Your columnist is no art expert, though he likes recycling his favourite line of criticism occasionally. (When the King of France viewed Géricault’s painting The Raft of the Medusa, he remarked: “M. Géricault, your shipwreck is no disaster.” Kudos to anyone who can mail me the name of the band which used Géricault’s painting on an album cover.)

Des O’Sullivan reviews a forthcoming show of work by the artist who was brave enough to paint the Famine. 

FARM SHOPS — we need many more all around the country so farmers can sell and add value to their produce and local people can buy directly from the farm.

A DISTINGUISHED architectural pedigree benefits Coole Abbey, a genuine Georgian home in Munster’s Bride Valley.