A glance at the week that was
We now know
A version of Pippa Middleton's bridesmaid dress is available on net-a-porter.com for £980 (€1,138).
Tickets for Bruce Springsteen's Irish concert at the RDS next summer cost €96 and €86, compared with £55 (€63) for the gig the Boss has in Sunderland as part of the same tour.
A US-based actress is suing the film website imdb.comfor revealing she is 40 years old. She claims the revelation of her age led to a drop in the number of roles she was offered.
Mullet pulled for hairesy
America's secretive Amish community was this week exposed to publicity when one of its leaders, Sam Mullet, and six other men were arrested in eastern Ohio for allegedly cutting the beards and hairof Amish men and women and then taking pictures of them. It is alleged that Mullet was a controlling leader who punished those who disagreed with his methods and religious beliefs. The Amish number about 61,000 members, who consider their beards and hair sacred, with trimming seen as a violent and humiliating act. Other Amish practices include forgoing modern conveniences and travelling by horse and cart.
The numbers
275%
The increase in alcoholic liver disease in the 15-34 age group in Ireland between 1995 and 2009, according to a new study.
12
The number of votes against Department of Finance secretary general Kevin Cardiff being selected for the European Court of Auditors.
€417m
The amount the Commercial Court ordered Seán Quinn to repay the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (formerly Anglo Irish Bank).
10th
The ranking of Michael Noonan in the Financial Times league table of 19 EU finance ministers.
200kg
The amount of cannabis seized in Greece in an international operation involving the Garda
€3,500
The rebate available to some Government Ministers from outside Dublin for laundry expenses.
