The week that was in a glance
At large
Actor Bill Murray was breathalysed by Stockholm police when they saw him travelling back to his hotel from a nightclub. The issue wasn't speed; it was the vehicle - a golf cart. It had been on display near the hotel where Murray (left) was staying, and he'd "borrowed" it to go clubbing. It is not illegal to drive a golf cart in city traffic in Sweden.
Just @
We've had Fifi Trixibelle Geldof, Moon Unit Zappa, Princess Tiaamii Price-Andre, and Jay and Rocco Ahern-Byrne. They might seem like strange names, but how about calling your baby after a keyboard symbol? A Chinese couple are attempting to name their son @. "The whole world uses it to write e-mail, and translated into Chinese it means 'love him'," explained his father.
The numbers
100The number of wildlife photographs by Steve Bloom throughout St Stephen's Green
1 sun was seen all over the country on Wednesday
1,100The number of tubes of fake toothpaste containing a toxin sold in Ireland since February
We Now Know
It's safe once more to drink the water in Galway city. The ban affecting 70,000 people was lifted after five months.
Dublin Airport has a pet roostercalled Willie Walsh who lives in a bush, and is fed scraps by members of unions Siptu and Ialpa.
One-third of Irish 15- to 17-year-olds who took part in a health behaviour surveyreported being "really drunk" at least once in the previous month.
Quote
"I think there's a pack of arseholes in Ireland who are trying to give me a bad time" Showjumper Jessica Kurten after her horse Castle Forbes Maike tested positive for a prohibited substance