# burning question
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Burning Question: what does a peat-free future hold for the Midlands?
Trinity College Dublin PhD candidate Jamie Rohu outlines the challenges for workers as we transition our industrial bogs towards a more sustainable future.
Debate Room: Is Die Hard a Christmas film?
Two of our team had a heated disagreement about it and, here, they make their claims.
The old debate over how to pronounce 'Nice biscuits' is rearing its ugly head again
Nice or neeeeeese?
Poll: Has the time come to officially pay inter-county GAA managers?
This issue won’t be going away any time soon.
Would an all-Ulster team entering the Liam MacCarthy Cup work?
Former Cork goalkeeper and Clare coach Donal Óg Cusack insists it’s the way forward but a prominent Ulster hurling official disagrees.
Fun poll: Is it really wrong to refer to 17 March as St Patty's Day?
Your daily bite-sized ballot break.
Feel it's too late to do anything about the Poolbeg incinerator? Not so
Fear of an incinerator in the city of Dublin is not irrational – and we need to demand better controls and monitoring before it begins to burn.
The Burning Question*: Do you celebrate Valentine's Day?
Let TheJournal.ie distract you from the ‘serious’ news with one of life’s REAL dilemmas. (*not really)
The Burning Question: Crackers before or after dinner?
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The Burning Question: Are you allowed open a present today?
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Do you wash your legs? This question is dividing the internet
No, really. Some people don’t wash their legs!
The Burning Question*: Do those 'No Junk Mail' signs apply to election leaflets?
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The Burning Question*: Should men expect a present on Valentine's Day?
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The Burning Question*: What time are we having Christmas dinner?
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The Burning Question*: When is it okay to start playing Christmas music?
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The Burning Question*: How do you eat a 99?
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The Burning Question*: Are we decorating for Halloween or is it 'too American'?
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The Burning Question*: Is it OK to have a pint of milk with your dinner?
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The Burning Question*: When are we putting the heating back on?
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The Burning Question*: Reverse park or drive straight in?
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The Burning Question*: Is it OK to talk at gigs?
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The Burning Question: Is it ok to talk on the phone on public transport?
Do you pick up on the move?
The Burning Question: Is it OK to use a knife and fork to eat pizza?
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The Burning Question*: When do you put milk in your tea?
On this Bank Holiday Monday, let TheJournal.ie distract you from the ‘serious’ news with one of life’s REAL dilemmas. (*not really)
The Burning Question*: Which way should the toilet roll hang?
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The Burning Question: When is 'next weekend'?
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The Burning Question: Is it OK to recline your airplane seat?
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The Burning Question*: Do you press the button to close the doors on a lift?
Let us distract you from the serious news with one of life’s REAL dilemmas. (*not really)
We asked Enda some of life's burning questions*
The Taoiseach has had his say on life’s REAL dilemmas. (*not really)
The Burning Question*: Clapping at the end of a film - grand or very annoying?
Let us distract you from the ‘serious’ news with one of life’s REAL dilemmas. (*not really)
The Burning Question*: Angel or star on the top of tree?
Let us distract you from the ‘serious’ news with one of life’s REAL dilemmas. (*not really)
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)
The Burning Question: Do you consider porridge to be a cereal?
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The Burning Question*: Is it too early to put the heating back on?
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The Burning Question*: Should you heat up plates before dinner?
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The Burning Question*: Is it ok to go to the toilet in front of your other half?
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The Burning Question*: When do you make the bed?
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