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Kavanagh death mask and miniature Ming bowl to headline upcoming sales
- Fine Art & Antiques
- January 30, 2021, 06:00
Diamonds, dragons and a death mask feature in some of this week’s auction highlights. All sales are live, but in accordance with current Government Co(...)

Charity helping people with intellectual disabilities appeals for workspaces
- Irish News
- November 16, 2020, 12:49
A charity providing services for almost 3,000 adults and children with intellectual disabilities has appealed for assistance in securing temporary acc(...)

New Year’s Eve events guide: Where to go and what to do
- Irish News
- December 30, 2019
A number of events are taking place across the country on Tuesday night to ring in the New Year. Tickets for the countdown concert at Custom House Qu(...)

Cork Jazz Festival fails to move with the times
- Music
- October 19, 2019, 05:00
Jazz is improvised music, but looking at the programme for this year’s Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, there may be more improvisation happening off-stag(...)

Strong price for Paul Henry and rare 1880s Irish whiskey
- Fine Art & Antiques
- August 10, 2019, 00:00
Auction results Tuesday, August 6th, Morgan O’Driscoll. Paul Henry, Peat Stacks Connemara, €36,000 – more than double its lower reserve of €15,000. L(...)

Trump and Kim shake hands to kick off second summit
- World
- February 27, 2019
Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un have begun their two-day summit in Hanoi, as the US president tries to revive efforts to persuade the North Korean leader(...)

The beat goes on: Guinness Cork Jazz Fest gets a reboot
- Music
- October 22, 2018, 05:00
In jazz’s journey towards artistic respectability in Ireland, the “good-time” image of the island’s principal jazz event hasn’t always been helpful. G(...)

Talk about it: Art and architecture talks in Dublin and Cork
- Fine Art & Antiques
- September 8, 2018, 00:00
The legacy of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin in Ireland; the history of the earliest piece of documented Chinese porcelain in Europe, the Fonthill Vas(...)

Fishmonger Pat O’Connell, who was famously pictured laughing with Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to the English Market in Cork in 2011, says there is(...)

Any excuse for a party? The Irish people celebrating Meghan and Harry's wedding
- People
- May 18, 2018, 06:00
In the era of laptops, smartphones and Netflix, it was assumed that the end was nigh for the communal living-room screen. Instead, “event” TV was born(...)