A glance at the week that was
Vatican says breast is best
For centuries, the Vatican has self-censored its religious art treasures, even at one point painting over the nudes in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel. This week, L'Osservatore Romano, official newspaper of the Holy See, called on worshippers to be less prudish about viewing images of the Virgin Mary breastfeeding Jesus. Church historian Lucetta Scaraffia said, "Jesus was a baby like all others. His divinity does not exclude his humanity."
You pay peanuts...
What's the going monthly rate for a chimp? In Poland, it's €88, according to Radkow Town Hall, which put Bobby the chimp on its payroll this week. Bobby, with the job title of Tourism Promotions Inspector, is touring Wroclaw with a sign on his back advertising the Table Mountains range. "If Bobby achieves good results he may be promoted to a post as a specialist. Then he'll be able to count on a pay rise, declared council boss Marek Niewiadomy.
We now know
A Dubliner is the world's best coffee maker. Stephen Morrissey from Skerries won the World Barista Championships in Copenhagen.
An Australian man was charged with drink driving when found asleep at the controls of his motorised wheelchair on a highway in Cairns.
Butlins holiday camp is to open its first sushi bar in Bognor Regis, west Sussex.
The numbers
€22m:The amont of money raised by the plastic bag levy last year
€52m:price reached at auction in Christie's for a Monet painting
38:number of years newly-retired lollipop lady Catherine Appleby escorted children across the road to Glansheen National School, Cork