2014 was the year the Irish people decided to finally protest in their droves against water charges and austerity, just as the Government told us we’d turned a corner onto the road to recovery...

It was the year we saw a Garda Commissioner resign, soon followed by Alan Shatter as Justice Minister amid allegations from garda whistleblowers...

An Irish rugby legend hung up his boots and embarked on a new broadcasting career just as an Irishman become a world number one in golf...

Elsewhere in sport, the FAI chief came under fire for his choice of song, among other things... while another occasional ballad singer brought the country (and the GAA) to its knees.

But who came out on top in 2014 and who would rather they'd slept through the past 12 months?

Let us know below... Be sure to tune in to Breakfast tomorrow (Fri Dec 19th from 9am to hear the results newstalk.com/player