How many people came 'Home To Vote'? It’s the week in numbers

Plus: How many Mediterranean migrants have been saved by the Irish Navy?

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

72,000: The number of times #HomeToVote was tweeted in 24 hours last weekend, leading to special recognition in Twit ter HQ.

81: The number of beaches around the country awarded blue flags for water quality.

3,800: The number of new houses planned for a site in Cherrywood in Dublin.

500: The number of migrants saved by the Irish naval vessel the LE Eithne off the coast of Libya.

25.1%: The size of the government’s stake in Aer Lingus that is to be sold.

€16 million: The valuation of the Life Style Sports rented store on Grafton Street in Dublin that’s up for sale.

75: The number of child sexual offences a former Church of Ireland lay worker has been charged with.

€1,000: The annual increase public sector workers could be in line for under plans being discussed by the government and unions.

14: The age of an Austrian boy convicted of planning to bomb a train in Vienna.

14,559: The number of dogs coming into the pound system last year.

43%: The increase in sales at Golden Discs last year, bucking the global trend of falling physical music sales.

5,000: The number of patents Jonathan Ive has to his name, he’s just been made chief design officer at Apple.

184: The number of allegations of historical clerical sex abuse brought to the attention of the Catholic Church’s watchdog last year.

€2 billion: The value of a family trust an Australian court has ruled a mother must transfer to her daughter.

125: The number of years since a new whiskey distillery opened in Dublin, The Teeling Whiskey Distillery opened in The Liberties this week.

1.8 million: The number of trips made into Ireland in the three months to April, a 13.5% increase.

76: Bill O’Herlihy’s age when he died on Monday.