
EVERY WEEK, TheJournal.ie offers a selection of statistics and numerical nuggets to help you digest the week that has just passed.
300: The number of Irish passports that have been revoked due to fraud since 2016.
5: The number of Irish restaurants that have been included in this year’s Bib Gourmand awards while 22 others have retained their place on the list.
€269,000: The average asking price for houses nationally during the third quarter of this year, down 2.8% on the previous quarter.
3: The number of abandoned puppies, rescued from a garden in Westmeath by the ISPCA, now looking for a new home.
€70,000: The estimated amount of money that An Garda Síochána is planning to spend on memorabilia for its personnel.
64,330: The number of Irish students who received their Junior Cert results this week. A total of 19 students secured 11 higher/common-level A grades and distinctions this year.
5: The number of people ordered to pay a fine of €600 each for the possession of a dead hare, according to the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
4: The number of climate activists who were arrested in London after they used a fire engine to spray the Treasury building in Westminster with fake blood.
600,000: The number of new native trees that the government says it is planting over the next three years.
36: The number of years that Fungie the dolphin has been living alone, making him the Guinness World Records’ longest recorded solitary dolphin.
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