The property supplement to a recent issue of the Irish Examiner contained a piece by Tommy Barker about the sale of Monkstown Castle House — ‘House of the week’ (June 8) — home of the late Charlie Hennessey and Abby Scott.

HE has, over the last three decades, entertained an estimated one million people who dined at one of the country’s top visitor attractions.

FOUR years late and after public rows and protests, the country’s most advanced music college finally opened its doors for classes yesterday.