A woman who had been accused of handling stolen paintings from the Beit Collection at Russborough House has been found not guilty by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A woman who denies handling stolen paintings from the Beit Collection attended hospital on the day of the theft, a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury has heard.

The trial of a woman in relation to stolen paintings valued at €2.6m from the Beit Collection at Russborough House has continued in legal argument in the absence of the jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A woman has denied at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that she handled two paintings worth an estimated €2.6m that were stolen from Rossborough House in Co Wicklow in 2001.

Six women arrested in connection with the theft of two paintings from Russborough House in Co Wicklow last year have all been released without charge.