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

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A man jailed for damaging a Claude Monet painting estimated to be worth €10m has lost an appeal against conviction.

With news that the Cork Film Festival is shy €200,000 in funding despite the €2.5m it pulls in for the local economy, Clodagh Finn wonders if arts is unwisely being pushed to one side by the incoming government

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The man who damaged a Claude Monet painting, estimated to be worth €10m, at the National Gallery of Ireland has been sentenced to six years in jail.

A Dublin man has been given a six-year sentence after being convicted of damaging a Claude Monet painting estimated to be worth €10m at the National Gallery of Ireland.

A Dublin man accused of damaging two paintings at the Shelbourne hotel earlier this year has been acquitted of those charges, by direction of the trial judge.

A banqueting manager at the Shelbourne Hotel said he noticed threads hanging from a painting in one of their function rooms and took a picture of the damage on his phone.

Two New Zealand tourists have described how they saw a man’s fist go through a Monet painting estimated to be worth €10m in the National Gallery two years ago.

Two New Zealand tourists have described how they saw a man’s fist go through a Monet painting estimated to be worth €10m in the National Gallery two years ago.

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.

A man accused of putting his fist through a Claude Monet painting told gardaí he had done “nothing wrong” and had “nothing to hide.”

The trial has begun of a man accused of knocking a hole through a Claude Monet oil-painting at the National Gallery of Ireland, causing €7m worth of criminal damage.

The trial has begun of a man accused of knocking a hole through a Claude Monet oil-painting at the National Gallery of Ireland, causing €7m worth of criminal damage.

THE 2013 January exhibition of watercolours by JMW Turner at the National Gallery of Ireland includes the entire Vaughan bequest and five other watercolours acquired in recent years.

IMAGINING the Divine: The Holy Family in Art is an exhibition, centred around The Nativity, currently running in the National Gallery of Ireland.

A 47-year-old man accused of punching a hole in a valuable Monet oil-painting at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin in June will deny criminal responsibility for the damage, a judge was told today.

A 47-year-old man was remanded in custody this evening - and is to get medical treatment - after he was charged with causing criminal damage to a valuable Claude Monet oil painting at the National Gallery of Ireland last week.

An early masterpiece by the late legendary Irish artist Louis Le Brocquy is expected to fetch €500,000 at auction this week.

SIPTU members in the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin are to go on strike tomorrow following the breakdown of talks at the Labour Relations Commission.

While people may sympathise with someone confronted with an unflattering portrait, it is all part of being in the public eye. The reaction of the authorities to the unflattering portraits of the Taoiseach has therefore been completely over the top.

The artist behind nude paintings of Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowen which were hung in two of the country’s top public galleries could face criminal charges, it was revealed today.

FRANKIE DETTORI’S restaurant venture with celebrity chef Marco Pierre White is to open for business in Ireland.

THE late Seamus Brennan was credited last night with making the arts more accessible to a broader range of people.

EXECUTED to a fine art, family-focused treats at the National Gallery of Ireland remain one of the great traditions of Christmas in Dublin.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and a senior cabinet colleague waved goodbye to the punt today - with a punt.