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EVERY WEEK, TheJournal.ie offers a selection of statistics and numerical nuggets to help you digest the week that has just passed.
300: The number of new civil service jobs available for school leavers and graduates after the Public Accounts Committee announced a new competition yesterday.
€4.2 million: The amount of money drug giant Reckitt Benckiser was fined for making misleading claims about its popular Nurofen Specific Pain brand in Australia.
571: The number of new student bedrooms Dublin is getting after a construction application got the go ahead.
15: The number of the house where Hitler was born, which the Austrian government this week voted to take control of.
€265 million: The amount of money Cuba owes the Czech Republic, a debt it has requested to pay back in rum.
€14 billion: The amount of money a deal for Billionaire tycoon Rupert Murdoch to take over pan-European pay-TV giant Sky is worth.
25: The number of free hours of childcare homeless families can now get.
64: The age of Budget Travel founder Gillian Bowler, who died this week from an illness.
3.5%: The predicted growth of the Irish economy next year, according to the ESRI.
€14 billion: The amount of money the HSE will have to spend next year.
400: The number of job that were saved after Wexford’s Celtic linen got a new backer.
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I wonder could Ireland pay its debts in Guinness?
@Mr D: No. The UK could though. We could however pay our debts in Bulmers.
“How much money’s worth of…”. Could you perhaps rephrase this headline in any other way so that it doesn’t give the impression that it was written by 3rd class primary school student?
They’re getting worse. Bring back Blue Hugh, at least he could write.
That’s the commie system for you. And their health system is only a sham, no one would go for treatment to their quack doctors. Its a desolate ideology
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