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Bronze nude figure with hinged phallus sells at auction for £2,200

A bronze nude figure holding an oversized phallus in his right hand has sold at auction for £2,200 – around double its estimate. Detectorist Paul Shepheard found the Celtic artefact, whose phallus is hinged for movement, at a detector rally in ...

09 Mar 2023 at 14:20

Man interviewed by police following reported thefts at British Museum

A man has been interviewed by Metropolitan Police officers following thefts which were reported at the British Museum. The London institution revealed last week that the force is investigating items that are “missing, stolen or damaged” from ...

24 Aug 2023 at 15:58

Hundreds of items missing from British Museum since 2013, records show

Hundreds of historical artefacts have gone missing from the British Museum since 2013, the institution’s records reportedly show. Gold coins, silver necklaces and 540 pieces of pottery are unaccounted for, according to a new Freedom of ...

24 Aug 2023 at 09:56

British Museum director Hartwig Fischer steps down amid theft inquiry

The director of the British Museum has quit after admitting that the world-famous institution “did not respond as comprehensively as it should have in response to warnings in 2021” about stolen artefacts. Hartwig Fischer leaves the ...

25 Aug 2023 at 16:47

Local News

HIDDEN HEARTLANDS: Ancestral research here in Tipperary

One of the main reasons visitors come to rural Ireland is to research their ancestry. Thurles is fortunate to have one of the best facilities for this in the country at Tipperary Studies, located above the library at the Source in ...

12 Sept 2023 at 20:33

Local News

HIDDEN HEARTLANDS: Ancestral research here in Tipperary

12 Sept 2023 at 20:33

World

More than 200 antiquities seized in US returned to Italy

Italy is celebrating the return of 266 antiquities from the United States, including Etruscan vases and ancient Roman coins and mosaics worth tens of millions of euro that were looted and sold to American museums and private ...

12 Aug 2023 at 08:40

British Museum deputy director steps back after boss quits over theft probe

The head of the British Museum has resigned and his deputy has stepped back in the wake of a scandal over stolen artefacts that has prompted a police investigation. Director Hartwig Fischer and deputy director Jonathan ...

25 Aug 2023 at 20:06

British Museum has recovered some of 2,000 stolen artefacts, says George Osborne

Some of the estimated 2,000 artefacts stolen from the British Museum have already been recovered, George Osborne has said. The former chancellor, who is now chairman of the museum’s trustees, said “groupthink” may ...

26 Aug 2023 at 12:23

British Museum seeks interim leadership following resignation of director

The outcome of the interim leadership arrangement at the British Museum is expected within days, the PA news agency understands, after the institution’s director Hartwig Fischer announced his resignation. Mr ...

25 Aug 2023 at 17:48

Letterkenny/Milford

Donegal Museum are exhibiting an invaluable history of the workhouses

The Donegal County Museum is currently running an exhibition of the history of Donegal Workhouses. This Letterkenny exhibition displays information about the different workhouses across the county and why ...

25 Jan 2024 at 12:33

World

Ancient fresco among 60 treasures returned to Italy from US

A fresco depicting Hercules and originally from Herculaneum, a city destroyed along with Pompeii by the 79AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius, is back in Italy, along with 59 other ancient pieces illegally ...

23 Jan 2023 at 18:29

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