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Yes, that's a shed inside a living room. spareroom.co.uk
Ridiculous rent
How much would you pay for a 'shed in a living room flat' in London? It’s the week in numbers
Plus: What’s LGBT tourism worth to the Irish economy?
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.
900 million: The number of monthly users of WhatsApp.
30: The number of months now freed Irish nanny Aisling Brady McCarthy spent in jail in the US.
£500: What is costs per month to rent a ‘shed inside a living room’ in London, apparently.
3: The number of months the unemployment rate has remained static.
14: The number of days between Alan Shatter’s department receiving a letter from Martin Callinan and the former minister reading it.
50p: The minimum price Scotland wants to put on a unit of alcohol. The law is now looking in jeopardy because of free-trade rules.
15,350: The number of Facebook likes for the girl that lost her job for going to Electric Picnic.
15: The number of years since the Nokia 3310 was released.
8: The number of years Sue Perkins has revealed that she has been living with a brain tumour.
€128: The average price paid for a hotel night in Ireland according to Hotels.com.
€843 million: What the LGBT tourism sector could now be worth to the Irish economy.
43: The number of years the killer of Jill Meagher must spend it jail. He’s appealing the sentence.
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