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EVERY SATURDAY TheJournal.ie brings you a selection of statistics and numerical nuggets to help you digest the week that has just passed.
51c: What an undocumented Pakistani worker was earning per hour at a restaurant in Clondalkin. He was awarded €92,500 in unpaid wags this week.
270: The number of jobs that are to be cut at Liberty Insurance.
651: The number of UNESCO Biosphere reserves worldwide, Dublin is now one of them.
€30,000: What it is planned the new Irish-made electric car will cost when it goes into production.
83%: That’s how accurate Facebook is at recognising people’s faces.
4,700: The number of people who watched UTV Ireland’s main news bulletin on a Monday afternoon. Losses are mounting at the broadcaster.
10: The number of parents per minute that are signing up to the free GP care for under 6s scheme.
36,000: The number of people who were due to attend the now cancelled Killarney music festival this weekend.
70: The approximate number of Sinn Féin members who resigned from the party as the fallout from the Cork East controversy continues.
17.4Mbps: Average internet speeds in Ireland, the second fastest in the world according to a new report.
115: The number of fraudulent withdrawals totalling €57,708 made by a woman sentenced to three years in prison.
50-100: Paedophile priest Brendan Smyth allegedly told a doctor that he’d “sexually abused between 50 and 100 children”.
24: The number of Iraqi migrants a Wexford truck driver said he once found in the back of his truck.
105: The age of a Dublin woman who celebrated her birthday in a nursing home this week.
50: The number of US states where same-sex couples are now allowed to marry following a Supreme Court ruling.
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