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# gold - Friday 21 February, 2020
Gardaí looking for owners of gold coins and brooch found in Limerick
The items were recovered in Abbeyfeale in 2011.
# gold - Friday 6 December, 2019
Man arrested after €45k worth of drugs, gold bars and alcohol found in Dublin
The seizure took place after a residence was searched in Inchicore yesterday.
# gold - Sunday 18 August, 2019
Donegal's Mark English powers home to 800m gold at Diamond League
Thomas Barr and Sarah Healy were also flying the flag in Birmingham.
# gold - Sunday 6 January, 2019
At least 30 killed when shaft built by people looking for gold collapses
Illegal mining is common in Afghanistan, with the Taliban relying on the sector for much of its revenue.
# gold - Wednesday 22 August, 2018
Ireland's Lenihan breaks world record twice on the way to winning gold
The North Cork AC athlete produced scores of 32.28 metres and 32.95 metres in Berlin.
# gold - Tuesday 21 August, 2018
Tottenham star bidding to avoid military service with gold at Asian Games
Son Heung-Min’s South Korea face a tough run to the final of the competition after failing to top their group.
# gold - Saturday 7 July, 2018
15-year-old Rhasidat Adeleke storms to 200m gold for Ireland at European Championships
The Dublin teenager stormed to victory in the 200m final on Saturday evening in Hungary.
# gold - Sunday 1 April, 2018
Boxing gold and silver for Ireland at European U22 Championships
Amy Broadhurst went all the way in the lightweight division in Romania, while team-mate Aoife O’Rourke was forced to withdraw from her final.
# gold - Friday 16 March, 2018
Over €300 million worth of gold spilled onto a Russian runway after a cargo plane shed its load
The cargo of bars of concentrated ore used to transport the precious metals weighed 9.3 tonnes.
# gold - Thursday 5 October, 2017
# gold - Tuesday 26 September, 2017
Man caught at Sri Lankan airport with a kilogramme of gold hidden in his rectum
The man is reportedly a courier for an organised smuggling ring.
# gold - Monday 11 September, 2017
Brazil investigates alleged massacre of Amazonian tribe by gold prospectors
The murders are alleged to have happened during the summer months.
# gold - Friday 25 August, 2017
Huge night as Ireland win team gold at the European Championships
A fantastic achievement!
# gold - Saturday 29 July, 2017
Ireland's young guns just keep winning as Healy stuns the field to take European 1500m gold
The girls 4x100m relay team also won bronze – Ireland’s sixth medal of the championships.
# gold - Wednesday 26 July, 2017
17 of the best memes from the genius 'Roddy Doyle's Star Trek' Facebook page
The gift that keeps on giving.
# gold - Saturday 22 July, 2017
Gold! McKillop bags London double as he storms to remarkable ninth World title
The Antrim man stormed to victory in the T37 1500m final at the World Para Athletics Championships this evening.
# gold - Monday 10 July, 2017
'There was holy war over it - she left him!': Irish horseowner steals show on At The Races
Unsurprisingly, Limerick man Josh Sheahan’s interviews on the UK racing channel earned rave reviews.
# gold - Monday 29 May, 2017
Gold for Ireland at modern pentathlon World Cup event
Natalya Coyle and Arthur Lanigan O’Keeffe claimed the top prize in Poland today.
# gold - Thursday 25 May, 2017
Annalise Murphy among athletes who are returning their Olympic medals
Some of the Olympic medals are rusting, flaking and turning black.
# gold - Thursday 20 April, 2017
Who stashed this gold inside a British piano? It's a mystery
A couple who donated the piano to a nearby school are set to lose out on the money.
# gold - Sunday 15 January, 2017
Irishman tells of four year ordeal as he is accused of €135 million cocaine and gold robbery
Kenny Coalter said all he wants is to return to Ireland and visit his elderly mother.
# gold - Wednesday 30 November, 2016
Weeks after retiring, Jessica Ennis-Hill to receive third world title
Tatyana Chernova’s 2011 world heptathlon gold medal has been annulled due to doping violations, with Jessica Ennis-Hill in line to benefit.
# gold - Wednesday 23 November, 2016
Trump is selling gold-trimmed Make America Great Again Christmas ornaments for $149
He’ll need to sell 1,597,315 ornamental hats to claw back what his campaign spent in October.
Man finds €3.5 million worth of gold in house he inherited
“It was under the furniture, under piles of linen, in the bathroom… everywhere.”
