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How many people said they don't conserve water because of how often it rains in Ireland? It's the week in numbers

Plus: The amount of unfit or illegal meat and food products seized at Irish ports and airports.

EVERY WEEK, TheJournal.ie offers a selection of statistics and numerical nuggets to help you digest the week that has just passed.

23%: The increase in pre-tax profits recorded by the group which owns the clamping firm contracted to carry out clamping and parking enforcement in Dublin city in 2017.

0: The number of days a person applying for Irish citizenship can spend outside the country in the past year, following a High Court ruling this week. 

25: The percentage of the Irish public who said they don’t need to conserve water because of how often it rains in Ireland, according to research by Behaviour & Analysis conducted on behalf of Irish Water.

32: The number of children who been admitted to adult mental health units so far this year. 

€1,399: The average amount of money parents are spending per child in getting them ready for secondary school, according to a national survey by Irish League of Credit Unions. 

214 tonnes: The amount of unfit or illegal meat and food products seized at Irish ports and airports between 2016 and 2018, according to new figures.

540: The number of jobs that are to be created after planning permission was granted by An Bord Pleanála for a €500 million data centre in Co Wicklow.

€2.5 million: The estimated street value of the cocaine, found in a horsebox, seized by Revenue officers at Rosslare Europort. 

40: The percentage decrease in the number of accidents in the construction industry in 2019, according to data from the Health Safety Authority.

16.4C: The average global temperature recorded in June by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – the highest for the month in the agency’s 140-year history. 

30: The number of practices of Irish ‘living cultural heritage’ that were given official recognition by the state this week. They range from Irish crochet lace to the Burren Winterage festival. 

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    Mute Marcas Ivarrson
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    Jul 20th 2019, 10:23 PM

    And they’d be right, if we can’t store enough water during the 300 wet days to get us through the 5 warm days, we’re screwed anyway

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    Jul 21st 2019, 7:56 AM

    @Marcas Ivarrson: shows what you know about our resevoirs.. f all

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    Jul 21st 2019, 11:31 AM

    @shellakybooky: so our reservoirs aren’t fit for purpose, not my fault. Fix it. Where’s our tax money been going for the past 50/years? The solution isn’t stop using water, it’s fix the problem with water storage. We have enough rainfall here to sustain our small population. Up to the authorities to sort it.

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    Jul 21st 2019, 12:41 PM

    @Marcas Ivarrson: our reservoirs are more than fit for purpose.. 99% of the time all our reservoirs are plentiful with water. So what’s to fix Einstein? The problem is the old leaking pipes underground that’s losing most the water before it can ev3n reach our doors.. we have plenty of stored water up and down our country..

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    Jul 20th 2019, 11:05 PM

    I’m confused, I am a heavy recycler in order to do that I wash everything, if I don’t it’s useless but my water bill will be about 1000€ PM otherwise? Please help.

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    Mute Conall
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    Jul 21st 2019, 9:48 PM

    @Dave.: I think that at the level of charges proposed, you’d need to be washing out the recycling for your whole town to get to €1000 per month.

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