The week that was at a glance:
Good healing: Chris de Burgh announced that he has healing powers that don't involve simply turning off his music. "I have found myself able to cure people with my hands," he said. "I met someone in the West Indies who was not able to walk. I put my hands on him and he was able to get up . . . I try to play it down."
Good feeling: Steve Staunton survived to fight another day and it was like the old days at Lansdowne Road. When the final whistle blew against the Czech Republic, the only sound larger than the crowd's roar was that of tabloids throwing their various "Stan Out" pieces in the bin - or just somewhere for safe-keeping until needed again.
The Numbers:
603 carats in Lesotho diamond, sold this week for €9.5 million.
€250,000 reported cost of engagement ring worn by Michael Flatley's fiancee.
€1.065bn profit made by Dermot Desmond in sale of London City Airport.
'We survived it' - Michael McDowell's aside to Bertie Ahern after this week's press conference.
We now know...
The population of the US is 300 million as of this week.
Britain is the "fattest" country in Europe, according to the OECD, with 24 per cent of the population obese compared to 12 per cent of Irish
Chinese are being warned against increasingly popular leg-stretching surgery, after several operations went wrong