The Numbers

Sat, Jan 5, 2013, 00:00

   

965civil partnerships took place in Ireland last year

2,500people whose personal details may have been inadvertently leaked by Dublin City University

€271mtax revenue taken in by the State in excess of previous forecasts3

88,000approximate number who applied for Irish visas in 2012, a 6 per cent year-on-year increase

60,000people killed in Syria's 22-month civil war, according to a UN estimate

161deaths on Irish roads in 2012, a 56 per cent fall in the past five years

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