The team also captured a silver medal and recorded three new personal bests in individual events. 

The competition gets underway on Thursday

It was part of an online fraud investigation into 200 Maltese nationals, resulting in losses of around €1 million.

An Irishman has been shot dead by police in Malta after allegedly murdering a woman on Sunday

Gardaí said the Maltese vessel had arrived in the port of Foynes from Canada