 "Sunday Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)")
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Outrage as historic dolmen is turned into 'baked potato'.(NEWS)
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Byline: CHRISTINA PARK
AN HISTORIC Irish dolmen has been wrapped in tin foil and silver plastic -- so that it now looks more like a Flash Gordon spaceship than a prehistoric monument.
Labby Rock, near Castle-baldwin, Co Sligo, and overlooking Lough Arrow, looked more like a "baked potato" according to one expert who visited it recently.
The famous 70-ton dolmen was saidto have been used asa bed by Diarmaid and Grainne when fleeing Fion MacCumhaill.
But Mary Quinlan, who has been visiting ancient monuments for 20 years, had never seen anything like it.
"We ...
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Farmer says his 'Punk Rock' art installation was 'sabotaged'.(ANALYSIS)
; ...dispute involves the famous Labby Rock historic monument in Co Sligo which was covered in tin foil. Now the farmer and artist...the tin foil from the Labby Rock his work had been sabotaged...solstice weekends at the Labby Rock for EU260, says that...
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Today's chuckle
; It's good to have a will of steel, as long as you don't have a "won't" like tin foil.
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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Heroin addicts foil inmates' turkey plan; Exclusive Scot foil.(News)
; ...dinner after addict inmates pinched the tin foil needed to cook the turkey. It was swiped...shopping lists. A source at the jail said: Tin foil's quite sought after by prisoners that...turkey if it's not replaced. Everyone knows tin foil is essential for cooking Christmas dinner...
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Tin foil to spare
; I Wonder if any readers know of a charitable organisation which accept tin foil to help their funds? If so, perhaps they would be so good as to contact me on 01452 41 1367. W. R. D. FRAPE Gloucester
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 "Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)")
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Man jailed for stealing 24p packet of tin foil.(News)
; ...OLDHAM A MAN who stole a 24p packet of tin foil from a Midland shop has been sent to prison...was handed just a suspended sentence. Tin foil thief Day's father Trevor, of the same...a harsh sentence for stealing a bit of tin foil. There were one or two other factors in...
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 "The People (London, England)")
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Your top tips! It's a wrap!(Features)
; Byline: A Stafford If you have run out of wrapping paper at the last minute, use some tin foil instead. A Stafford, High Peak
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5th: Denise Daudelin's fish story still amuses her family
; ...fish that we had seasoned and wrapped in tin foil earlier in the day. After 25 minutes on...check it with her. We started pulling the tin foil off the top that she had been "peeking...dessert. My grandmother had wrapped it in tin foil just like the fish we brought. My sister-...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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DADDY!; Do you still play snooker?(Sport)
; ...never won anything they made one out of tin foil. Mum Judy explained: Greg kept on talking...while he was on TV they made one out of tin foil to give to him because they believed he...The boys and I fashioned him one out of tin foil and Greg wrote on it `Shoot to win, dad...
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Melting point.(News)
; A mountain glacier in Switzerland is to be wrapped with tin foil this summer to stop it melting. If it is successful, other ski resorts will test similar schemes.
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 "The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)")
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Scots take a roasting on pork.(Farming Life)
; ...country's tradition of wrapping the joint in tin foil. Now Quality Meat Scotland, the organisation...emerged people were wrapping the joint in tin foil for roasting. When pork is left uncovered...Scots have been persuaded to leave off the tin foil, to Make The Most Of The Roast.
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