Seven Days

A glance at the week that was

Out of my way

In research that perfectly fits the zeitgeist, a University of California report that says high socioeconomic status correlates with unethical behaviour certainly chimes with the “99 per cent vs the 1 per cent” narrative of the moment. Observing which drivers were more likely to cut off other drivers, among other experiments, showed that “upper class individuals’ unethical tendencies” are due to “more favourable attitudes to greed”.

We now know

Those “faster than the speed of light” neutrinos reportedly found at Gran Sasso laboratory, in Italy, last year were actually the result of a loose computer cable.

Angelina Jolie’s right leg became the world’s most famous limb after she displayed it prominently at last Sunday’s Academy Awards.

Former News International chief Rebekah Brooks was loaned a horse by the Metropolitan Police for two years.

The numbers

$500bn

The stock market value of Apple – one of only six companies ever worth so much.

7

The average number of Irish companies that closed each day in February, according to Vision.net.

12

Percentage chance that Earth will be struck by a damaging solar megaflare in the next decade, according to US physicists.

38

Percentage of Protestant pupils at Protestant primary schools.

5

The number of beers a waiter dropped on German chancellor Angela Merkel.

€88,409

Overtime pay for a junior doctor in Limerick last year.

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