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                                                                                               Investigation Probes Alleged
           2019  Irish Survey Finds That Snoring Is Nation’s                                 Garda Corruption In The South

           9th,  Most Annoying Bed Habit                                                                                             C
           October  noring is the country’s  for a good night’s sleep is a  over one in 10 like a night-                          President & Founding

                most annoying habit in
                                                                 time tipple.
                                      good mattress, comfortable
           |  Sbed, Ireland’s largest  bedding and the correct     “Meditation, a hot bath or                                          Publisher
            ever national sleep survey  room temperature, accord-  a warm drink are the go-to                                         Paddy McCarthy
           EXAMINER  rate their partner’s snoring  vey respondents.  25% of people,” Ms Hastings  players in the south of the country  Associate Publisher
            has found.
                                      ing to three quarters of sur-
                                                                 solutions for the remaining
                                                                                                                                         Editor
              Three times more people
                                                                                               A number of gardaí and GAA
                                                                                                                                      Grahame Curtis
                                                                 added.
                                         “Room temperature and
                                      noise were the two top fac-
                                                                   The large majority of
            (43%) as the most annoying
                                                                                             have been questioned in an investiga-
           IRISH  habit in bed, with stealing the  tors inhibiting sleep followed  those surveyed – 69% – sleep  tion into Garda corruption.  Marc-Yves Tumin
                                      by uncomfortable pillows
            duvet the next most hated
                                                                                                                                      News Editor
                                                                 between six and eight hours a
                                                                                               The criminal investigation is
                                                                                                                                       David Carter
                                                                 night, with 22% of respon-
                                      and mattresses,” said Julie
            characteristic, a national
            sleep survey has found.   Hastings, marketing director  dents getting between four  examining suspected road traffic  Arts & Entertainment Editor
                                                                                             offenses which were not prosecuted.
              The   Hastings  Hotels  of Hastings Hotels.        and six hours.                Phones and computer records             Brad Balfour
            group surveyed 8,500 people  “Drinking caffeine was    “We should spare a        have reportedly been seized, and the     Sales Director
            to find out what really influ-  joined by a new scourge of  thought for the 1.29% among  main investigation focuses on alleged  John O’Rourke
            ences sleeping and bedtime  the active mind, night-time  us who average less than four  corruption and collusion.
            habits.                   screen use, while annoying  hours per night,” said Ms    John Lee, Political Editor with the  Classified Advertising
                                                                                                                                       John O’Rourke
              Other grievances include;  partners were cited by 11% of  Hastings.            Mail on Sunday, said it centers on the
            partners coming to bed late  respondents.”             “Some 77% of us claim to  non-prosecution of fines.                Art Director
            (7.5%) and using screens     When it comes to winding  sleep on our sides, 13% on  He said: “Players are being ques-     Heidi Gross Kelley
            (4.6%).                   down, one in four said that  our fronts and only 10% of us  tioned and administrators are being  Contributors
                                                                                                                                 Joe Murphy, Joe Kavanagh, C.S.
              Respondents cited part-  reading a book or listening to  on our backs, which is news  questioned and there has been a  O’Brien, Mike Fitzpatrick, Seamus
            ners pretending not to hear  music helps them achieve a  to the army of long-suffering  phone taken.                Kelleher, Bert Randolph Sugar, John
            the children during the night,  restful sleep while a little  partners of snorers.” C  “The allegation is that someone  Mooney, Neil McDaid, Aine Fox, Sean
                                                                                                                                McCarthy, Mike Bowen, Marc-Yves
            playing videos in bed and                                                        has been involved in what is seen as a  Tumin, Jack McGrath, Charley Brady,
            waking them up to say that                                                       low-level traffic incident and gardaí  Patrick Hurley, Catherine Wylie, Alicia
            they were snoring as the                                                         would be gotten to in some fashion,  Colon, Jason Gallagher, Jackie Cahill, Bill
                                                                                                                                      Daly, Jim McKeon
            most annoying night-time                                                         and convinced not to pursue those
            irritations.                                                                     offenses, not to bring them to a con-  Contributing Photographers
              Despite all of this, 42% of                                                    viction.” C                         Leo Doyle, Danny McCabe, Roger
                                                                                                                                         Wong
            people prefer to have compa-
            ny in bed, while 24% like it all                                                   Neurosurgeons Report 90%                Circulation
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