One of the country’s most important and popular paintings has been restored and returned to permanent display at the National Gallery of Ireland.

A €10m artwork by Claude Monet that was all but destroyed when a man put his fist through it is once again hanging where it belongs after a painstaking restoration.

A €10m artwork by Claude Monet all but destroyed when a man put his fist through it is once again hanging where it belongs after a painstaking restoration.

Art restorers are to begin the delicate repair of a Monet painting extensively damaged as it hung in the National Gallery.

Art experts are to begin the delicate repair of a Monet painting extensively damaged as it hung in the National Gallery.