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# Manners

This year
2023
Sinn Féin says 'putting manners on you' comments were not directed at Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
The remarks, made by Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, came during an RTÉ budget debate
All time
A plea to contestants on First Dates Ireland: if you don’t want to go on a second date, speak first
Lads.
This grandma asked Google the most polite question, and got an excellent reply
We love nana May.
Munster call on fans to show respect in wake of jeers for Keatley
The province have released a statement to promote “sportsmanship and positive participation”.
Everyone is impressed with how ridiculously polite Japanese One Direction fans are
Can’t get over it.
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 8 rules of table manners everyone needs to know
Because we’re not ANIMALS.
Meet the little kid who says "f**k you" instead of "thank you"
This is Lloyd. He has something to say to you.
8 slightly rude things you do all the time
Because inside, we’re all a little bit nasty.
16 unspoken rules everyone should live by
Come on. We’re not animals.
China is worried about how their citizens behave when on holidays
The nation’s state-run television CCTV even a ran a series of programs aimed at encouraging good manners and acceptance of foreign customs when abroad.
The worst possible Irish faux-pas, ranked in order
From least to most mortifying.
Paris tries to convince locals to be nicer to tourists
The Paris Tourism Board has set up a new guide called “Do You Speak Tourist?” to make tourists feel more at home in the French capital.
8 things that'd seem totally reasonable... anywhere except Ireland
Where are we living again?
Weird Wide Web: Arrested development, Pac-Man post-its and the world's smallest charger
All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.
PIC: Restaurant gives mum discount for 'well behaved kids'
The restaurant’s owner said he gave money off, as loud children can “upset other patrons”.
VIDEO: Meet the most polite toddler in the world
Some kids have ALL the manners.
The burning question*: Do you lick the yoghurt foil lid or not?
It’s Monday, so let TheJournal.ie distract you from the ‘serious’ news with one of life’s REAL dilemmas. (*not really)
Bourne supreme? Mother-in-law's savage email goes viral
Think you have a bad relationship with your in-laws? Then read what Carolyn Bourne sent her son’s bride…