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Sunday 4 June 2023 Dublin: 15°C

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# chocoholics
Irish people are the third biggest chocolate consumers in the world
No surprise there really…
# one more tune
We listened to the top 10 songs in Ireland... and gave our honest opinions
What is Ireland listening to? We found out.
# RIP
Errol Brown, lead singer of Hot Chocolate, has died
He was 71.
# Pay Scales
92 NAMA staff earned over €100k last year, four earned over €200k
When both NTMA and NAMA staff figures are combined, 15 staff members earned over €200,000 in 2012.
# flashback friday
On this night in 1997 you were listening to... Notorious BIG
A Friday Flashback to get your weekend started…
# choc therapy
Chocolate bars: A definitive ranking, from worst to best
What’s the best chocolate bar in Ireland? We have a final answer.
# Ding Dong
LISTEN: The BBC explains why 'Ding Dong' Thatcher song made number 2
‘Ding! Dong! The Witch is Dead’ made number two in the UK singles charts; here’s how the BBC treated the news…
# thatcher
Updated: BBC to play ‘short clip’ of Oz song after ‘ding-dong’ with Thatcher fans
The broadcaster is under pressure to ban the song which has surged up the charts in the wake of Margaret Thatcher’s death on Monday.
# Statistics
Your proof of Lionel Messi's greatness chart of the day
The Argentinian attacker has now scored an incredible 299 goals for Barca.
# treat
Chart: Ice-cream consumption per capita around the world
Irish people eat more of it than Italians… (because we have the warmer climate, right?)
# chart
The YouTube Top 10: Because we shake left and shake right, but Shay Given is rock solid
Crazy German TV crews, inattentive Dutch fans, sweaty English blokes and Ireland’s number one.
# Explainer
Explainer: Why is Call Me Maybe so very, very catchy?
According to the experts, here’s why it gets stuck in your head.
# Facebook
Business Insider spoke to someone who bought $100m in Facebook shares on Friday. He was angry.
“This should have been a blockbuster. This should have traded to $60 or $70.”
# Facebook
Here's why Facebook shares stayed above $38 after flotation
Throughout the first day of trading, Facebook shares never dipped below $38. This chart shows why.
# It's So True
CHART: The average TV pundit's Euro 2012 thought process
You can expect to find a few of these on the RTE studio floor this summer…
# Movies
Dark Disney: 9 not-so-upbeat movies from the Mouse House
Pass the Kleenex…
# chart
BEST OF: 15 hits from the Google Doodle collection
Plus, the 14-year history of Google doodling.
# Work Can Wait
The YouTube top 10: Because everybody loves throwing snowballs
…but nobody likes getting kicked in the face.