Gold price today in Ireland

Every gold piece hallmarked at Dublin Castle

In Ireland hallmarking is compulsory for gold, silver and platinum, and, unlike the UK, Irish law has no weight exemption: even very light pieces must be marked. The only assay office is the Assay Office of the Company of Goldsmiths of Dublin, in Dublin Castle. The legal gold finenesses are 999, 990, 916, 833, 750, 585, 417 and 375 thousandths, so Irish shops can sell 10k (417) gold as well as 9k, 14k, 18k and 22k. Today the bare international price works out to about 116.00 EUR per gram of 24k gold, 87.00 EUR for 18k and 43.50 EUR for 9k.

VAT: 23% on jewellery, none on investment gold

Jewellery pays the standard 23% VAT. Investment gold, as coins, bars or wafers, is VAT-exempt under section 90 and Schedule 1 of the VAT Consolidation Act 2010; this includes the coins on the EU's yearly list. Producers and traders may in some cases give up the exemption, and the buyer then accounts for the VAT. The general euro rules are on our gold price in euros page.

Capital Gains Tax: 31% since 7 October 2026

Selling gold at a profit can bring Capital Gains Tax. Budget 2027 cut the standard rate from 33% to 31% for disposals on or after 7 October 2026; the change still has to be written into the Finance Act. The first €1,270 of an individual's chargeable gains each year is exempt.

The Central Bank of Ireland's 12 tonnes

The Central Bank of Ireland holds about 12 tonnes of gold. It doubled its holding from 6 t to 12 t in 2021 and has bought none since. At the end of 2024 the gold was worth €971 million, up from €660 million at the end of 2022, because the gold price rose.

What moves the euro gold price

The euro gold price is the dollar price converted at the EUR/USD rate, so a stronger euro holds the local price back and a weaker euro pushes it up. This page shows both numbers. See what moves gold prices.

Rules for gold traders in Ireland

The Central Bank of Ireland supervises investment firms. Since 2019 its own rules for CFDs sold to retail clients limit leverage, close positions when margin runs low, stop losses going beyond the money in the account, ban incentives and require a standard risk warning, and binary options are banned for retail clients. Check a firm's authorisation before you trade.

Our country guides explain how to check a firm before you open an account.

Trading hours in Irish time

The international gold market trades almost around the clock, from Monday morning in Asia to Friday evening in New York. The busiest window, the London–New York overlap, falls today at about 13:00–17:00 GMT/IST. That is when US data such as payrolls and inflation is released and the price usually moves most. Ireland uses the same clock as London: GMT in winter and Irish Standard Time (UTC+1) in summer, so the overlap falls in the early afternoon. The gold market hours tool shows every session in your own time zone.

How this EUR gold price is calculated

Three numbers decide everything on this page. First, the international gold price in US dollars per troy ounce: $4,042.7 at the last update. Second, the exchange rate: 1 USD = 0.8924 EUR. Third, the weight: one troy ounce is 31.1035 grams, and one tola is 11.6638 grams.

1. Price per gram in USD = $4,042.7 ÷ 31.1035 = $129.98.
2. Price per gram in EUR = $129.98 × 0.8924 = 116.00 EUR (24k, pure gold).
3. Price per 10 grams = 116.00 × 10 = 1,159.97 EUR.
4. For a lower purity, multiply by the fineness: 22k = 0.9167, 18k = 0.75, 14k = 0.585, 10k = 0.417, 9k = 0.375.

The gold price is the spot price of gold (XAUUSD) from a public real-time feed, refreshed every few seconds while the page is open; the 7-day table and the 30-session chart use COMEX gold futures closes, which usually sit a few dollars above spot. The exchange rate is a mid-market rate; the rate your bank or money changer gives you will be slightly different. If you want to do the maths yourself, our guide to converting the gold price per gram, tola and kilo walks through every step with worked examples.

What this price does not include

The figures above are the international spot price converted into local currency. They are the starting point for every retail price in Ireland, but they are not the price you will pay or receive at a shop. The shop price adds some or all of these on top:

• Import duty or customs charges, where gold or jewellery is imported.
• Sales tax or VAT, where the country charges one. Many countries tax jewellery but not investment bars; the sections above say what applies here.
• Dealer premium: the margin a bullion dealer or bank adds to the spot price for bars and coins, usually larger on small pieces.
• Making charges (labour) on jewellery, often a percentage of the gold value or a fixed amount per gram.
• Local supply and demand, which can push the physical price to a premium or a discount against the international price for weeks at a time.

When you sell, the buyer usually quotes below the spot-based number and deducts for purity testing, wear and sometimes stones. The gap between the buying and the selling price is the real cost of owning physical gold, and it varies a lot between shops, so it is worth asking several.

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