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

€850 million: The cost of a proposed Apple data centre in Athenry that was scrapped this week.

312,000: The number of BMW vehicles being recalled, including the ones sold in Ireland.

€5.7 million: The amount that Dublin Bus has earned from unclaimed change receipts in the past six years.

6: The number of food businesses that were ordered to close by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland in April.

11,000: The number of contacts David Taylor had with journalists in just four months after leaving his Garda Press Office job.

200: The amount of new staff Bus Éireann is looking for around the country.

500: The amount of people who have been warned by Gardaí that their lives are in danger over the last number of years.

5: The number of years it had been since Ireland qualified for the Eurovision final.

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How much did Dublin Bus earn in unclaimed receipts? It's the week in numbers

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