EVERY WEEK, TheJournal.ie offers a selection of statistics and numerical nuggets to help you digest the week that has just passed.
376 million: The number of new cases of chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis and syphilis registered around the world in 2016 – the latest year for which data is available.
8: The number of beaches in Dublin that bathing bans have been put in place at following stormwater overflow at a wastewater treatment plant.
6%: The predicted increase in Ireland’s greenhouse emissions by 2030 if government policy remains unchanged from the 2017 plan.
7: The number of properties searched by gardaí as part of an investigation into fraudulent practices in the horsemeat trade.
10,000: The number of health care workers who will strike later this month. Siptu said the strike was part of a dispute regarding “the failure to implement pay increases arising from an agreed job evaluation scheme”.
56,882: The number of students who are sitting the Leaving Certificate this year.
6: The number of MPs out of 11 who have resigned from Change UK, Britain’s breakaway anti-Brexit party.
22.1: The percentage of consumer spending that Dunnes Stores accounted for, over the course of 12 weeks to 19 May, making it the country’s most popular supermarket.
1%: The increase that Dublin has seen in its traffic congestion levels since 2017. Making it the 6th worst city for congestion in Europe.
16: The number of years of searching it took the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group to discover a breeding ground for humpback whales feeding in Irish waters.
14: The number of lions on the loose near a mining community bordering a national park in South Africa yesterday.
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
have your say