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    Mute Johnny Norton
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    Sep 5th 2015, 8:55 AM

    Feels wrong to me to turn that young boy into a fun quiz topic. Not to mention getting his name wrong in the answers.

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    Mute Elma Phudd
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    Sep 5th 2015, 9:07 AM

    Well there is no alternative name suggested, so they just forgot to make Aylan the correct Answer. However, I agree, it’s an inappropriate question in the first place.

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    Mute Sam
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    Sep 5th 2015, 9:32 AM

    Yet it’s still not amended or taken out.
    Seriously, time and a place for your quizzes journal. At least amend the damn thing and apologise. That’s just decent human respect.

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    Mute Mick Stafford
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    Sep 5th 2015, 9:50 AM

    Sorry Sam, but apologising for lazy typos and insensitive/inaccurate reporting are not in this or other journal.ie’s authors remit!

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    Mute Sandra Turner
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    Sep 5th 2015, 8:33 AM

    Hi name was Aylan

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    Mute Harry the Cat
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    Sep 5th 2015, 10:46 AM

    FFS, take that question out! bad enough that you reduce him to an answer in a quiz,
    but you didn’t even do that right.

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    Mute Dara O'Brien
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    Sep 5th 2015, 8:35 AM

    Q. 6 about the drowned toddler Aylan Kurdi is working right all the options are coming up wrong, of all questions to mess up that’s not the one to do it too!!

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    Mute Ian James Burgess
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    Sep 5th 2015, 8:41 AM

    I think you should read the papers, getting that young boys name wrong is disgraceful

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    Mute Brendan
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    Sep 5th 2015, 9:50 AM

    Something just completely morally wrong having the drowning story and name that dead kid in a quiz journal ffs get a grip and remove it

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    Mute mark lally
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    Sep 5th 2015, 9:26 AM

    His name was Aylan!

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    Mute von
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    Sep 5th 2015, 9:34 AM

    What was the name of the little Syrian boy who was was washed up on the beach, i said Aylan i got a red but no green to tell me what his name was. RIP

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    Mute Andrea Rock Massey
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    Sep 5th 2015, 10:27 AM

    You got it right…

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    Mute Daniel De Síne
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    Sep 5th 2015, 11:08 AM

    Journal & paul hosford are a disgrace for including this story in a quiz. I will be lodging a complaint in relation to this and hope others do the same. Please remove quiz in total. Just sickening behaviour, it beguilds the mind

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    Mute Mark Gerard Lochlain
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    Sep 5th 2015, 9:54 PM

    Agreed Daniel

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    Mute Padraic O'Brien
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    Sep 5th 2015, 11:13 AM

    Terrible trivialisation of that poor boy’s short life. Shameful!

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    Mute Mark Gerard Lochlain
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    Sep 5th 2015, 12:56 PM

    Paul remove the question on the poor Syrian boy. Bad taste

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    Mute Mark Gerard Lochlain
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    Sep 5th 2015, 12:56 PM

    Michael fingered who?

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    Mute John Tierney
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    Sep 5th 2015, 8:28 AM

    Here’s something you may not know. https://youtu.be/QZUuoaq1MLM

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    Mute P Quinn
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    Sep 5th 2015, 8:41 AM

    @John Alan Kurdi’s father had all his teeth removed by Isis thugs. The video link you posted just attempts to make it appear that these people are looking to take advantage of the ‘good life’ in the West when in reality they are fleeing terror.

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    Mute John Tierney
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    Sep 5th 2015, 9:55 AM

    @P Quinn, P can you point me to the ISIS teeth pulling story. Would like to have a look at that to see how authentic it is. Thanks.

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    Mute John Tierney
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    Sep 5th 2015, 10:01 AM

    P Quinn, I’m reading elsewhere that the family has been living in Turkey since 2012. Does this fit with the ISIS story? I’m curious, that’s all. Like to see the full picture.

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    Mute Flanagan Margaret
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    Sep 5th 2015, 12:54 PM

    I’m a clever cat. A kilkenny Cat. Kilkenny Abu.

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