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EVERY WEEK, TheJournal.ie offers a selection of statistics and numerical nuggets to help you digest the week that has just passed.
363: The number of children who became homeless in the first two months of this year.
73: The height in metres of the planned tallest office building in Dublin.
2: The number of years TXFM operated for before closing down.
440: The number of patent applications filed to the Irish Patent Office last year.
115,000: The number of orders Tesla got for its new electric car in 24 hours.
2,361: The number of sexual offences in 2015.
€15 billion: What Ibec estimates it would cost to have a motorway system connecting the entire country.
500,000: The number of people RTÉ said watched their Centenary musical celebration.
29: A man in Belfast was arrested in Belfast for the murder of two RUC officers 29 years ago.
6: The number of hours a hijack situation lasted after a man wearing a fake suicide vest diverted a plane to see his ex-wife.
75: The speed in km/h of the world’s first virtual reality rollercoaster.
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A soaring 73 metres ?…am sure is hitting all the news wires in dubai, shanghai and new York
Why hasn’t shyscrapper-esc buildings ever been built in Dublin? Is there a maximum height thing in place or are we just not arsed? Serious question
Stupid agencies like bord plonker and an taisch who think they live in a private museum where everything must always stay the same….that combined with totally lack of imagination and skill of city planers
Yes the SDZ (strategic development zone) for the docklands has a limit of 30m I believe.
Could someone enlighten me, and before you do, don’t start getting all stroppy with me, it’s only a question. ‘How many of these homeless children and their families are Irish born and bred? I was trying to source the percentage of Irish to Immigrant homeless but keep getting Nada, Zilch, Bo-Diddlies.
Why does it matter???
Because my countries citizens mean more to me than others, Paul. Is that OK? Do you know how many or don’t you? Simple question.
The Homeless may just Die on the Streets No Help No Caring No Government No one cares
The capitals on every letter, why hun?
I know working at night you very rarely see forgieners on the Streets. Apart from the Roma’s
Plenty of home grown kn*kers
But will it ever be Dublin’s tallest building? I thought capital dock is going to be 79m tall and it’s already under construction
Ithought there was a bye law which restricts building to, or below, the height of Liberty Hall
The docklands were designated a special planning zone
Not as big as da wan in Cork! Gwan ked.
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