A rare first edition of the renowned WB Yeats poem 'Easter 1916' could fetch up to €4000 when it goes under the hammer this week.

A HUMOUROUS painting paying homage to the best-known pubs around Dublin in the 1940s will be the toast of an auction house when it goes under the hammer this week.

A private art collection including unseen paintings by Jack B Yeats and Louis le Brocquy will be auctioned this week.

The National Museum of Ireland today snapped up 1960s Aran knitwear paintings before auction for more than €12,000.