A glance at the week that was
Please list number of people in household into kinky stuff
Hungary is urging people to complete its national census form online next month through
a provocative advertising campaign.
A clip uploaded to social networking sites on Wednesday featured a topless woman with a whip opening her door to a census taker who, realising it’s possibly a bad time, suggests she fills out the census online.
Hungary’s last census was 10 years ago; this marks the first time its population will have the opportunity to complete the questionnaire online.
We now know
Dublin City Council has refused planning permission for a McDonald'srestaurant in Temple Bar.
Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabehas prostate cancer, according to a US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks.
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong(pictured) was thrown off a plane in California for wearing his trousers too low.
The numbers
6,624
The number of people on trolleys awaiting a hospital bed last month, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has said.
29th
Ireland’s ranking in terms of global competitiveness, according to the World Economic Forum.
6.4m
The length of a crocodile weighing more than a tonne captured in a remote southern Philippine province.
€713,000
The combined retirement and pension package civil servant Dermot McCarthy received after stepping down this summer.
3rd
Ireland’s ranking in Save the Children’s index of the best and worst countries for a child to fall ill in.
€12m
The estimated amount that could be saved if energy-saving bulbs were installed in Irish traffic lights, according to a Dublin City Council report.
