EVERY SATURDAY TheJournal.ie brings you a selection of statistics and numerical nuggets to help you digest the week that has just passed.
20: The number of people still squatting at the vacant space in Grangegorman.
€4.5 billion: The new valuation of Irish-owned digital payments company Stripe.
50%: This years drop in production of the Italian Glera grape, leading to fears of a global Prosecco shortage.
170: The number of people charged after a shootout between biker gangs that left nine people dead.
150,000: The number of gallons of oil the leaked from a pipeline in California.
790g: The weight in grammes of a new carbon fiber bike made by carmaker Audi.
€40,405: What Irish graduates expect to make as a starting salary.
1,080: The number of calories in the ‘Most American Thickburger’ being sold by a fast-food chain.
100: The number of staff being left in limbo at the Dunnes Stores branch in Gorey that announced its closure “until further notice”.
45,000: The number of Danish city officials being banned from officially flying on Ryanair.
240 million: The number of active Twitter users whose private data is now being looked after by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner.
43c: The cost of a bottle of the world’s biggest selling beer. The Chinese-made beer, Snow, is largely flavourless.
€1.7 million: The fine slapped on the Irish arm of Western Union for not adhering to anti-money laundering policies.
28%: Fine Gael’s electoral popularity in new opinion polls. The highest level in four years.
€275: The cost of a Mark’s and Spencer’s skirt that’s being praised for changing the company’s fashion image and leading to bumper profits.
1: The number of sheep found in a block of Dublin flats.
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