Mystery surrounded the identity of the new owner of one of Ireland’s most historic stately homes today.

Campaigning was under way this weekend to force the Government to bid for one of Ireland’s most historically well-connected stately homes.

Paintings from one of Ireland’s most prestigious art collections are to be sold in London.

Fine Gael is to press for Dublin’s most famous theatre, the Abbey, to move into the city’s best-known thoroughfare, O’Connell Street.