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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.
600: The number of litres of alcohol seized by Revenue at Dublin Port.
19%: the percentage of people who currently smoke daily in Ireland.
$38 million: The amount of money Donald Trump paid in taxes in 2005, according to his leaked returns.
80: The number of people begging on Dublin’s streets at any one time, according to a new report.
€2,773.38: The amount of money it costs to detain one juvenile prisoner per day in Ireland.
200: The number of jobs to be lost as a Coty plant in Nenagh is set to close.
€30: The amount of money it will cost you each time you put the wrong type of waste into your bin.
198,000: The number of empty homes in Ireland – can they be used to house people?
89: The age of Bishop Eamonn Casey before he passed away this week.
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100: The percentage of how much more shíte the new comment section is.
@Keith D’Arcy: yes, the idiots LOVED the red thumbs…
@Dilly Dong: I don’t think they’ve been banned I think they probably just don’t see the point, too p.c., no banter…..
@Kate Flaherty: banter = red thumb?
@Keith D’Arcy: It’s far better now. If you don’t like it hit “delete” and save us from your moaning
Comment section is the same as always for me? Still have red thumbs.. soooo confused
What do you call a large group of warriors? An army. In this case I think he’s almost right. A keyboard army has gone missing apparently.
@Fank Pulman: i get it fank you miss the red thumbs
@Soccer T’s: Socrates you are not, Scro Tum’s more befitting.
I stopped smoking 2 years & 245 days ago. I don’t count each day, but I do keep a record for just such occasions. When I stopped I opened a savings account and saved the money I would have spent on smoking. I have now saved €11029!
@Blackwater: And you have just proven that the clever people do not smoke . Well done you !!
But how many now vape?
@John: does it matter ? It’s still better than the smokes.
Journal please start banning red thumb moaners who seem intent on trying to ruin every article, the poor little self obsessed snowflakes. It’s a news site not a popularity site!!!!
@Soccer T’s: you get 5 red thumbs for that
@Soccer T’s: Red Thumbs need to be reinstated,
@Soccer T’s: red thumb
@Soccer T’s: Red thumb
50% smoke cannabis
@Bobby Phelan: which in my opinion is a lot better then cigarettes
How many people now vape?
Typical clickbait hashtag. I came here believing I was about to see all of the quantities expressed as prime numbers. #disappointed
Smoking…. l love all this smoke talk
Test
Why the obsession with the red thumbs? Why don’t you participate in the discussion instead, you may learn something at least and teach us something if we’re lucky.
Might stop the trolls who r seeking the attention of the red thumbs
That’s how they keep the pensions bill down
have your say