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Prime Numbers

Facebook friends, prostitutes, and Garth Brooks: The week in numbers

Plus: How many Irish students say they’re not having sex?

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

1.25 billion - The amount that drugs and prostitution were worth to the Irish economy last year, according to new GDP figures.

400,000 - The number of tickets that were sold for the five planned Garth Brooks concerts in Croke Park at the end of this month. Oops.

€171,644 - The amount that Irish political parties received in donations last year. Fine Gael received the most with €112,625.

2,027 - The number of complaints the Garda watchdog received about members of An Garda Síochána last year.

234 - The number of days that the Dáil sat for last year.

62 - The number of symphysiotomies performed in Drogheda in the 1970s.

60 - The percentage of older Irish people who drink alcohol when on prescription medicine.

47 - The percentage of people who are Facebook friends with their boss, apparently.

21 - The percentage of Irish students who say that they’re not having sex.

20 - The average number of times that an adult smiles every day, apparently. Children smile about 400 times a day.

8 - The number of days until the World Cup final in Estádio Maracana in Rio de Janeiro.

5 - The number of years that Arthur’s Day ran for before Guinness decided to cancel it this year.

€1 - The amount that Minister for Health James Reilly wants to see each cigarette cost.  The Minister said he wants to see prices rise every year for the next five years.

Want more? Check out our previous ‘In numbers’ pieces > 

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