EVERY SATURDAY ON TheJournal.ie, we bring you a selection of the statistics and numerical nuggets to help you digest the week that has just passed.
30,000: The number of jobs Hewlett-Packard may be cutting worldwide.
40: The number of general election candidates who will run from the newly unified Anti-Austerity Alliance and People Before Profit.
€220 million: What Amazon is reportedly spending on Jeremy Clarkson’s new show, apparently called ‘Gear Knobs’.
78: Where Trinity College Dublin placed in the QS Ranking of world universities, down seven places.
15: The number of people served with summonses over the Jobstown incident involving Joan Burton.
17: The number of homes cut off because of landslide in a Kerry coastal community.
30: The number of years spent in prison by Michael McHugh, who was initially sentenced to death in 1985.
17.5%: The percentage of Irish-born people who currently live abroad, the highest among the OECD.
15: The number of years Eircom spent as Eircom, they’re now called Eir.
€14 million: The asking price for an iconic hospital set to go on sale in Dublin.
73: The height in metres of a planned Dublin office that would be the capital’s tallest building.
€1.5 billion: What the government looks likely to add in additional spending in the upcoming budget.
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