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GARDAÍ BELIEVE THEY have identified the person in possession of a large quantity of gold reserves alleged to have been taken from the National Party.
Sources said investigators are carrying out enquiries and are attempting to establish who is the rightful owner of the gold but that at present they believe that no crime has been committed.
Gardaí earlier said they were making enquiries into allegations of a theft from a premises in Dublin, after a senior figure in the National Party claimed a large quantity of gold was stolen.
In a statement, National Party leader Justin Barrett claimed that a “considerable quantity in gold” had been removed from the party’s vault in Dublin.
He claimed that the gold “formed the main part of the Partys [sic] Reserves in the event of a mishap in general, or more particularly a collapse in the value of fiat currency”.
Fiat currency is money issued by a government.
It is believed that gardaí have now located the gold in question.
A Garda spokesperson said the force does not comment on third party statements or on named individuals.
The spokesperson also said gardaí were “carrying out enquiries into an allegation of theft from a premises in Dublin 4″.
The National Party is a registered political party. It has no elected TDs or senators.
With reporting from Niall O’Connor
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You would think after all the wars and bloddy conflict we have had over last 120 years, this either would have been sorted out by now or governments would be terrified of the cost in lives or money, one big peeing contest.
@Valentine Kane: where have u been living, europe and the world is more at peace since ww2 than any period in history… war is part of our history and unfortunately our future. Its the type of war thats its the trouble…
Russia has had a huge win without needing to fire a shot. America has accepted Russia’s ‘ Red Lines’. Ukraine will not be joining NATO (which will do what America tells it to do) and has been instructed by the US to engage with the Minsk II Accords in order to resolve the Donbass issue.
So it is,
Russia 1. Neo Cons 0.
@Des Hanrahan: I must have missed that press release. Oh yeah, you just made it up.
@Eoin Roche: Everything I stated is correct . If you had bothered to do even cursory research you would know that .
My mistake it’s Ukraine is not in NATO apologies, time for another coffee I think
I’m confused this article states that the US was a founding member of NATO but later says the US is not a member of NATO, which is it?
Ukraine will not be allowed join NATO as it will put them at the doorstep of Russia. Unfortunate location they find themselves in.
Better brush up on my russian ,Ich bin EIN Berliner ,i think I’ll be starting from scratch ha
The weather in the next 4 weeks will be critical in determining an invasion – hopefully, it won’t freeze over and open a window for the perkies to attack
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