Five Munster artists are on the shortlist for the Zurich Portrait Prize

A pair of Corkonian portrait-painters have also been shortlisted for the award's youth category

L-R: Emily O'Flynn's Portrait of a Girl; Liz Purtill's Paulus

The shortlist for this year’s Zurich Portrait Prize at the National Gallery of Ireland has been announced - and among the 24 entries selected from hundreds, five have been created by artists from the Munster region.

Emily O'Flynn and Mollie Douthit from Cork, Liz Purtill from Kerry, Julia Mitchell from Tipperary, and Gráinne Moloney from Clare are in the running for the prestigious award, which comes with a cash prize of €15,000, and a commission of work for the national portrait collection, worth a further €5,000.