A glance at the week that was
1,600
The number of teachers expected to retire before pension changes take effect next month
11,600The number of people who registered as volunteers across Ireland in 2011, according to Volunteer Ireland
92The number of times a 28-year-old man has failed his drivers' theory test in the UK, according to figures released by the Driving Standards Agency
4bnThe number of YouTube clips viewed online every day, with 60 hours of video uploaded every minute
$13.06bnApple's record-breaking profits for the last three months of 2011, up 118 per cent on the same period last year
£9.3mThe cost, in loyalty bonuses and lost wages, of the falling out between Carlos Tevez and Manchester City, according to the club
We now know
The World Health Organisation has named Cork a “healthy city”, prioritising citizens’ health
A dinosaur nesting site in South Africa predates the oldest site by 100 million years
The 3D film Hugo, directed by Martin Scorsese, has 11 nominations for this year's Academy Awards
House that cost a mint
The Dublin artist Frank Buckley has been building a house using €1.4 billion of decommissioned notes from the National Mint. In an empty office building in Smithfield, Buckley has been using bricks of money and shredded bills. “I’m sitting in my studio with my feet up on a box of €4 million of shredded notes [thinking], God, this is just paper,” says Buckley. “I just feel there needs to be a debate on this. Kids in school need to come down and see.”
