A pair of wonderful Dublin-made Gainsborough armchairs, a large early 19th century Chippendale hall lantern; a 19th century Dresden pen and ink stand; a Flemish alterpiece from the 15th century; an 18th-19th century cloisonne Guang or ritual vessel; a Dublin 1744 printing of the Life of Robinson Crusoe and a portrait by Sir John Lavery of Cardinal Hayes are among the lots to feature at three days of sales at Sheppard’s in Durrow next week.

A 172-year-old college at the centre of controversy over the sale of secret letters penned by Jacqueline Kennedy is to shut down.

Secret letters from Jacqueline Kennedy to an Irish priest have been pulled from a controversial auction sale.

Secret letters from Jacqueline Kennedy to an Irish priest have been pulled from a controversial auction sale.

The wife of Russian tycoon Dmitry Rybolovlev has won a $4.5bn divorce settlement in a Geneva court.

A PORTRAIT of Daniel O’Connell which was at the Cork and County Club for many years is among many brimful of interest lots at Fonsie Mealy’s sale in Castlecomer May 20 at 10.30am.

Jacqueline Kennedy’s letters to an elderly priest reveal a delightful person, according to Philip Sheppard, the auctioneer charged with selling them.

JAMES Tague was stuck in traffic in downtown Dallas around noon on Nov 22, 1963 when he became an eyewitness to history.

Fifty years ago JFK was shot in Dallas. The man assigned to protect the president’s wife, Jackie, tells Tim Teeman why he felt he failed in his duty.

For hours, the young cadets waited, standing at attention by the freshly dug grave — a striking tableau in their crisp, green tunics and brown breeches, rifles by their sides.

Caroline Kennedy was just 5 when her father kissed her goodbye and left the US for his visit to Ireland, but she has made that journey in her imagination many times since.

A real life “guardian angel” from the “Gate of Heaven” saved Jacqueline Kennedy from drowning when she holidayed in Co Waterford in 1967.

Celebrated author, playwright and commentator Gore Vidal has died at the age of 86, his nephew said today.

ABC News last night said there is no truth to a report that Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis believed then US vice-president Lyndon Johnson was involved in the assassination of her husband, President John F Kennedy.

SECRET interviews with President John F Kennedy’s wife claim he ominously warned his assassination would protect his legacy about a year before his death.

Secret interviews with President John F Kennedy’s wife claim he ominously warned his assassination would protect his legacy about a year before his death.

FIFTY years ago, John F Kennedy proclaimed himself “the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris”.

An Andy Warhol portrait of Elizabeth Taylor is to go under the hammer at a New York City auction where it is estimated to fetch $20m (€14.2m).

A TROVE of John F Kennedy pictures by White House photographer Cecil Stoughton, including a rare image of Marilyn Monroe with the president and Robert Kennedy at a Democratic fund-raiser, fetched $151,000 (€114,000) at auction.

THE FBI is investigating a “stolen” handwritten condolence note by Jacqueline Kennedy to Ethel Kennedy, penned shortly after Robert F Kennedy’s assassination in 1968, it has been reported.

The FBI is investigating a “stolen” handwritten condolence note by Jacqueline Kennedy to Ethel Kennedy that was penned shortly after Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 assassination, it was reported.

As First Lady she has to juggle a range of demanding public and private roles under the constant scrutiny of the world media.

NOBODY’S sure just how many people are going to form the crush in the Mall and line the streets of Washington for tomorrow’s inauguration.

KEEP the sweeping brush on standby: sand on the floors is going to be a feature of your new life at this Woodstown, Co Waterford home.

THE University of Limerick is offering students from secondary schools around Munster a hands-on opportunity to prepare for their Leaving Cert science exams.

CELEBRITY and fashion go together like jelly and ice-cream. One can elevate the other from the banal to the near beautiful.

Lady Bird Johnson, America’s former first lady who championed conservation and worked tenaciously for the political career of her husband, Lyndon Johnson, has died.

Two flags that flew from John F. Kennedy’s convertible car on the day of his assassination sold at auction in New York today for $450,000.

ANDY WARHOL’S portrait of actress Elizabeth Taylor, Liz, has been snapped up at a New York auction for $12.6 million.

Andy Warhol’s portrait of actress Elizabeth Taylor, Liz, has been snapped up at a New York auction for $12.6m (€9.8m).

AN incomplete dinner set, kitschy looking glassware, some well-thumbed tomes — items unlikely in the normal course of events to attract attention at an auction.

Heirlooms belonging to the Kennedy family dynasty – including a Father’s Day card from JFK Junior to the former president and a letter from the Queen – were stolen from a top auction house in New York, it emerged today.

When the hospital treating Jacqueline Kennedy’s cancer said they could do no more for her, she went home and gathered around her relatives and friends who were important to her.

George Plimpton, the self-deprecating American author of Paper Lion and a patron to Philip Roth, Jack Kerouac and countless other writers, has died, aged 76.

Jacqueline Kennedy, books under her arm, walks with fellow students to an American history class.

A 60-YEAR-OLD church administrator admitted yesterday she was the mystery White House intern who had an affair with John F Kennedy four decades ago.

President Bush is admired by more Americans than any man since the Gallup Poll began asking ‘‘What man do you admire most?’’ in 1948.