COLLECTORS never know what they might come across at a house sale.

Anglo Irish Bank’s corporate art collection to be sold at auction next month, has been valued at just €150,000 — a drop in the ocean compared to €25bn it cost the State to bail out the failed bank.

A MAN who has crusaded tirelessly for the elderly for over six decades was yesterday named the Cork Person of the Year for 2010.

THERE’s no clear favourite for the title of Cork Person of the Year but, according to the bookies, five people — including a sporting father and son — are definitely in the running.

TRIBUTES flowed from Ireland’s gourmet capital yesterday following the death of Keith Floyd — one of its most popular adopted sons.

Tributes have been paid to the larger than life celebrity chef Keith Floyd, who added “sparkle to Kinsale”, following his death last night.

RECENTLY I visited the ‘Inheritance’ exhibition on famous people associated with Cork at the Cork Vision Centre, North Main Street. It was excellent, particularly the sketches by Kevin Sanquest and others.