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# tissues

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Flu, respiratory illness, and the winter vomiting bug: Ireland is under the weather at the moment

How are you doing? Have you succumbed?

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Jan 3rd 2017, 6:56 PM

This guy is either Valentine's Day's biggest winner, or its biggest loser

What a wonderful, thoughtful gift.

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Feb 11th 2016, 10:34 AM

This Amazon review that's going viral is a brilliant fake

A “mother” of three teenage boys had this to say about Kleenex.

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Dec 20th 2013, 2:00 PM

The burning question*: Is it okay to keep a tissue up your sleeve?

It’s Monday, so let TheJournal.ie distract you from the ‘serious’ news with one of life’s REAL dilemmas. (*not really)

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Jan 28th 2013, 1:55 PM