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Wednesday 28 October 2020
There’s a 1 in 1,461 chance of being born on a leap day.
We can tell you.
“They drank, danced, pissed and, yes, apparently also bonked, as our press officer put it so well,” the police statement said.
€16.95. For a salad.
Richie Boucher said bankers’ pre-crash salaries were “relatively generous”.
Some people still think we could have got a better deal, however.
Ecstasy, ketamine, magic mushrooms and crystal meth (etc. etc.) will be illegal to possess once again, from midnight.
The banking inquiry heard from a former financial advisor to Brian Lenihan this afternoon.
Charlie’s card comes with its own brown envelope.
The former Taoiseach and party leader said he does think they will make a comeback and he hopes he lives to see it.
“Cumann na mBland”.
First they were asked to analyse budgets for families on the dole, now it’s essays on poverty and calculating youth unemployment rates.
There were tears, there was laughter and we imagine some weary heads hitting pillows last night.
Let’s take a nostalgic* look back at what Charlie McCreevy had in store for us ten years ago. We all partied. Apparently.
Iceland’s voters flocked back to the two parties ousted in 2009 after presiding over the worst financial crisis ever to hit the country.
Seven day tour of European capitals, anyone?
Figures compiled by the All-Ireland Research Observatory show just how much car sales in Ireland spiked (especially in 2000) – but how they fell sharply in the crash.
We all partied.
There was broad consensus that our political system needed major change, writes David McCann – but that now seems largely forgotten.
A combination of lethal frosts, intense heat and destructive hail in France mean whatever bubbly survives will be awesome.
“We are where we are” and “we all partied”. We look back at those turbulent two years that led us towards Ireland’s current economic state.
Every morning, TheJournal.ie brings you the nine things you need to know as you start your day…
LIKE ALMOST EVERYTHING this year, Halloween in 2020 will be a bit different from usual.
Large scale fancy-dress parties shouldn’t be happening under Level 5.
One thing we can still do, however, is watch some horror films.
There’s plenty to choose from ranging between the child-friendly to the very scary ones available on streaming platforms and set to be shown on TV in the coming days.
So, this morning we’re asking you: Do you plan to watch some horror films this Halloween?
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