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Prime Numbers

How old is Ireland's oldest gay bar? It’s the week in numbers

Plus: How much has the hacking scandal cost News Corp?

EVERY SATURDAY TheJournal.ie brings you a selection of statistics and numerical nuggets to help you digest the week that has just passed.

16: The number of English language schools that have closed in Ireland over the past year.

$42 million: What the phone hacking scandal has cost News Corp over the past nine months.

7: The height in metres of a political statue erected in London by a Mayo artist.

300,000: The number of employees of a German railway company that is grappling with striking workers.

19%: The percentage of people who feel that the Irish civil service is not “independent and trustworthy”.

€15 million: The price being sought for The Dawson property in Dublin city.

7: The number of extra days squatters on the Grangegorman site in Dublin were given by the High Court.

100: The number of projects a non-profit group wants to start up in 100 days.

90%: The reduction in operating losses posted by The Sunday Business Post newspaper.

€140,000: What a homeless man found dead in Phoenix Park had in his account weeks before his death.

60 million: The number of people now signed up to music streaming service Spotify.

10: The age of a girl who was raped by her stepfather and is being denied an abortion in Paraguay.

32: The age in years of Ireland’s old gay bar which announced its closure.

3.16 million: The State’s working-age population in 2021, up by 160,000 since 2007.

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