Lost Cosgrave portrait unveiled

A lost portrait of William T Cosgrave, the president of the first Dáil, was unveiled last night for the first time in almost a century.

Seán Keating, one of Ireland’s greatest 20th-century artists, painted it in 1923, probably in the Dáil, but it was never shown in a gallery.

It remained rolled up in his studio until it was discovered by art historian Dr Éimear O’Connor about four years ago.