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Peg and her daughter Ann Claxton outside court today. RTÉ
Prime Numbers
How much was this 90-year-old woman fined for having a satellite dish? It’s the week in numbers
Plus: How many Volkswagen cars will be recalled in Ireland?
EVERY SATURDAY ON TheJournal.ie, we bring you a selection of the statistics and numerical nuggets to help you digest the week that has just passed.
20: The number of years Twitter has taken on a lease for two floors of a Dublin building.
€4.75 million: The cost of repairs to a Dublin apartment block due to fire safety problems that are leaving residents facing evictions.
16: The number of wheels on a Virgin truck Richard Branson rolled into town on this week.
12: The number of years Dubliners may have to wait for the revamped Metro North project.
120,000: The number of retweets on Edward Snowden’s first tweet within three days of him joining the social network.
€1.85 billion: The sale value of a Nama portfolio which includes the Dundrum Town Centre.
9: The weight, in stones, lost by a Dublin woman after gastric bypass surgery.
€1,500: What a 90-year-old woman was ordered to pay for having a satellite dish on her house.
€556,000: What the State saves every year after the closure of 139 garda stations.
80,000: The number of Volkswagen cars to be recalled in Ireland in the wake of emissions cheating revelations.
> 1,000,000,000: More than one billion Android devices are at risk from a flaw that can infect devices with they preview an audio or video file.
72: The total years in jail given to a gang of seven men who carried out a terrifying raid on a Tipperary family.
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