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# true-or-false - Thursday 23 August, 2018
Are These Daniel O'Donnell Facts True Or False?
Do you know what Daniel’s favourite dinner is?
# true-or-false - Monday 14 May, 2018
Are These Facts About Irish Counties True Or False?
Now’s your time to shine if you know where the driest place in Ireland is.
# true-or-false - Wednesday 25 April, 2018
Can You Guess Whether These Weird Celeb Stories Are True Or False?
How’s your weird celeb trivia?
# true-or-false - Friday 29 December, 2017
Quiz: Did a British politician say this about Ireland during the Brexit talks?
How well do you remember what British politicians have been saying about Ireland?
# true-or-false - Friday 30 December, 2016
True or false: Did these things actually happen in 2016?
Have you been paying attention this year?
# true-or-false - Sunday 29 May, 2016
Quiz: Are these commonly known "facts" true or false?
Are they actually true?
# true-or-false - Saturday 26 December, 2015
The Great True Or False Quiz of 2015
Were you paying attention?
# true-or-false - Saturday 7 February, 2015
True or false? 9 Uber Facts investigated and debunked
Don’t believe everything you read.
# true-or-false - Friday 2 January, 2015
Can you tell the real NFL player from the name we just made up?
It’s harder than you think.
# true-or-false - Wednesday 24 December, 2014
True or False: Did these news stories actually happen?
Take the quiz…
# true-or-false - Monday 2 June, 2014
Debunked: Is it better to keep bread in the fridge or a bread bin?
Mould is likely to contaminate the bread at some point, but what is the best way of stopping this from happening?
# true-or-false - Sunday 24 November, 2013
Debunked: Does water drain in a different direction in each hemisphere?
You remember this from The Simpsons, don’t you?
# true-or-false - Sunday 10 November, 2013
Debunked: Will a bee die if it stings you?
Will you be taking less pity on the next bee that stings you?
# true-or-false - Monday 28 October, 2013
Debunked: Are redheads, gingers, and strawberry blondes going extinct?
Someday in the future, that pesky MC1R could be a thing of the past, if this myth is to be believed.
# true-or-false - Sunday 20 October, 2013
Debunked: Are Daddy Longlegs the most poisonous spiders in the world?
Perhaps you should take a wide berth next time you see one dangling above your bed.
# true-or-false - Sunday 13 October, 2013
Debunked: Does switching off your engine when stuck in traffic save fuel?
It’s time to settle the argument you always have with that back-seat driver.
# true-or-false - Sunday 6 October, 2013
Debunked: Is it possible to have a photographic memory?
It wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world. You’d never have to double-check to see if you locked the back door or not. Did you?
# true-or-false - Sunday 29 September, 2013
Debunked: Does pressing the pedestrian crossing button more than once make any difference?
And why do we feel the need to press it over and over again?
# true-or-false - Sunday 22 September, 2013
Debunked: Does swallowed chewing gum stay in your stomach for seven years?
Or longer? Is that piece that you swallowed when you were six still there?
# true-or-false - Sunday 15 September, 2013
Debunked: Does Earth's distance from the Sun cause our seasons?
The thinking that the further away we are the colder it gets isn’t right. In fact, it’s the complete opposite.
# true-or-false - Sunday 8 September, 2013
Debunked: Do ostriches bury their heads in the sand when scared?
Or could that just be according to a book published in 77AD?
# true-or-false - Sunday 1 September, 2013
Debunked: Does reading in low light or staring at a screen damage your eyesight?
“Turn off that feckin’ laptop and go to sleep, Séan, your eyes will fall out of your head by the time you’re thirty” can now be swiftly met with “Eh, Mam, about that…”.
# true-or-false - Sunday 25 August, 2013
Debunked: Does sugar make children hyperactive?
Although we are quick to lay the blame on fizzy pop and chocolate, studies show that they might not have anything to do with hyperactivity.
# true-or-false - Sunday 18 August, 2013
Debunked: Is a rat never more than a few metres away?
That would mean there could be one right at the foot of your bed, but is this actually the case?
# true-or-false - Sunday 11 August, 2013
Debunked: Does knuckle-cracking cause arthritis?
A loud cracking sound coming from inside your hand can’t be a good thing, right?
# true-or-false - Sunday 4 August, 2013
Debunked: Do you really eat a dozen spiders in your sleep every year?
Maybe there are some arachnids clumsy enough to fall in.
# true-or-false - Sunday 15 July, 2012
The truth behind 5 old wives' tales
Sitting too close to the TV? Swallowed chewing gum? Worried chocolate causes spots? Relax – it’s not as bad as you were led to believe.
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Poll: Will you watch the seven-way leaders' debate tomorrow?
TOMORROW EVENING AT 9.35pm all seven political party leaders will debate each other on RTÉ’s Claire Byrne Live.
With the general election less than a fortnight away it’s a chance for each leader to set out their stall for the electorate and for the voter to get a better sense of where each party stands on major issues facing the country.
There’s been controversy, meanwhile, over both RTÉ and Virgin Media’s two-way debates between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin with Sinn Féin issuing a legal letter to RTÉ over its exclusion.
Tomorrow night will see Varadkar, Martin and Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald debate each other alongside Labour leader Brendan Howlin, Green Party leader Eamon Ryan, Solidarity/People Before Profit’s Richard Boyd Barrett and the Social Democrats’ Roisín Shorthall.
So today we’re asking: Will you watch the seven-way leaders’ debate on Monday?
Poll Results:
No (6340)
Yes (6140)
I've no opinion (401)
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Opinion: How would I, a refugee in Ireland, vote in this election?
By Evgeny Shtorn
Voting is a privilege and homelessness is the biggest challenge, writes Evgeny Shtorn.
How I Spend My Money: A 23-year-old clerical officer on €23,000 who lives in Louth
By TheJournal.ie reader
The Irish For: Cúpla focal for the happy couple
By Darach Ó Séaghdha - @TheIrishFor
Wedding prayers and toasts can sound so beautiful in Irish, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
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