The Numbers

104% : The increase in the number calls made to the Vincent de Paul last year in comparison with 2009

104% :The increase in the number calls made to the Vincent de Paul last year in comparison with 2009

+38681897022

The phone number used in the so-called Slovenian phone scame, in which people received brief calls from this number; attempts return the call resulted in steep fees

€70m

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The price paid by the Department of Finance, Nama and two other State bodies for legal advice and services connected to the banking crisis

€969m

Ryanair’s revenues in the last quarter, a 15 per cent rise on last year

33

Years that Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has reigned she is abdicating in favour her oldest son, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander

1,438,000

The number of trips to Ireland in the final quarter 2012, a 5 per cent year-on-year increase, according to the CSO