EVERY WEEK, TheJournal.ie offers a selection of statistics and numerical nuggets to help you digest the week that has just passed.
6 – The size in metres of a balloon of a baby Donald Trump that was given permission to fly over London during Trump’s visit.
99 – The number of people granted gender recognition certs in Ireland last year.
7,500 – The amount of water in litres needed to fill a swimming pool from Lidl – all of which sold out this week.
19 – The number of people killed in a heatwave in Canada.
€220 million: The amount a motorway from Cork to Ringaskiddy will cost.
56 – The number of homes that will be delivered in O’Devaney Gardens in Dublin – where work has finally begun.
€11.90 – The amount per hour of the new living wage.
96 - The number of cases E coli in ten days of heatwave-level weather.
7 – The number of “super-frequent spines” that will make up Dublin’s overhauled bus network.
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