A glance at the week that was
Lisbon done
You're unlikely to miss it when it's gone – unless, perhaps, you're Declan Ganley – but the Lisbon referendum campaignfinally ended with yesterday's vote and today's count. So, weeks of canvassing, cajoling, eye-raising posters and well-rehearsed arguments between Ganley and Michael O'Leary, it's all over. Until a third Lisbon vote, if you're lucky.
Penguin bar
And Tango Makes Three, a book about the true story of gay penguinsat a New York zoo, has topped a list of books Americans have tried to ban. It was one of a number in the top 10 that had homosexual themes. However, religious themes was also a cause for complaint, with Philip Pullman's His Dark Materialstrilogy second on the list. This week, it was also revealed that George W Bush refused to give JK Rowling the Medal of Honour because he believed her books "encouraged witchcraft".
We now know
Foreign-born women are more likely to breastfeedthan Irish women, according to Trinity College research
Georgia started last year's war with Russia, according to an EU report
The average house price is now €323,180, according to MyHome.ie – a fall of 4 per cent in the last quarter
By numbers
3.8m
number of cars Toyota has had to recall in the US
2
number of released Guantanamo detainees who have been resettled in Ireland
1
number of Dublin Bikes stolen since the scheme was launched