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How much more expensive is alcohol in Ireland compared to the rest of the EU? It's the week in numbers

Plus: How many years has the internet been in Ireland?

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

22,341: The number of reports of domestic abuse against women and children received by the charity Women’s Aid last year.

€350,000: The amount of money seized by gardaí along with €10,000 worth of prescription drugs in Co Cavan during the week.

7: The number of minutes it took an American journalist to buy a semi-automatic rifle in Philadelphia. This came after the same model of rifle was used to kill 49 people in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

1798: The year of the United Irishmen Rebellion. Croppies Acre Memorial Park was reopened on Tuesday after being closed in 2012 due to anti-social behaviour.

7: The number of years David Mahon was sentenced to on Monday for the manslaughter of his partner’s son Dean Fitzpatrick.

52%: The percentage of Irish people surveyed recently that don’t want Travellers to be to be recognised as an ethnic minority.

€56 million: The amount of money received last year by the charity Doctors Without Borders from European member states and institutions. The charity said yesterday it will no longer take funds from the EU in protest at its “shameful” policies on the migration crisis.

91: The number of recommendations put forward  in a report last year to do with the Direct Provision that the government has implemented. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has called on the government to do more.

25: The number of years the internet has been available in Ireland as of yesterday.

200%: The proposed rise in percentage of some people’s bin charges when a new charging scheme will be introduced. The rise was met with much political anger this week.

175%: A new report has shown that alcohol prices in Ireland are 175% the EU average.

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    Mute Leslie Alan Rock
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 12:16 PM

    An absolute hero who gave everything and never thought of himself.

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    Mute Keith Shanghai Irish
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 12:14 PM

    RIP, he was genuinely one of the good ones, saw through the religious divide and saw the good in everyone.

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    Mute Niamh Cannon
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 12:23 PM

    I had the honour of meeting Fr. Reid while he was at a seminary in San Sebastian in the Basque Country. The Basque people loved and admired him too. He was an inspiration and set an example for conflict resolution in that region also. Rest In Peace.

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    Mute Lord Loverocket
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 12:20 PM

    May he rest in peace. How many lives were saved because of this man’s actions? A real hero in the modern age.

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    Mute Nigel O Keeffe
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 12:25 PM

    Heard him described on the radio as “a fully paid up member of the human race”…cant add to that..RIP.

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    Mute Troy Dunne
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 12:12 PM

    terrible news, he was a good man who done his best for the people in the North

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    Mute ITsLaraMarlowe
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 1:17 PM

    He used to pop in to Comans in Rathgar to watch the football games, he never said who he was, nor I never asked him, as the match went on, he’d close his eyes for 40 winks, he never failed to say hello whilst out walking, but that wasn’t me, that was for everyone

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    Mute Frank Lennon
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 1:36 PM

    What a contribution this man made towards the well being and safety of all of his fellow human beings on this tiny Island of ours.

    Gosh, if in my lifetime I could do but a thimble full of the goodness which this man did, I would count my life as having been well worth while.

    If ever there was a life worth celebrating and commemorating it would have to be the life of Alec Reid. Perhaps a scholarship in peace studies or some such educational endevour should now be considered in his honour of his memory.

    We must never be allowed to forget the great good this man did in his lifetime.

    The future of peace within the human family on the entire plot of land called Ireland will likely depend on it.

    May you rest in peace Alec and may the good you did live on and be known to our children and our children’s children.

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    Mute Maggie Cullagh
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 1:01 PM

    Nice to see a positive story about priests in news. They get a lot bad press over last few yrs,well done FR.

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    Mute Tony Daly
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 12:28 PM

    I believe that it was Father Alec Reid who was more instrumental than Bertie Ahern in initiating and mataining the momentum of the peace process.

    Sadly, many prefer to ascribe the credit to Bertie but Bertie was not the sole mover in the peace process.

