EVERY WEEK, TheJournal.ie offers a selection of statistics and numerical nuggets to help you digest the week that has just passed.
600: The number of litres of alcohol seized by Revenue at Dublin Port.
19%: the percentage of people who currently smoke daily in Ireland.
$38 million: The amount of money Donald Trump paid in taxes in 2005, according to his leaked returns.
80: The number of people begging on Dublin’s streets at any one time, according to a new report.
€2,773.38: The amount of money it costs to detain one juvenile prisoner per day in Ireland.
200: The number of jobs to be lost as a Coty plant in Nenagh is set to close.
€30: The amount of money it will cost you each time you put the wrong type of waste into your bin.
198,000: The number of empty homes in Ireland – can they be used to house people?
89: The age of Bishop Eamonn Casey before he passed away this week.
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