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

1.39 billion: The number of people who use Facebook every month, according to the social network giant.

€1.13 million: The amount of money made in ticket sales for Andrea Bocelli’s gig at the 3 Arena in Dublin last year, making it the single biggest earning concert at the venue.

€2,000+: The cost of phone calls made by Michelle Mulherin TD from Leinster House to Kenya, which she has denied were personal.

327: The number of days that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was missing for before the search for survivors was ended earlier this week.

107: The age of Michael Lambert, who was Ireland’s oldest man. He died in hospital in Ballinasloe last Sunday.

70: The number of years this week since Auschwitz was liberated.

€56.40: The average amount spent in each transaction with a Visa debit card in Ireland over the past year.

54: The number of years it took for nine black men to have their convictions for sitting at a whites-only counter in the US overturned this week.

16.3%: The percentage point rise in property prices in Ireland over the past year, according to the Central Statistics Office. Unsurprisingly, Dublin saw the biggest increase.

€12.50: The average amount given by the 1.1 million people who donated to charity in December – according to the charities themselves.

10: The percentage of civil servants who should be proficient in the Irish language – at least, according to a new report by an Oireachtas committee.

4: The percentage drop in Guinness sales around the world compared to this time last year. But hey, at least sales are up in Ireland for the first time in years.

3: Where Ireland ranks on a list of the most expensive countries in Europe for a night out - just behind Denmark and Luxembourg.

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