# gold - Wednesday 9 November, 2016
Here's how Trump's victory affected the dollar
One market analyst described it as “a bloodbath”.
# gold - Sunday 11 September, 2016
Gold star Michael McKillop blows field away to defend Paralympic title in sensational fashion
The Antrim athlete remains untouchable as he stormed to 1500m glory.
# gold - Sunday 28 August, 2016
The photos of Michael D welcoming home Ireland's Olympians are glorious
A grand day at the Áras.
# gold - Sunday 21 August, 2016
Neymar steps down as Brazil captain after Olympic triumph
“Tite can look for another captain” – After ending Brazil’s wait for Olympic gold in men’s football, Neymar opted to relinquish the armband.
# gold - Saturday 20 August, 2016
Explorers in Poland dig for 'Nazi train filled with gold'
A local legend claims the train disappeared in a mountain tunnel as the Germans escaped the advancing Soviet army at the end of World War II.
# gold - Thursday 11 August, 2016
A first Olympic medal for Fiji and it's gold after they hammer Britain in rugby sevens final
A 43-7 win for Fiji tonight in Rio de Janeiro.
# gold - Wednesday 10 August, 2016
Teenage prodigy Simone Biles leads US to gold
The American gymnast got her bid for a record five gold medals at the Rio Olympics off to a flying start.
# gold - Thursday 28 July, 2016
John Pius Boland: The story of the spectator who won Ireland's first Olympic gold
Boland won the singles and doubles tennis tournaments at the 1896 Olympics, but only went to watch the Games.
# gold - Wednesday 2 March, 2016
There's a lot more gold in Irish rivers than we thought
And there’s plenty of platinum too.
# gold - Thursday 7 January, 2016
People are going mad for these $100 gold-encrusted donuts
They’re buying them in DOZENS. What a world.
# gold - Tuesday 15 December, 2015
No treasure found in dig for legendary gold-filled Nazi train
Rumours persist that the train is buried in an underground tunnel.
# gold - Saturday 28 November, 2015
The Sochi gold medallist who swapped the slopes for Senegal as a Sightsavers ambassador
Northern Ireland’s Kelly Gallagher picked up gold
# gold - Monday 26 October, 2015
Finishing was the easy part, AAC's tries were thanks to three sensational assists
Take a bow, Giteau, Foley and Mitchell.
# gold - Saturday 24 October, 2015
Jason Smyth made his latest 100m world title win look far too easy
Smyth celebrates another gold before dashing home for the birth of his child.
# gold - Wednesday 14 October, 2015
Conlan becomes the first Irishman to win gold at the World Boxing Championships
The 23-year-old bantamweight fighter defeated Murodjon Akhmadaliev of Uzbekistan this evening.
# gold - Friday 28 August, 2015
A Nazi train filled with gold has almost certainly been found buried in Poland
And everyone’s getting awfully excited.
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Poll: Will you take up a new hobby over the next few weeks?
LAST WEEK, TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar announced further restrictions for a two-week period until Easter Sunday, 12 April.
Everybody in Ireland has been told to stay at home for two weeks, except essential workers travelling to work and other exceptions.
People who do leave their homes for exercise will be required to stay within a 2km radius.
Shielding or cocooning has also be introduced for all of those over 70 years of age and specific categories of people who are extremely vulnerable to Covid-19.
With everyone being asked to stay at home, people may find themselves with a lot more free time on their hands than usual.
So, today we want to know: Will you take up a new hobby over the next few weeks?
Poll Results:
No, I'm still working and haven't got a minute (3205)
Yes, I plan to take up a new hobby (1842)
No, I'll spend my time staring at the TV (1277)
I'm not sure / no opinion (1004)
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Opinion: Boris is England’s King Midas. All he touched turned to gold, but now must be disinfected
By Peter Flanagan - @peterflanagan
Peter Flanagan says Covid-19 has stripped Johnson of his dreams of a clean Brexit legacy.
Opinion: Emergency Covid-19 legislation harks back to the Civil War, ‘the Emergency’ and the Troubles
By Conor Casey
Conor Casey of Trinity College says a challenge to the new legislation would be unlikely to succeed.
The Irish For: Kiltartanese and a passionate affair. The story of Galway's Lady Gregory
By Darach Ó Séaghdha - @TheIrishFor
Darach Ó Séaghdha follows the artistic path of one of Ireland’s most fascinating historical women.
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