A glance at the week that was
€50,000
The amount Dublin City Council is spending on portable toilets for men in order to reduce public urination.
€7.5m
The amount TDs and senators were paid in expenses from March to December 2010 under the new allowance system.
76,328
The number of applicants for college places this year, down from 77,628 in 2010, according to the CAO.
2,830
The number of reported allegations of discrimination in the workplace last year, according to the Equality Authority.
€11,817
The average annual cost of running a small family car, an increase of €646 on 2010, according to AA Ireland.
£1m
The amount Universal Records spent on signing the 30-strong Brighton and Hove Gay Men’s Chorus.
‘I’m not with stupid,’ say turncoat T-shirts
Attendees of a nationalist, right-wing concert in Gera, Germany were surprised to find the free T-shirts they were given contained a Trojan horse-style secret message.
Once washed, T-shirts featuring the words “hardcore rebels”, along with a skull and nationalist flags, instead displayed a message from a group urging right-wing extremists to disassociate with the neo-Nazi scene.
“If your T-shirt can do it, you can do it too – we’ll help you get away from right-wing extremism,” reads the slogan, provided by left-wing group Exit.
We now know
James Joyce's Dublinershas been chosen as the "Dublin: One City, One Book" title for 2012.
Scientists have created spermless mosquitoesin an effort to curb the spread of malaria.
The hit 1980s film Dirty Dancing(starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey) is to be remade by its original choreographer Kenny Ortega.
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6Cameron 'using Irish mercenaries'
7The backstage drama behind RTÉ's new season
8Dublin language school closes
9McIlroy says Williams went too far
10Lightning hits Dublin data centres
