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Love Island winners Amber Gill and Greg O'Shea arriving at Stansted Airport
EVERY WEEK, TheJournal.ie offers a selection of statistics and numerical nuggets to help you digest the week that has just passed.
10,172: The number of people who were recorded living in emergency accommodation last month.
653,000: The number of views the Love Island finale got across Virgin Media’s platforms, including TV and streaming.
£2.1 billion: The amount of extra funding being allocated by the British government to prepare for a no-deal Brexit.
34,000: The number of jobs that could be lost in Ireland by the end of 2020 if there is a no-deal Brexit, according to the Central Bank this week.
7: The percentage the number of road deaths in Ireland has increased by since last year.
2024: By this year, you will need to pay a TV licence fee for a range of devices.
€15 million: The amount awarded to the family of 13-year-old Arron O’Keeffe, who has cerebral palsy following injuries at birth.
5,470: The number of people who have contacted the National Driver Licence Service in the past five months to ask about the status of UK driving licences in Ireland.
9,439: The number of hospital patients who were forced to wait without a bed in July this year.
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900: The amount of jobs at risk at Ryanair, according to CEO Michael O’Leary.
91: The number of cats that are in need of rehoming across the country, according to the ISPCA.
€8: It costs less than that to reach the recommended weekly limit of alcohol in Ireland, according to a new survey.
2: The number of gardaí who were injured during the arrest of a man with an imitation firearm this week.
6: The number of people who were shot dead in the Croatian city of Zagreb this week.
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