    Father Red exercised personal courage, miral integrity and enormous skill in what he achieved. Many, many lives were saved as a result.

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    Mute Sheik Yahbouti
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 1:11 PM

    Atheist myself, but ‘God’ bless the peacemakers, of which this fine old gent was one.

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    Mute Keith Moore
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 12:22 PM

    If only more had the balls to act half of what he was. History will remember him to be the true architect of the good Friday agreement not the political fools that did kicking and screaming.

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    Mute Emmet Gilgunn
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 12:46 PM

    a sad day indeed

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    Mute Francis Stokes
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 1:43 PM

    This priest went beyond the call of Duty. He was able to bring both sides together to try and sort out issues. That was no mean achievement. I heard an interview today on the radio it was said that he had a special gift of getting people together no matter what persuasion they were from. So I think Fr. Reid R.I.P. Deserves all the Great tributes that are being paid to him today.

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    Mute johnhindepost
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 3:25 PM

    Fr. Alec Reid, thank you for your unique approach that has transformed peace to this land.

    Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam

    “May his soul be on God’s right side”

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    Mute Justin Gillespie
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 5:04 PM

    He never sought attention for himself but without him the Peace Process would never have come to anything.

    A true Christian in that while he always condemed the sin he loved the sinner, irrespective of who he was & the photo of him praying over the dead soldier, one of the most iconic photos of the 20th century, was truly what Christ would have done in the same circumstances.

    May he rest in peace.

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    Mute John Johnson
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 4:57 PM

    We lost a good man today.

    Goodnight Father.

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    Mute Bernie Twomey
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 5:18 PM

    We were blessed to have this man in our Country. I heard him described today on de radio as a reluctant hero, so true. Rip

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    Mute Sean O' Connor
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 4:57 PM

    is it not interesting that we are celebrating and remembering this mans great leadership and accomplishments on the day that he dies, 50 years to the day that another leader was cut down before he could show his qualities ….

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    Mute Shane Hickey
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 1:05 PM

    A rarity in the clergy. He was a good man

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    Mute Parmenides
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 12:18 PM

    What he did was to sit on the fence. By failing to condemn he indirectly supported the murder of the innocent.

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    Mute Leonora Hearty
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 12:21 PM

    Aaaaand here we go. You and your ilk bugger off you’ve no place here. He was a great, selfless and noble man. End of.

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    Mute johnny
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 12:41 PM

    D**khead

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    Mute John Lacey
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 1:03 PM

    Yeah just like your Idol and hero the great Rev Ian Paisley who did so much to try end Sectarian violence between two tribes. One majority tribe trying to keep the other in the gutter and trying to cling to power. But your days are up Kido

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    Nov 22nd 2013, 1:39 PM

    Imagine being you. I’d say it is terrible.

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    Nov 22nd 2013, 5:38 PM

    He condemned violence on all sides, his words and more so his actions proved that. Well done good and faithful servant. May he rest in peace.

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    Nov 24th 2013, 5:57 PM

    Parm can’t be bothered to write your name properly (anyone betting on the cheap return shot) you are a complete and utter ignorant Sprat ( take away the s)

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    Mute Zoe Daly
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    Nov 22nd 2013, 8:39 PM

    His years of work for peace in Northern Ireland, will always be remembered.
    RIP to a truly great man.

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    Mute AICS (Steve Tracey)
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    Nov 24th 2013, 3:05 PM

    There have been hundreds of comments on British Ex-Services sites thanking Father Reid for his actions and wishing RIP.
    Saturday around 8pm over 500 on the Royal Signals site, both soldiers wereSignals.
    Father Reid carried out his duty as a Priest in an exemplary fashion.
    I also believe the actions of people present at the incident showed the respect he was held in
    RIP

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    Nov 23rd 2013, 2:48 AM

    A great man of peace. ~~I’m surprised he didn’t join the “disappeared” for praying over the two murdered soldiers. people had been killed for much less!

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