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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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    Mute Eyepopper
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 5:45 PM

    If this is the case, I’m launching a suit against Guinness first thing Monday. They cause an explosion of raw sewage in my bathroom weekly.

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    Mute Cheeezi
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 5:52 PM

    @Eyepopper: ugh now thats really disgusting

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    Mute Eyepopper
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 6:29 PM

    @Cheeezi: these people should consider themselves lucky I’m not their neighbour!

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    Mute Cathal Byrne
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 5:34 PM

    Money makes it all better! No need to be aggrieved any more. Buy yourself a new car!

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    Mute Deborah Behan
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 5:52 PM

    @Cathal Byrne: ok how much would you shovel an explosion of other people’s shit out of your home? The smell alone in the house would be rank and they had to have health checks as well. I think it was appropriate.

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    Mute Fiona deFreyne
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 5:28 PM

    A gruesome experience and an appropriate award.

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    Mute Deirdre D'Arcy Murphy
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 5:34 PM

    @Fiona deFreyne: Absolutely not enough. Disgusting experience. They could have become very sick and having to move out of your home for the place to become safe to live in, definitely not enough.

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    Mute Jay Lane
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 5:39 PM

    Irish water costing us more money with their failings. But hey no high up person responsible as usual when they should be sacked immediately as the whole way Irish Water has been set up and remember their spend of OUR millions on consultants fees and the CEOs pay and all those high up around him to the hundreds of staff we are still paying for in Cork & for what as fees are finally gone. Oh don’t forget the bonuses again for all. Refunds should not be given to those who wanted to pay as well and a few existing council workers should handle water supply queries like before,& not hundreds of people in Cork we were there for billing and now bills gone they should be gone too saving us millions on this quango.

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    Mute Avina Laaf
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 5:45 PM

    @Jay Lane:
    So you paid your water bill??

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    Mute Jay Lane
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 6:10 PM

    @Avina Laaf: Who should pay for literally shite water?

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    Mute Cicero
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 7:09 PM

    @Jay Lane: why do you feel some people should pay for water by not getting refunded but not you? Do you think some sort of punishment is required for people that didn’t shirk their civic responsibilities?

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    Mute Noel James Doherty
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 7:27 PM

    @Jay Lane: are you stirring sh*t?

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    Mute Anthony Halpin
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 5:55 PM

    I’d take a bath in it for that kind of money. Come to think of it, at the moment €50 would do the trick!

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    Mute Ian Heaton
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 6:06 PM

    Where there’s muck, there’s money.

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    Mute John Cronin
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 5:54 PM

    Solicitors are killing this country .

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    Mute Jay Lane
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    Nov 4th 2017, 2:23 AM

    @John Cronin: They are a very powerful self serving elite and one of the few elites to defy change when the troika was here aided by our spineless government, who only look out for their elite friends anyway.

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    Mute Quentin Moriarty
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 5:42 PM

    Sheeeet hitting the fan

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    Mute Gary
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 7:06 PM

    I’m happy nobody was hurt but on a lighter note it brings a new meaning to the term sh17faced.

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    Mute Neville Bartos
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 6:20 PM

    Explosion of sh*te into bathroom. €5K alternate accom, €5K new bathroom. €10K in the bank. I’d go for it.

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    Mute P.J. Nolan
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 6:32 PM

    @Neville Bartos:
    Only €5,000 for alternative accommodation in dublin?

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    Mute Neville Bartos
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 6:39 PM

    @P.J. Nolan: yeah I reckon 20 nights at €200 a night plus say €1K for taxis and the hassle moving my stuff between places etc.

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    Nov 3rd 2017, 7:06 PM

    @Neville Bartos:
    Fair enough I can see where you are coming from but it’s the twenty days I would question solely from my own experience after frost damage back in 2010.
    The damage was contained to one section of the house but it was still a LOT more than twenty days.
    Maybe I was just unlucky.

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    Mute Matthew O'Kane
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 6:10 PM

    Irish water treats people so badly I thought it was metaphorical when I said they cant keep their shite to themselves

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    Mute John Kehoe
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    Nov 4th 2017, 12:32 AM

    I’m sorry but if you don’t pay for a service how can you even sue anyone???

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    Mute Paul Byrne
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 6:42 PM

    That’s the end of me havin an oul smoke while im sitting on the Toilet havin a Brown Thomas

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    Mute Dave.
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 6:09 PM

    People just wait now for some wack shit to happen to them. Id say you’ve better odds than winning on a 2€ scratch card. Just sue for anything, pays out as good as the National Lottery with better odds.

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    Mute Anthony Halpin
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 6:22 PM

    @Dave.: #2 is the new 7.

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    Mute GerryCummins
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 9:02 PM

    I’ll clean a bathroom covered in shi$e for that money!

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    Mute Barry C Mc Govern
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 9:56 PM

    So dynorod staffing are get a pay increase?

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    Mute Máirtín Drummond
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    Nov 3rd 2017, 9:24 PM

    What a load of shite

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