EVERY WEEK, TheJournal.ie offers a selection of statistics and numerical nuggets to help you digest the week that has just passed.
200,000: The number of people who marched through the streets of Catalonia on Tuesday, protesting against the detention of two Catalan separatist leaders.
12: the number of years since Cork City’s last Premier Division title, before it secured the trophy this week.
385,000: The peak number of homes that lost electricity on Monday as Storm Ophelia blew in off the Atlantic.
25%: The percentage of Irish employers that experienced a workplace dispute last year, according to a new survey.
5: The number of days that Irish Rail workers will go on strike for in November and December.
21: The number of years ago that the Jenalisa sank off the coast of Waterford. A box from the vessel washed up on the Clare coast this week after Storm Ophelia.
52: The number of child protection referrals per day that Tusla received last year.
9 million: The number of deaths linked to pollution around the world in 2015.
70: The age of former Dubliners guitarist Eamonn Campbell, before he died this week.
€700: The price some ticket touts are charging for tickets to Ireland’s World Cup playoff against Denmark.
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