Who makes up these polls? Just reading on the breakingnews.ie website “Irish people spend 9.5 hours moaning each week.” No reference to who conducted the poll, how, or even when. It actually looks like something some lazy journo made up in his/her spare time to fill some space. I decided to search Newsnow for ‘moaning’ to see where else this poll is published or where breakingnews might have sourced it from. Interestingly, the only results come from the Examiner and the Enniscorthy Echo – both publications, like breakingnews, of TCH. A Google search for ‘Ireland moaning poll’ also throws up the same article, word for word, in the Irish Independent and Belfast Telegraph.

Who copied who?

Who actually carried out this poll?

Did you get a call?

Do you moan for 9 and a half hours every week?

I would like answers please!