First look at renovated Russborough House as it reopens after €1m renovations
Art and furniture not seen for decades from Alfred Beit collection on display after refurbishment
Art and furniture not seen for decades from Alfred Beit collection on display after refurbishment
A book published in 1996 gave insights as to how the great and good of Ireland entertained
Over four centuries "The Adoration of the Shepherds" has turned up in places as diverse as Delft in Holland, a royal palace in Germany, a French château, an attic in Clondalkin and a stately home in Co Wicklow
The Cornfield by Jacob van Ruisdael will now go to the Ulster Museum in Belfast
Section 482 review follows high-profile cases of ‘big houses’ in trouble
Two years after they were sent to London to be sold, the paintings are back in Ireland for good
David Bowie’s collection included ‘Sleep Sound’ by Jack B Yeats which sold for £233,000
Funding follows on from €7m raised in sale of old master paintings from Beit Collection
Sell-off of paintings has raises €7m for stately home
Of the Beit paintings controversially earmarked for auction, three avoided the hammer
Three Beit Old Masters sold at Christie’s in London, including a Rubens for £1.3m
Venus Supplicating Jupiter by Flemish Old Master acquired by an unnamed bidder
Sale of ‘Aurora and Cephalus’ precedes auction of paintings by Guardi and Rubens
Three paintings from Russborough House head back to auction
The catalogue is likely to appeal to art historians, researchers and collectors interested in the Beit collection
Lochlann and Brenda Quinn to donate Beit painting to National Gallery of Ireland
Auctioneers confidence restored as demand returns
Alfred Beit Foundation selling paintings to fund upkeep of Co Wicklow house
Dáil exchange: Coalition accused of allowing Alfred Beit Foundation ‘cannibalise itself’
Claims that trust would have tax relief if based in Minister for Finance’s constituency
Items from Furness House, Co Kildare, include family heirlooms, art and antiques
The artist’s intriguing ‘La Bocca della Verità’ sells for a record price at Sotheby’s
Minutes state trust ‘veered’ towards disposal of non-essential assets such as furniture, porcelain and eastern ceramics
Six paintings, including two Rubens, were set to be sold on July 9th
Board set to postpone London auction after emergence of Irish donors
Board to meet to discuss pulling of paintings from auction after private donors make offer
‘I’m flabbergasted at suggestion it was put to us in 2013 they had to sell part of collection’
Foundation says it notified of financial situation before plans to sell Russborough art
Board: ‘The challenges in funding a house such as Russborough are immense’
Heather Humphreys asked trust to reconsider auction of paintings from collection
Paintings sell at low end of expectations at auction in London
An Taisce takes legal challenge over fate of 10 artworks
Rubens’s The Monk was apparently rejected for auction and is returning to Ireland
An Taisce calls for political intervention while Minister says she was not consulted
Charity previously relied on grant support from Fáilte Ireland and Wicklow council
Christie’s auctioneers will sell paintings by John Atkinson Grimshaw in London
Not only does this sale threaten the integrity of this important collection, but in flying in the face of the clearly expressed intentions of Sir Alfred and Lady Beit it may jeopardise the possibility of future similar donations
The Alfred Beit Foundation’s proposed sale of nine paintings that were supposed to be ‘for the enjoyment of the Irish people’ caused outrage.
Russborough House trust has sent works including Rubens to Christie’s to raise funds
Gallery interested in acquiring some paintings but no funds for purchases since 2010
Paintings from the collection at Russborough House are to be auctioned to raise funds for the house’s upkeep
Sale of paintings by Christie’s in London could raise €11 million
Millions of euro expected from sale of works, some of which recovered after robberies
Opinion: Fewer than 200 organisations so far have voluntarily adopted the statement of recommended practice
Sale of Sir Alfred Beit’s Chinese porcelain collection will help with roof repairs in historic publicly owned mansion
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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