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Poll: Are you an early bird or a night owl?

Do you even know?

WHEN THE ALARM goes off in the morning, do you jump out of bed? Or do you snooze it one too many times before racing around to get ready?

Whether you’re a night owl or an early bird can greatly affect your day and productivity.

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But one is not necessarily better than the other – although it can definitely seem that early birds have the advantage at times, as struggling to get out of bed in the morning does not make for a great start to the day.

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Circadian wha’?

The reason people are night owls or early birds has to do with their circadian rhythm – or their internal biological clock. Some people’s natural cycle is longer, leading them to be night owls, whereas people with a shorter cycle tend to be early birds.

Often it can change during your lifetime too – children tend to get up early, teens tend to want to never get up. Ever.

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So we want to know – are you an early bird or a night owl?


Poll Results:

Night owl (4320)
Early bird (3501)
Neither (1419)

Do you see any benefit to being an early bird or a night owl (depending on what you are)? Let us know in the comments below.

No matter whether you bounce or crawl out of bed, making your head over to Transport for Ireland and plan your journey in advance. No matter where you’re going around Ireland, you can plan your route at Transport for Ireland - your journey starts here.  

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    Jun 29th 2012, 10:20 PM

    nice one

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    Mute Tim Jackson
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    Jun 29th 2012, 11:22 PM

    Vincent Browne is a ledgend and is the only real journalist out there that reports the issues that the public want to hear and not a load of bs that the government and the papers feed to its people every day.

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    Jun 29th 2012, 10:53 PM

    I’m sick to death of hearing more of the same regurgitated about the bank debt…repeating it won’t change anything. Energies are better focused on what we can do to turn things around

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    Mute Tim Jackson
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    Jun 29th 2012, 11:00 PM

    Becaue the bank debt matters. You are paying for it with YOUR money. I’m not sure if your post is meant to be sarcastic but on the current trajectory, we are heading for a second bailout with savage austerity. If you’re ok with that, good luck!

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    Jun 29th 2012, 11:09 PM

    I hear ya Brenda. (Most) Irish peoples attitudes are a big reason I want to do a few years abroad working, not the economic crisis!

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    Jun 29th 2012, 11:04 PM

    A good news story, a murder suspect tracked down. Good work by Gardai & Interpol. a long wait for family of victim. Plenty of coverage of our banks etc … A dangerous man behind bars has to be a good result.

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    Mute Tim Jackson
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    Jun 29th 2012, 11:13 PM

    The Police have done their job but my original point is that people on here are starting the vigilante thing. Brave computer warriors. Aren’t people more concerned about issues close to home like our banking debts that we are saddled with?

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    Jun 29th 2012, 11:19 PM

    Tim – your Facebook details alone scream anti anything other than Sinn Fein. Please reserve these ludicrous comments for relevant articles regarding government, economy, Europe (not the football) etc. otherwise stop peddling this anarchism on completely unrelated articles.nnThanks,nEvery other reader

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    Jun 29th 2012, 11:21 PM

    Not every story is going to be about bank debt.

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    Mute Tim Jackson
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    Jun 29th 2012, 10:38 PM

    Can we move onto more relevant stories closer to home please. Namely, the Bank debt.

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    Jun 29th 2012, 10:50 PM

    lol.. did you just get the internet yesterday? Bank debt.. shur that’s hardly relevant these days.

    Anyways.. fair play to Interpol and our Gardai. At least something positive still exists in this debt ridden hole of ours!

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    Jun 29th 2012, 10:56 PM

    mart,

    You’re not as clever as you want others to believe. Few vigilantes go on a witchhunt except those with little or no news to report as a journalist. At least Vincent Browne is one respected journalist to admire – he covers issues of interest to the Irish people.

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    Jun 29th 2012, 11:01 PM

    You need to lighten up, Tim. Not everything revolves around our national debt… good things can still happen when you fell like you’re in the doldrums.

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    Jun 29th 2012, 11:03 PM

    Hi Tim,

    Plenty of economic stories on the site today. Here’s just one:

    http://www.thejournal.ie/explainer-eu-bank-debt-deal-anglo-irish-bank-promissory-notes-503962-Jun2012/

    Thanks,
    Sinead

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    Jun 29th 2012, 11:07 PM

    Jesus Tim, if you want to read about debt and economic woe by all means look at the titles before you click in. This is a good news story – yes, they still happen – don’t dampen it with your negativity. Good news TheJournal et al. I remember seeing the story a few weeks ago. nnNext theyve got to find DJ MorgIOS…couldn’t resist….

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    Jun 30th 2012, 7:26 AM

    In the end there shall be only 1

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    Jun 30th 2012, 8:09 AM

    My god Tim I’m losing the will to live reading your comments. How negative, boring and repetitive can one person be? Maybe you’re just trolling like lots of other people on this site?

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    Jun 30th 2012, 10:54 PM

    What Bank debt, it’s now the Irish Taxpayers’ debt. The un-named bondholders are laughing all the way to their Euro banks with our money given to them by that idiot Cowen in late night deals and now supported by this spineless government.

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    Jun 30th 2012, 1:20 AM

    If they put him in a cell with Sean Quinn, who would walk out alive?

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    Jun 30th 2012, 4:38 AM

    If they put me in a cell with him instead of Sean Quinn, he’d probably walk out alive because I would probably have died from boredom.

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    Jun 29th 2012, 11:19 PM

    Hyperbole media is replacing tabloid media. Personally, I no longer read newspapers that report on court cases because it’s merely an attempt to cover-up for their lack of journalism. Negative news reporting with titles like “man arrested for xyz” or “man jailed for xyz” is boorish.

    “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.”

    ― George Orwell

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    Jun 29th 2012, 11:47 PM

    Yeah yeah yeah, whine, whine, whine, what a ball of fun your friends must find you. Life goes on with or without bank debt. I am not here forever and intend enjoying the time I am here so not planning on spending it whining.

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    Jun 30th 2012, 12:30 AM

    Because the bank debt matters everything else doesn’t…. Yeah, sure, nice one… Go away, your boorish

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    Jun 30th 2012, 11:51 AM

    Tim ( bank debt ) Jackson. Has a nice ring to it. As many here have pointed out there are a couple of stories here day to day on the dealings of the banks and they like of scoundrels like Quinn. This is the journal.ie not bankdebt.ie. it was interesting to see some post about your Facebook saying your were pro SF. Is it any wonder you are not find of Interpol. Half the shiners are on the run with a boot full of stolen ink

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    Jun 30th 2012, 4:27 PM

    Edit .Fond of interpol. Thanks you and goodnight.

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