Gallery owners, art critics, fellow painters, and muses have paid tribute to painter Basil Blackshaw following his death at the age of 83.

The Democratic frontrunner faces a showdown with Republicans in congressional probe, writes Bette Browne

Des O’Sullivan discusses the sale of the lifetime’s treasure trove of artists Nancy Wynne-Jones and Conor Fallon.

The parent company of Daft.ie saw a huge surge in profits last year, with operating profit more than doubling in the 12 months.

The Governor of Missouri ordered the National Guard to a suburb of St Louis today, hours after police used tear gas to clear protesters off the streets following a week of demonstrations against the fatal police shooting of a black teenager.

America’s attorney general has ordered a new post-mortem examination on a black teenager whose shooting by a white police officer sparked protests in Missouri.

BRIAN FALLON is sharing a favourite anecdote.

Eamon and Brian Fallon, the brothers who established the daft.ie website, shared a €4.45m dividend windfall last year.

PRE-TAX profits at online media group Daft Media Ltd last year rose 12% to €2.4 million, the company’s latest filed accounts show.

MORE restaurants are to offer child-size meals in a bid to tackle Ireland’s childhood obesity levels.

The President of the Restaurants Association of Ireland Brian Fallon has said he is worried the Government will revoke the reduction in VAT on some goods and services, if his members don't implement the new rate.

CHAPTER ONE has turned the page on another success story, with the fine dining Dublin venue voted best restaurant in Ireland by the Restaurant Association of Ireland for the third year in a row.

LOCAL food ingredients enhance satisfaction levels among customers, delivering “empty plates” and savings on waste, according to a Good Food Ireland membership survey.

LUXURY restaurant, food hall and wine cellar Fallon & Byrne saw pre-tax profits fall 28% when the economic downturn hit.

THE company behind property website daft.ie increased its profits last year despite writing down a €1 million investment in the firm which operates community website boards.ie.

The organisers of an innovative project, which will see Liberty Hall turned into a 50-foot TV screen, are urging the public to create animations that can then be brought to life on the side of the building.

A BUSINESSMAN alleged to have apparently converted to his own use some investment funds intended for a property investment project in Budapest has agreed to repay €1.2 million to four investors in the project.

Rents have increased by nearly 12% over the last year according to a study carried out by one of Irelands busiest property websites Daft.ie.

ALMOST a sixth of the value has been wiped off the asking price of houses in some of the most sought after areas of Dublin in the last six months.

A fundamental downward shift in house price expectations over the country as a whole occurred in the last three quarters of 2006 according to a report published by property website Daft.ie today.

FINDING a house in Ireland may be easier with the new mapping service launched by Daft.ie which allows broadband users to find houses for sale in Ireland.

Ireland’s biggest website, Daft.ie, has launched a new mapping service allowing broadband users to find houses for sale around the country.

AT LEAST 15 couples are believed to have paid €2,300 each to a bogus landlord who disappeared with their cash.

Up to 30 people have reportedly been conned out of €35,000 in a rental scam at an upmarket apartment block in Dublin.

RENTAL properties in Cork have begun to bounce back after a slowdown during 2004, according to a survey by a leading online accommodation agency.

The internationally renowned Kilkenny artist Tony O'Malley has died at his home in Callan aged 89.