* ACE at UCC and the Irish Heritage Trust will offer a summer short course at Fota House: ’A History of Gardens’ with Dr Nigel Everett which will run for 6 weeks, starting on June 10.

* John and Helen Fox will host a garden party at ‘Glencairn,’ Underwood, Rochestown, today from 11am to 5pm and local band, Ré Nua, will provide music from 3-5pm.

Details of a €10m investment package to develop greenways and cycling routes across the country has been announced.

Against the Stream by Jack B. Yeats at Whytes in Dublin on November 26th. It is estimated at €50,000-€70,000.

This Regency Carlton House Desk made 85,000 at Mealy's-Christie's sale in Mount Congreve.

THE sale at Mount Congreve made €2.25m at hammer. The clear inference to be drawn from the thousands who crammed three days of viewing which began last Saturday was that this sale by Mealys in association with Christie’s would not be cheap.

Big spenders thronged a marquee in Co Waterford yesterday for the auction of contents from Mount Congreve.

It’s been labelled the sale of the century and judging by the level of interest, tomorrow’s auction won’t disappoint.

All roads lead to Mount Congreve this weekend.

Quality and design tops at Mount Congreve, writes Des O’Sullivan

Secrétaire a highlight, says Des O’Sullivan

THE sale of 120 lots of furniture, paintings, silver and porcelain from Mount Congreve, Kilmeaden, Co Waterford is expected to bring in around £2.5m at Christie’s in London next May 23.

Plans were unveiled today for a skyscraper at the heart of a €380m redevelopment of an old iron foundry in Waterford city.

Tommy Barker is entranced by this most verdant estate on the Kerry coast.