participation”.
# Manners
Everyone is impressed with how ridiculously polite Japanese One Direction fans are
Can’t get over it.
# Dilemma
The Burning Question*: Is it ok to eat on public transport?
Let us distract you from the ‘serious’ news with one of life’s REAL dilemmas. (*not really)
# manners matter
The 8 rules of table manners everyone needs to know
Because we’re not ANIMALS.
# Manners
Meet the little kid who says "f**k you" instead of "thank you"
This is Lloyd. He has something to say to you.
# How rude!
8 slightly rude things you do all the time
Because inside, we’re all a little bit nasty.
# laws of life
16 unspoken rules everyone should live by
Come on. We’re not animals.
# be nice now
China is worried about how their citizens behave when on holidays
The nation’s state-run television CCTV even a ran a series of programs aimed at encouraging good manners and acceptance of foreign customs when abroad.
# Manners
The worst possible Irish faux-pas, ranked in order
From least to most mortifying.
# bonne conduite
Paris tries to convince locals to be nicer to tourists
The Paris Tourism Board has set up a new guide called “Do You Speak Tourist?” to make tourists feel more at home in the French capital.
# Faux Pas
8 things that'd seem totally reasonable... anywhere except Ireland
Where are we living again?
# Week in Web
Weird Wide Web: Arrested development, Pac-Man post-its and the world's smallest charger
All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.
# Manners
PIC: Restaurant gives mum discount for 'well behaved kids'
The restaurant’s owner said he gave money off, as loud children can “upset other patrons”.
# Manners
VIDEO: Meet the most polite toddler in the world
Some kids have ALL the manners.
# Work Can Wait
The burning question*: Do you lick the yoghurt foil lid or not?
It’s Monday, so let TheJournal.ie distract you from the ‘serious’ news with one of life’s REAL dilemmas. (*not really)
# Monster-in-Law
Bourne supreme? Mother-in-law's savage email goes viral
Think you have a bad relationship with your in-laws? Then read what Carolyn Bourne sent her son’s bride…