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YOU CAN NOW ‘celebrate’ the success of the Euro by buying your very own set of commemorative coins for €70.
But don’t stop reading in the rush to secure yours; they won’t be available until tomorrow.
The 10th anniversary of the Euro – fittingly denoted by tin and aluminium – marks the pretty uneventful decade since the introduction of the single currency.
An ad, which ran in many of today’s papers, states a limited production of just 5,000, which it’s hoped will “satisfy worldwide demand.”
According to the Central Bank of Ireland, the obverse of the €2 commemorative coin – or front, in non-coin related jargon – “symbolises the way in which the euro has become a true global player over the past ten years, as well as its importance in life,” presumably making reference to how a lack of them in people’s pockets is proving rather important.
The four symbols on the special coin have been deemed to represent the various aspects of modern life and in this regard, TheJournal.ie thinks they’ve done a pretty good job.
Trade is represented by a ship, which Ireland’s emigrants will be more than familiar with at this stage. Less unfortunate symbols represent ordinary people in the form of a family of four, industry by way of a factory and energy with wind powered stations.
For €70 all this and more can be yours. Now all we need is for a couple billion more coins to be minted and put in a large envelope addressed for Ireland, Europe.
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The saddest part of this story is to think that someone could go missing and no-one would even notice and/or care……!?
I agree,his brother did not care too much,no missing report even after all those years.
Great detective work well done to all concerned bring closure to the family RIP
His family can take him home now for a proper burial, RIP, very strange neither his family or his employers reported him missing though
I wonder why the family never reported him missing. Maybe they were that close and didn’t know he was missing. But still tho a bit strange.
Families, especially when it’s down to bro there’s and sisters who for whatever reason have grown apart can and do lose contact. Believe me.
RIP
Worrying that nobody reported him missing. Very sad
I would hate to belong to a family, country,or employer that did not notice a disappearance. I just wonder how good was the reconstruction- is there a reallife photo of him ?
This is such a sad story, that poor man..hoping now he can rest in peace and his family can take comfort hes now at last been found .
Rip
Very sad but every cloud I suppose.
Was this case not reported as solved on prime time a week or two ago ?
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