Up for auction are some fine and decorative arts from the collection of AJF O’Reilly, writes Des O’Sullivan.

Fine Irish furniture, an antique pierced steel helmet reputedly owned by Sir Thomas Wentworth, the harp owned by Derek Bell of The Chieftains, and a set of bagpipes used at Fenian gatherings in West Cork gives some idea of the range and breadth of the Guinness family collections to be sold in Naas today.

CAVAN may not be top of your list when someone suggests a weekend away, but it really should be.

THE Guinness family is to open its doors to the famous Luggala Estate in County Wicklow this week as hundreds of antiques and paintings are auctioned off.