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Seven things you didn't know seven days ago

Disneyland Paris faces EU overcharging investigation The European Commission has launched an inve...
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21.16 2 Aug 2015


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Seven things you didn't know seven days ago

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Disneyland Paris faces EU overcharging investigation

The European Commission has launched an investigation into pricing at Disneyland Paris, it has been claimed that the company has been charging consumers different prices depending on their country of purchase for certain packages - and excluding some regions from promotional offers.

It is alleged that the destination, which is Europe's biggest amusement park, charged German visitors up to €2,447 for premium packages, while French consumers paid €1,346 for the same deal - and British holidaymakers were charged €1,870.

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Olympic sculpture to be turned into world's largest slide

Image: (Geograph.co.uk)

Britain's largest structure, the ArcelorMittal Orbit Tower, will soon be turned into the world's largest slide.

The 114m tower, which sits beside London's Olympic Stadium, was designed by Turner-prize winning artist Anish Kapoor, and is constructed of winding red steel frames.

The slide will begin 80m above the ground, and will loop five times around the tower before depositing riders at the bottom.

Cantona takes to YouTube to help fans of non-league club

Manchester United legend Eric Cantona has taken to YouTube to help the fans of non-league Bath City in their attempt to make their club community owned.

A supporters' group is attempting to raise money to buy the National League South team.

Cantona has asked anyone with a love of football to buy shares in Bath City and help raise the money that fans need.

Limerick City film studio gets the go-ahead

Inside the facility - Limerick 2020

After months of speculation it has been confirmed today that Limerick City and County Council have signed an agreement which will clear the way for the 340,000 sq ft former-Dell building in Castletroy on the edge of Limerick City to be converted into a film and television studio.

The agreement has been signed with a newly established company, Troy Studios to develop the production facility.

Beijing will host the Winter Olympics in 2022, but will they get what they're paying for?

The decision to award the Winter Olympics meant that the city became the first venue to ever hold both the summer and Winter games, after the 2008 tournament took place there. In 2022, the world will once again turn its focus to the Chinese city, but after the controversy surrounding the games in Sochi, will there be as much interest as there has been in previous years?

The PlayStation 4 is selling, very, very well

Sony's shareholders were in for some enjoyable reading this week after the company announced that it had tripled its profits in Q2 of 2015, in spite of the fact that its mobile sales continue to dwindle.

The PlayStation 4 sold 3 million units in the period stretching from April to June bringing the total sales of the console up to 25.3 million units since its release in 2013.

Sales for the console have now reached $2.365 billion and the company claims that it is selling nearly double the amount of PlayStation 4s as Xbox Ones that are being sold.

Irish Olympic heroes set new record

©INPHO/Billy Stickland

It was a wonderful final day in LA at the Special Olympics world games, with Ireland taking 16 more medals.

It brought the final tally to a massive 86 medals. 

It included 26 gold, 29 silver, 31 bronze, 31 personal bests and 43 placement ribbons.

You can listen to Henry McKean's full report from LA here.


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