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ONE DAY: HOW IRELAND UNWINDS

ONE DAY_Mike Morgan Image Name: ONE DAY_Mike Morgan
ONE DAY_Amy Kenny Image Name: ONE DAY_Amy Kenny
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ONE DAY_Sinead Gould Image Name: ONE DAY_Sinead Gould
ONE DAY_Pauline O'Donnell Image Name: ONE DAY_Pauline O'Donnell

Filmed over 24 hours, cameras are behind the scenes with people who go to work so that the rest of us can switch off.

Featuring burlesque dancers, beauty therapists, stand-up comics, event caterers and food delivery cyclists, the programme gives a fascinating snapshot of Ireland at play.

One Day : How Ireland Unwinds: 9:35pm RTÉ One

The Stats:

  1. We’re the top movie goers in Europe. In One Day 43,000 people will go to the cinema.
  2. We spend more of our money eating out than any other country in the EU. €2 million euro will be spent dining out in restaurants every day.
  3. 200,000 bottles of wine are consumed in Ireland, all in One Day. 
  4. In Ireland, every day, over 140,000 people will unwind in a pub or bar where they’ll drink an estimated 300,000 pints and 65,000 shorts.            
  5. We will spend a total €22 million euro, on eating out, trips to the cinema, attending events, socialising in pubs and pampering ourselves, all in One Day.
  6. In Ireland we get an average 7 hours 38 minutes sleep every night and 1,000 people will buy a new mattress, every day.
  7. We will spend €1.4 million euro on take away food, all in One Day.