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.
367: The number of people rescued by the LÉ Niamh after the latests migrant boat tragedy in the Mediterranean.
$160 million: Uber’s losses in the first six month of last year, almost $100 million more than the previous year.
515: The number of days that passed between MH370 going missing and the first confirmed piece of debris being found.
$80 million: What Robert Downey Jr., the world’s highest paid actor, made over the course of a year.
€785: The average costs of sending a first-year pupil back-to-school this year. The cost among each age group is growing.
5: The number of UK police forces now investigating sex abuse allegations against former Prime Minister Ted Heath.
€150: What children aged between one and nine are valued at as sex slaves according a verified document by the Islamic State group.
730,000,000: That’s seven hundred and thirty million litres of beer produced in Ireland last year.
€320: What a Permanent TSB customer says he was being overcharged by each month on his mortgage.
7km: The length of electricity cable stolen by a criminal gang from overhead lines on the Dublin-Kildare border.
11 million: The number of active users of the Just-Eat delivery service.
30–40: The estimated height in feet of the inflatable minion that caused chaos and worldwide headlines in Dublin.
€34,603.45: What a Dublin detergent company was told to pay after detergent was spilled into the River Tolka killing more than 5,000 fish.
71: Where Enda Kenny sits on a list of the most attractive world leaders compiled by website Hottest Heads of State.
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