EVERY WEEK, TheJournal.ie offers a selection of statistics and numerical nuggets to help you digest the week that has just passed.
51%: The percentage of people who don’t support the Bus Éireann strike according to a Claire Byrne/ Amárach Research poll.
270 kmph: The top speeds of some gusts during a “monster” cyclone that hit Australia this week.
€50: Take a look at the brand new €50 note.
50: The Article of the Lisbon Treaty triggered this week by the UK, formally starting the Brexit process.
€226 million: The amount of money’s worth of strategic infrastructure projects given to green light this week by Government.
€15.75 million: The amount of money the Dodder Bridge linking Britain Quay on the South Quays with York Road and the Poolbeg peninsula will cost.
30: The number of seconds a moment of reflection will last in the Dáil following the daily prayer, after TDs voted on including it this week.
44: The age of this French artist who wants to become a ’human hen’ by sitting on a dozen eggs until they hatch.
38: The number of murders that took place in Ireland last year.
6%: The percentage drop in tourists coming to Ireland from Great Britain last year (a drop of about 50,000).
249: The number of rooms that will be in this hotel on Chancery Street if it is given planning permission by Dublin City Council.
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