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MORNINGS IN THE films generally look idyllic – everyone sitting around the kitchen table, joking, and drinking orange juice.
We’ve found the reality to be somewhat different. From the organised chaos of trying to get kids out the door to managing to grab a bite to eat before you head off to work, mornings in the real world are a far cry from the movies.
We asked around Journal Media towers to see what mornings were like in their houses, and this is what we found out.
I’ve got three kids under five, so getting out the door is a bit of a mission. We make sure the kids all have breakfast, but us parents often just grab something to eat on the run.
I always set my alarm with plenty of time to get everything done in the morning but… I always end up hitting the snooze button too many times and rushing around like a maniac.
Get yourself up with HOURS to spare, as you know you have to get all kids up, dressed, with lunches packed, with breakfast inside them, with proper bus fare, with homework in the correct bags, before you can even think about your own breakfast.
“Then someone needs a permission slip signed and a tenner for a school trip and you don’t have a tenner, or someone has left their gym kit somewhere unknown but needs it today for the cross-country meet down the country after school, and you have to text other mums to see if you can borrow gear… Every… single… morning…”
No matter what time I leave the house, I have to have my cup of coffee on the way in. Believe me, everyone in the office is grateful that I do.
Sound familiar? We bet it does. Send us a picture of what a ‘real morning’ looks like in your house and you could win €500. There are three prizes to be won. Simply tweet your photos to @thejournal_ie with the hashtag #RealMornings or email us at competitions@thejournal.ie. Competition runs 16 May – 24 July. Terms and conditions apply. Start your morning with Cheerios – they have no artificial colours or flavours, just whole grain and fibre, for a great start to your day.
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Great news especially with Brexit on the horizon. The US beef market is absolutely huge, and we produce a far superior product to their domestic offering.
Big kudos to Board Bia for sorting this out for Irish beef farmers.
@James Keane: Slightly of subject. Somebody should show this to all the people in the UK who voted for Brexit. Like we now are with the U.S. in respect of our beef. Outside the EU the UK will be subject to laws and regulations from within the EU if they want to export to the EU. So now the UK will be subject to the EU laws but without any say in making them or they just stop exporting to the EU. Clever people!
@Mary Murphy: You should get a job in the Department for the Bleedin Obvious. The people in the UK knew the consequences of brexit.
@Ian Walsh: Exactly, they knew they would get control of their borders, to stop them bloody immigrants (they won’t), they’d get back 350mill per week for the NHS (they won’t) and they get to stunt opportunities for future generations (actually, this one they will)
@James Keane: Especially in conjunction with Amazons take over of Whole Foods. I can see them trying to gain a larger market share for their high quality grocery store. Not to mention Amazon Prime grocery deliveries.
Grass feed beef is much healthier than grain fed beef for human consumption.
Grain fed beef contributes significantly to arterial and cardio vascular disease.
@Tony Daly: That’s because grass fed is high in omega 3, an anti inflammatory, also found in fish oils. Grain fed have a higher omega 6 which in excess is pro inflammatory.
Grain feeding is also inhumane as it damages the digestive tract of the animal that has not evolved to eat it. Even humans used to soak grains in an acid medium before grinding for flour as grains are seeds and have protective toxins in their raw form.
You can’t beat a lovely juicy medium to rare Irish steak cooked and prepared by a well trained chef.
Makes you wonder what’s in all those foreign cattle?!
@Mary McDonagh Faherty: Beef and Milk?
@Stephen Devlin: and angel dust
This shows how vital it is that we in ROI patrol the border with NI after Brexit. It’s in our interest to ensure our products are not contaminated with British products.
@Fred Jensen: Oh yeah? Remind us all how airtight the NI border was the last time there were border controls.
@Fred Jensen:
Build a wall!!! The DUP will pay for it.
And can we also have a choice?
And be able to sample a piece of American beef
Or is it one way traffic for the 90 % of Irish exported beef
@Thaddus T Sawballs: im sure Mr Trump would agree with you there.
@Thaddus T Sawballs: ifa seem scared shitless of South or North American Beef but are all aboard the gravy train to sell their own.
@Thaddus T Sawballs: go to McDonald’s they still have The Great Taste Of America burgers lol
@Thaddus T Sawballs: go to McDonald’s they still have The Great Taste Of America burgers lol
@Shawn O’Ceallaghan: it’s the me fein attitude
You have no choice but Irish beef
They feed you this bullscutter about Angus beef being the best beef?
Like you don’t have a say ,it’s the best because we say so now eat it and shut your mouth
They want to export to every country in the world
But under no circumstances let any foreign beef in here, all angel dust and hormones bullshit they trot out
@Thaddus T Sawballs. Why should EU farmers be forced to jump through all the hoops to produce traceable beef, when South American farmers can sell in the same market place while not coming close to the standards of EU beef farms? Double standards.
@Do the Bort man: if I could only get a bit of EU beef,
Where did you see any Spanish French of German beef in any shops here
@Thaddus T Sawballs: Thats like asking why can’t you get any German, Spanish or French snow in Greenland. We have more than enough here to meet our demand, imported beef from other EU countries would be more expensive for the consumer in Ireland, so they are at a disadvantage straight away.
Giving good quality beef to Americans is just a waste of good meat…everyone knows they would eat any old $hit.
Fantastic news for Irish farmers and only right because they put every effort into giving us healthy meat. Unlike the U.S. they wont find any steroids and crap that they love to feed animals over there to bulk them up.
Good news, however only very select farms will actually benefit from this. I’m not complaining though!
i wonder how much could the beef market be worth to ireland??
Pity the animal has to have a violent death. Must be very frightening for the animals.
@Niallers: its not a violent death.
@Do the Bort man: I don’t think they wait for them to die in their sleep.
@Niallers: it’s possible to die violently in your sleep.
@Do the Bort man: halal deaths can be quite violent for the animal when pre-stunning technique is not followed.
@Sean: correct halal can be barbaric, but it’s hardly ever used in Ireland.
feckless Eejit
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