A glance at the week that was
We now know
A fireball seen over Ireland on Wednesday night was probably a meteorite the size of a car burning up in the atmosphere
At least 50 per cent of antibiotic use in hospitals is inappropriate, according to a report from the national Health Protection Surveillance Centre
Iran says it launched two turtles, a rodent and a worm into space
Keane move
Robbie Keane made a “dream” move to Celtic this week, about a year and a half after making a “dream” move to Liverpool. The Irish captain went on loan until the end of the season but, aged 29, he has developed an unfortunate reputation for moving club. On Monday, transfer deadline day, his Wikipedia page was updated by pranksters to say he was moving to his local shop to buy milk and that he was moving into Formula One. He made his debut on Tuesday when Celtic lost 1-0.
"Senators Fitzgerald, Coghlan, Quinn and Norris congratulated the Jekyll and Hyde foundation for the wonderful work that they're doing"
Senator Donie Cassidy gets mixed up about the Jack and Jill Foundation
Keen competition
It was a good week for our film industry, with five Irish nominees for the Oscars. The spotlight fell on the two animated nominations – Granny O'Grimmand The Secret of Kells(right) – each of which continued Ireland's growing reputation in the medium. There was also a nomination for short film The Door, which was made by a Bray company, is set in Ukraine and is in Russian with English subtitles. Richard Baneham's work on Avatarearned him an award in the visual effects category, while Peter J Devlin is up for best achievement in sound mixing for Star Trek.
5
number of points scored by Mastermind contestant Kajen Thuraaisingham, the quiz show’s lowest ever
30kph
new speed limit in Dublin city centre
10:16
the time, in minutes and seconds, it took German Thomas Dold to run up the Empire State Building, his fifth successive win in the annual race
