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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 said they have eaten an undercooked burger at a restaurant, despite the fact that it can cause food poisoning.
210: The number of metres in depth of a giant chunk of ice that’s close to separating entirely from Antarctica.
€19,000: The amount of money the community in the Cork village of Glounthaune said it could raise every day if it were to fine everyone who litters there.
6,600: The number of people who received CAO offers this week, as part of Round A.
€5,000: The threshold limit which people convicted welfare fraud must surpass in order for them to have their names published under new proposed laws.
975: The number of additional special needs assistants that will be allocated to schools and families for the next school year.
€11.70: The per hour rate that the 2017 living wage has been set at.
78 million: The estimated number of people infected with gonorrhea around the world every year.
28.5°C: The temperature recorded at Phoenix Park on 21 June 2017, making it the hottest summer solstice in June since 1961.
56,702: The number of cases of problem alcohol use recorded in Ireland between 2009 and 2015.
€5.5 million: The amount of money Ireland is to give in humanitarian assistance in response to the crises in the Lake Chad Region and the Central African Republic (CAR).
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Best not to say how old you are. The government will probably find a way to demand more tax
@Marc Power: Agreed, They want us plebs to work until 70 while they swan off at 50 with numerous pensions and directorships.
@Marc Power: In fairness Marc they do need to know how many extra trolleys to order for our hospitals…………..
@David Huston:
Once again, since about 2011 a government minister cannot receive more than one pension related to the highest position they attained and not until they get to normal retirement age.
Directorships are a matter for a company and not paid for the taxpayer.
Maybe you didn’t know but it seems a lot of commenters throw out statements like yours, a flat out lie, in the hope it cons a few “plebs”
@P.J. Nolan: Enda Kenny’s pension pot would have cost a private sector worker €5.2 million. Excessive by any standards.
@Sean:
Agreed, his pension is related to his salary and that salary was too high.
might reach the 100-and get the cheque from the government.
@TheBluffmaster2: it would probably bounce frame it instead
@Jonathan Power: I’d frame it, Might be worth something in a thousand years all going well……
@Jonathan Power: well I don’t think Michael D will be giving it to me anyway.
While Nanny State says No Smoking! No Drinking! No Gambling! No Drugs! Just DIE as we can’t afford you to live beyond you’re TAXABLE Years.
@B.J.Elmes: No Gambling? No Drinking? What State do you live in?
healthy life years??? tbh there’s nothing healthy about society these days,,, you’ll have 120 year olds addicted to social media etc when the average human age reaches that, IF it does!!!
have your say