1

Los Angeles porn star has sent shockwaves through adult entertainment industry after HIV positive diagnosis

40,000

Amount in euro spent by the government on new www.merrionsreet.ie information/propaganda website

2,000

Depth of Chilean mine in feet from which 33 miners were rescued and height Chicago Spire should have been but which will not be built, leaving Anglo Irish Bank at a €55m loss

5

The number of government ministers who have taken a role in plans to give Abbey Theatre a new home

25

Extra points allocated for Leaving Cert higher level maths

100,000,000

Handmade ceramic"sunflower seeds" that make up Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's installation at Tate Modern. Ai Weiwei made four "seeds" himself

10

Ireland's place in Living Planet world league of shame for excessive human consumption of natural resources

3

Number of years to get high-rise National Paediatric Hospital to pre-planning stage