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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.
€650,000 - The amount that the Hayes Hotel in Thurles –the birthplace of the GAA –sold for at auction this week.
646,509 - The number of court summonses issued by the gardaí which were not served between 2009 and 2012, according to garda whistleblower John Wilson.
164,300 - The number of young people who have left Ireland over the past five years.
300,000 - The number of charges that a 93-year-old man faces for his role as an SS guard at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
>2,400 - The number of people who have died from Ebola so far.
150 - The estimated number of cars which were involved in a pile-up on a Dutch motorway on Tuesday. Two people were killed.
98 - The number of seconds in that rather great video advertisement of Eamon Dunphy and John Giles.
Joint 71st: Where Trinity College Dublin comes in the latest ranking of the world’s universities – the highest ranking of all the Irish universities.
52 - The percentage of consumers who say they think the Irish economy will improve over the next 12 months.
30 - The number of years that a serial rapist has spent in a Belgian prison. The country has accepted his request that he be allowed to die to end his “unbearable suffering”.
24 - The number of years it took before a woman in China discovered she didn’t have a cerebellum (the part of the brain that controls movement and some cognitive functions).
13 - The record-breaking number of All-Ireland senior medals that Cork dual stars Rena Buckley and Briege Corkery now own.
6 - The number of documentaries about Conor McGregor we have to look forward to on RTÉ 2 this year.
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Get rid of thortons in ballyfermot next.
Given it has been 37 years from one report suggesting their might be slightly increased risk to children getting Lukemia I don’t think another 40-50years is going to find it is certain. They aren’t pretty is reason enough but health concerns are in the tin foil hat area.
Yes, they are as ugly as fcuk. They should put them underground.
And Ballyfermot too.
Put Ballyfermot underground? Joe Duffy might have something to say about that.
Plenty in Neilstown and Clondalkin that sit beside people’s houses too. Won’t be moved because it’s not middle class?
Alan these pylons wouldn’t have been moved if it wasn’t for the likes of Microsoft and Google funding the project. They did not move these because of the public outcry that’s for sure.
These pylons are being moved because they’re looking to put in a few thousand homes as part of the Clonburris SDZ. If you think traffic is bad now wait until that land is developed.
http://www.sdcc.ie/services/planning/strategic-development-zones/clonburris-sdz-2016
I would be more concerned about those dodgy pedestrian crossings in adamstown. Accident waiting to happen, especially as you head towards schools.
You should see the fields beside Labre Park in Dublin. 5km from the city centre. This is not an affluent area so the pylons remain.
Google Labre Park and then go to images.
Now:
Why not complete the task and remove Adamstown and Lucan?
No tourist would ever wander into such ugly places.
Why would a tourist go visit any suburb? Is this a new qualification of a suburban, whether a place is a tourist attraction?
Why would you say Adamstown is ugly, it’s won numerous architectural awards? Anything in particular(apart from pylon) or are you just showing your ignorance?
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Fascinating that Neanderthal Man and woman still lives on in Dublin.
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It would be interesting to see what happens when the power goes off from their trashy Coronation Street and Eastenders television shows.
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Did people knowingly move here with the pylons or did they get out in after the houses?? Not clear from the post.
How did they get planning to build residential units so close to pylons ? Oh wait never mind.
The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is artificial.
The Mona Lisa is artificial.
Genius is Man-Made.
Just like Wi-iFi masts.
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