Damaged Monet set to be restored

Art restorers are to begin the delicate repair of a Monet painting extensively damaged as it hung in the National Gallery.

The 1874 work, Argenteuil With A Single Sailboat, was ripped and perforated while on display in the millennium wing in what the institution described as an unfortunate incident on Jun 29.

Sean Rainbird, director of the National Gallery of Ireland, said the conservation will take about a year.