CONNACHT’S proud tradition in Europe took a beating in Italy on Saturday night, falling to tournament newcomers and underdogs I Cavalieri Estra.

Art experts and conservative clerics are holding an unusual “trial” in the hometown of Leonardo da Vinci: concerned about the legions of fans of the The Da Vinci Code who take claims in the book as gospel truth, the mock tribunal aims to sort out fact from fiction.

Art experts and conservative clerics were putting the blockbuster novel The Da Vinci Code on trial in the art master’s home town tonight.

Researchers studying fading frescoes in a Florence convent building have found what may have been the workshop where Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.