Kennedy home for sale

JOAN KENNEDY, whose three children took temporary guardianship of her to ensure she receives treatment for alcoholism, has put her Cape Cod, Massachusetts, home on the market for almost €5 million - over their objections.

Their lawyer, Augustus Wagner, said Joan Kennedy, 68, the former wife of Senator Edward Kennedy, has no legal authority to sell the house in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. The three children - Kara Kennedy Allen, 45, Edward Kennedy Jnr, 44, and Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy, 37 - took temporary legal guardianship of their mother last year.

Ms Kennedy was admitted to hospital with concussion and a broken shoulder after a passer-by found her lying on a Boston pavement last month.