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# In Numbers

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# In Numbers
Prime numbers: the week in stats
Greek MPs, Irish jobs, German cable ties, and all the other news from the week in handy numerical format…
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Feb 18th 2012, 6:59 PM
# In Numbers
Prime numbers: the week in stats
Sunday’s Super Bowl! Senators! Sovereigns! Slavery! Shell to Sea! And the surprisingly sensational Dubliner in drag…
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Feb 11th 2012, 6:59 PM
# In Numbers
Prime numbers: the week in stats
Opinion polls, lucky punts, expenses, unemployment and more – our numerical guide to the last 604,800 seconds in Ireland.
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Feb 4th 2012, 7:38 PM
# In Numbers
Prime numbers: the week in stats
Earthquakes! Earnings! Petitions! Racehorses! Healthy cities?! Our weekly numerical guide to the events of the last seven days.
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Jan 28th 2012, 7:15 PM
# In Numbers
Prime numbers: the week in stats
How ‘special’ can a special adviser be? How many As can a credit rating have? And just how expensive can pneumonia be?
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Jan 21st 2012, 6:59 PM
# In Numbers
Prime numbers: the week in stats
How many Irish towns are ‘clean’? How much for an e-voting machine? And just how hard can a Sudoku be?
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Jan 14th 2012, 7:00 PM
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Monday
In tonight’s Fix: All the latest from the Budget; good news for Ryan Tubridy; and the world’s Christmas capital (which you’ve never heard of…)
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Dec 5th 2011, 7:54 PM
# Budget 2012
In numbers: the first half of Budget 2012
A numerical breakdown of where the government has cut €2.2 billion in spending,
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Dec 5th 2011, 6:14 PM
# In Numbers
In numbers: why you'd want to be on the EU Court of Auditors
You might have to move to Luxembourg, but the pay and expenses regime would more than make up for the inconvenience…
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Nov 24th 2011, 3:46 PM
# In Numbers
Player ratings: how the Boys in Green fared...
Ireland march on thanks to a workmanlike draw with Estonia tonight. Here’s how they played.
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Nov 15th 2011, 9:39 PM
# Afghan War
In numbers: Ten years of the Afghan War
Check out TheJournal.ie’s overview of the decade that has passed since the US invasion of Afghanistan.
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Oct 7th 2011, 11:41 AM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
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Sep 19th 2011, 4:44 PM
# In Numbers
In numbers: the Annual Report of the Comptroller & Auditor General
The State’s accountant’s annual report for 2010 shows that there is €22.7bn is left in the National Pension Reserve Fund – €10bn of that has been deposited in banks.
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Sep 19th 2011, 2:35 PM
# Happy Birthday
In numbers: DublinBikes celebrates its 2nd birthday
The Dublin bike rental scheme turned two yesterday so we’ve had a look at how its doing.
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Sep 14th 2011, 2:14 PM
# In Numbers
In numbers: how Ireland's students fared in Leaving Cert 2011
Which subjects had the best pass rates? Which had the fewest taking higher level? We’ve crunched the numbers to find out.
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Aug 17th 2011, 3:59 PM
# In Numbers
Discrimination at work: reports of ill-treatment soar by 60 per cent
Latest figures show the Equality Authority received over 1,000 more complaints of workplace discrimination last year.
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Aug 9th 2011, 10:45 AM
# School's Out
In numbers: the first term of the new Dáil and Seanad
The Dáil wraps up for the summer holidays today. Here’s some figures as to how things have gone so far.
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Jul 21st 2011, 2:19 PM
# Maths Class
In numbers: The Open Championship
From zero through to 900,000, we take a look at the numbers which define The Open.
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Jul 13th 2011, 11:35 AM
# Census 2011
Running the numbers: First results of Census 2011
The CSO has released the preliminary findings of April’s census – and they show Ireland’s population is edging towards five million.
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Jun 30th 2011, 2:00 PM
# In Numbers
Ireland by numbers: The country's vital statistics
From births, to deaths, to unmarried parents – we look at the latest figures which make up the country.
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Jun 29th 2011, 5:03 PM
# In Numbers
In numbers: the US military campaign in Afghanistan
An overview of the facts and figures from the US decade-long campaign in Afghanistan.
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Jun 22nd 2011, 11:20 AM
# 100 Days
In numbers: The first 100 days of the Fine Gael-Labour coalition government
How the Fine Gael-Labour coalition government is shaping up after 100 days in office.
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Jun 16th 2011, 3:04 PM
# In Numbers
In numbers: Bin Laden, September 11, and the War on Terror
3,520 days between the September 11 attacks and bin Laden’s death – with up to a million civilian deaths in between.
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May 2nd 2011, 1:51 PM
# In Numbers
In numbers: What the stress tests think of the Irish economy
€70 billion (and counting) in state aid for the banks, 45,000 mortgage defaults, and 15.8 per cent unemployment…
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Mar 31st 2011, 6:45 PM
# In Numbers
In numbers: George Osborne's new UK budget
The UK’s coalition government introduces its second budget. Here’s our condensed guide to what’s in it.
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Mar 23rd 2011, 2:57 PM
# Bye Bye Brian
In numbers: Brian Cowen's tenure as Taoiseach
As one administration takes power, another steps down – so here’s some condensed figures on the Brian Cowen era.
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Mar 9th 2011, 6:04 PM
# GE11
The 2011 election campaign, in numbers
566 candidates, up by 96 in 2007, with 481 men and 85 women looking for 165 seats in 43 constituencies in 15 days.
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Feb 10th 2011, 3:14 PM
# In Numbers
In numbers: How SKILL spent its funds
See how the HSE training programme shared out its €60m budget.
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Oct 6th 2010, 9:49 AM
# Black Thursday
In numbers: The banking bailout
Wonder where our billions are going? Here’s a breakdown of the bailout.
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Oct 1st 2010, 10:41 AM
# Iraq
In numbers: the end of American combat troops in Iraq
2710 days. 4,415 military casualties. 0 weapons of mass destruction.
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Aug 19th 2010, 7:06 PM
# In Numbers
The €39bn capital programme: what's in and what's out
Some rail projects are dropped but other motorways will be finished.
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Jul 26th 2010, 3:56 PM
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