Seven Days

A glance at the week that was

We now know

Over the past millennium, the meal in the Last Supperhas been getting bigger in paintings.

Evidence of a previously unknown human species, who lived alongside Neanderthals and modern humans 40,000 years ago, has been found in Siberia.

"I got such a shock I didn't get a proper look at his face."

An eyewitness report of an under-20 Irish rugby playerrunning naked through a hotel corridor.

Next, Ministers

There was a Cabinet reshuffle, with some TDs being propelled into more prominent positions and others not at all demoted, you understand. No, the likes of Mary Coughlan and Mary Hanafin were moving on to great challenges and at least were being moved "sideways". The Greens got an extra junior ministry and Fianna Fáil TD Tony Killeen (right) summed up the enthusiasm when asked about his promotion to Minister for Defence. "I have to admit it wasn't a particular ambition of mine," he said.

Next, please (not)

The Passport Officeis seldom a fun place to be at the best of times, but this week it became the place nobody wanted to be – especially the hundreds who queued outside in the rain, in the dark, in an effort to get their passports. This was a consequence first of the work-to-rule by staff and second of Micheál Martin saying there was a backlog of 40,000 passports. Never mind the public, though; the dozens of journalists dispatched in the wee hours to talk to grumpy citizens deserve a service medal too.

The numbers

€9,000,000,000.

the amount the Government must invest in Anglo Irish Bankto keep it afloat, according to its chief executive