AS ANY FREQUENT reader knows, comments are part of the lifeblood around here.
Whether they make you laugh, roll your eyes, punch the keyboard, nod your head, or just think about something in a different way, the reaction from readers is an integral part of the news stories that we publish.
There was a clear theme among the articles which got the most comments this year: They were mainly topical news stories which people felt strongly about.
Here’s the list in full of the articles which got the most comments this year.
1. RTÉ cameraman injured in demonstrations on O’Connell Street Number of comments: 712
2. UN: Ireland must compensate woman forced to travel abroad for abortion Number of comments: 710
3. We’re helping women access abortion pills in Ireland. Here’s why Number of comments: 544
4. Make no mistake, today’s March for Choice is just the beginning of a long ground war Number of comments: 520
5. Hundreds turn out for ‘Celebrate the 8th’ anti-abortion event in Dublin Number of comments: 508
6. Who’s in? Who’s out? These are your new ministers Number of comments: 507
7. Florida gay nightclub worst mass shooting in US history 50 dead and 53 injured Number of comments: 491
8. Twitter bans right-wing writer after Ghostbusters actor targeted by trolls Number of comments: 490
9. ‘Like most of my friends, I baptised my children so they could go to school’: The anger of Ireland’s non-religious parents Number of comments: 475
10. Nine dead in suspected terrorist shooting at Munich shopping centre Number of comments: 467
All figures correct at the time of being compiled
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