The Renaissance polymath may have died on this day in 1519, but his memory has lived on through all sorts of representations over the past 500 years, writes Donal O’Keeffe.

Artist Siobhain Steele shows her mettle with ceramics, says Aileen Lee.

* Inferno 3/5

Aaron Monaghan, from Cavan, is currently playing Estragon in Waiting for Godot for Druid until July 23 in the Mick Lally Theatre, Galway, before embarking on an ‘Unusual Rural Tour’.  Druid.ie.

Invest in sunglasses, see some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous sketches and try Voya’s new Seaweed Eye Mask.

Vermeer’s ‘Girl with the Pearl Earring’, Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and Monnet’s Poppies all started with the single brush of paint, a lone spec that would have made limited initial impact. 

Leonardo da Vinci overcame huge difficulties to become the ultimate Renaissance Man, writes Mark Evans.

The strangest things bring happiness. And a lot of the time, they come out of nowhere. Take, for example, my immense love for animation.

Italy gave us the Roman empire and the Renaissance two of the most influential forces in European history. Has this legacy coloured Italians’ perception of themselves and their place in the world, wonders Marjorie Brennan.

Police have seized a portrait attributed to Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci from the vault of a Swiss bank during an investigation into tax crime and insurance fraud, an Italian court said.

Emma Straub says the ‘naked face’ look makes an edgy non-conformist statement about a woman, while Paula Burns argues thick brows define a face, promoting a natural beauty and urges us all to banish our tweezers.

With elegant black and tan keys it looks like a baby grand piano, but when tinkled they release the voluptuous tones of a cello.

A 500-year-old mystery came to an end yesterday after a new painting by Leonardo da Vinci of Renaissance noblewoman Isabella d’Este was reliably authenticated with carbon dating.

Eminem samples Beastie Boys on his new single, 'Berzerk'.

Savage Solitude

As a left-hander I am always amazed that other left-handers like president Barack Obama twist their hands to such an uncomfortable angle when they write, when it is far easier to slightly turn the page you are writing on instead.

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus is thought to have said: “You cannot step twice into the same stream.”

Imagination, energy and a whole lot of Sellotape are key to the Halloween celebrations in Cork, writes Noelle McCarthy

Such are the peculiarities of footballing hysteria that a series of subtle, successfully-executed dives will bring about nothing like the binge of handwringing a bunch of botched, largely fruitless ones will.

A Swiss foundation has unveiled what it said was an earlier version of the Mona Lisa painted by Leonardo da Vinci, although some experts said the claim was unlikely.

Photographers crowded round today as the curtain was pulled back to present what is claimed to be an early version of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.

A foundation says it will prove to the world today that Leonardo Da Vinci painted an earlier version of the Mona Lisa – a claim doubted by at least one expert on the multifaceted Renaissance artist.

Ireland show jumping team manager Robert Splaine believes Cian O’Connor’s bronze medal-winning performance in London will be a springboard for greater Olympic success.

Moody music legend Van Morrison is rarely seen without his hat these days — and he now refuses point blank to appear without it in public — no matter what the cost.

Business was on the agenda for Leaving Certificate students around the country yesterday morning.

Other than straight after games, Damien Duff doesn’t really do press but he’s such a much-loved character in the Republic of Ireland ranks that even the most demanding hacks are generally happy to cut him some slack.

Tom Foley helped make it three in a row for Ireland in the French Pony Nations Cup in Fontainebleau on Saturday when posting a double clear with Crown Jewel.

Art sleuths believe they have found traces of a Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece on a hidden wall in a palace in Florence that has not been seen in over four centuries.

SHE’S a tiny bundle of joy they hope will be spoiled rotten.

MEET beautiful baby Lucy O’Mahony — living proof of how a hi-tech surgical robot is giving hope to thousands of women.

WITH good news as rare as hen’s teeth these days, it’s refreshing to read of a hi-tech breakthrough that brings hope to thousands of women.

A PAINTING sold for as little as £45 (€50) in the 1950s but since hailed as a lost masterpiece by Leonardo Da Vinci and now worth millions is to go on show in November.

A male apprentice, long-time companion and possible lover of Leonardo da Vinci was the main influence and a model for the Mona Lisa painting, an Italian researcher said.

LEST you think London Fashion Week is just about the clothes; think again.

Leonardo’s Legacy: How Da Vinci Reimagined the world

THE enigmatic smile remains a mystery, but French scientists say they have cracked a few secrets of the Mona Lisa.

ARSENE WENGER claimed this tie would be more like a work of art than a football match but in the end it was even better than that as Barcelona produced an astonishing demonstration of the beautiful game and Arsenal responded with a thrilling example of never-say-die perseverance.

A GARDENER was threatened with an axe as he tried to go after thieves who made off with a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece from a castle, a court heard.

Italian scientists are seeking to exhume the body of Leonardo da Vinci to conduct carbon and DNA testing.

AN ancient stallion has turned out not to be the thoroughbred he was believed to be.

IN Leonardo da Vinci’s Lady with an Ermine, a young woman holds a long, skinny animal in her arms. An ermine is a stoat in its white winter coat. Irish stoats don’t turn white but mainland European ones do.