A glance at the week that was
2.5mThe number of Muslims making the annual hajj pilgrimage this weekend, leaving the holy city of Mecca for Mount Arafat.
88,744The number of new cars registered in Ireland between January and October.
520The number of days six men spent locked away for a simulated Mars mission in Moscow.
11/11/11The date of the inauguration of Ireland's ninth president, Michael D Higgins.
2:33:08The new record for the Dublin Marathon, set by Kenyan Geoffrey Ndungu.
72The number of days Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphreys were married before Kardashian filed for divorce. Their wedding netted $17.9 million (€13m) in media deals, working out at around $10,359 (€7,560) per hour of marriage.
We now know
Hugh Grant, who is 51, is a daddy for the first time, with a daughter by his former girlfriend Tinglan Hong.
Justin Bieber, in Belfast tomorrow for the MTV Awards, is the subject of a paternity suit by a woman who claims the 17-year-old singer is the father of her four-month-old boy.
The body of the late broadcaster Jimmy Savile will be on view to the public for three days at the Queen’s Hotel in Leeds.
Steve Jobs’s last words, as reported by his sister, Mona Simpson, were, “Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.”
A lucky leprechaun on 'Glee'? Don't stop believin'
An Irish exchange student has joined the class of McKinley High in the TV musical comedy Glee, with less than subtle stereotyping. In an episode entitled "Pot O' Gold", broadcast this week, Rory Flanagan, played by the Derry-born teen Damian McGinty, is introduced to audiences clad in emerald green from head to toe.
The seven-episode storyline for Flanagan has him trying to make friends but being bullied along the way, while loveable airhead Brittany, with whom he’s staying and is besotted, refers to him as “Rory Leprechaun” and believes he has magical powers.
McGinty got the part after winning a reality TV show, The Glee Project, this summer.
