Paintings stolen by the late Martin Cahill - known as the General - in 1988 are included in a collection expected to make over £1.5 million at auction next month. The stolen works were recovered eight months later from a shed in Rathfarnham, Co Dublin.
The raid took place at the Dublin home of the late Mrs Helen Murnaghan, the then 88-year-old widow of Supreme Court judge, Mr Justice Murnaghan.
The collection is being sold on the instructions of the executors of Mrs Murnaghan, who died earlier this year. The auction will be conducted at the Shelbourne Hotel and is being jointly handled by Mealy's and Christie's auctioneers.