Des O’Sullivan reviews a forthcoming show of work by the artist who was brave enough to paint the Famine. 

Des O’Sullivan tells a tale of bad weather in Kinsale that left a legacy.

The owners of Bantry House have said they have staved off the prospect of having to auction some of its contents although the search is continuing for a longer-term solution.

THE late Michael Sheehan returned to his native West Cork at the age of 82, after a lifetime of working on cargo boats and travelling around the world. An impulse to paint seized him and in just four years, until his death in 1996, Sheehan produced a series of naïve oil paintings depicting local historical events and the raw beauty of his birthplace, the Beara peninsula.

A sponsor is being sought for an important collection of 107 pieces of Irish silver available to the National Museum of Ireland until the end of February.

Hand-drawn architectural diagrams by two men who helped shape the face of Cork are to go on public display for the first time.

Irish artist Michael Gurhy documents his evolving relationship with the social networking site.

The Pikeman, by Jerome Connor, is for sale at Adam’s.

Roderic O’Conor Red Rocks Near Pont Aven 1898 from the AIB Collection, now in the legal ownership of the State and on show at the Crawford Gallery in Cork.

The Crawford Gallery in Cork needs more government funding to open on Sundays and bank holidays.

AIB is giving 39 of its finest art pieces worth over €5m back to the taxpayer.

A SPECIAL plaque has been unveiled to commemorate the 150-year historical connection between the Crosbie family – owners of the Irish Examiner – and Cork city centre.

THE slashing of 41 State agencies will be a “first installment” in a long term plan of reducing so-called quangos, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said last night.

INDEPENDENT bookmakers around the country will close as a result of the shock rise in betting tax from 1% to 2%, say bookies’ representatives.

The AIB Prize for the visual arts was awarded to Cork native Linda Quinlan yesterday at a special ceremony in Dublin.

NINE months ago I drew attention to the wall paintings by the 18th century Cork painter, Nathaniel Grogan, at Mt Vernon House in Cork, which are at the mercy of the elements.

A FASCINATING exhibition of maritime paintings has been launched — in every sense — at the Port of Cork headquarters.