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
Dining 1990s-style: €1,000 wines, copious courses and butlers by the dozen
A book published in 1996 gave insights as to how the great and good of Ireland entertained
Stolen, found – an Old Master nativity with a colourful past
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
Beit Foundation settles death duty dispute with a painting
The Cornfield by Jacob van Ruisdael will now go to the Ulster Museum in Belfast
Review ordered into tax reliefs for owners of historic homes
Section 482 review follows high-profile cases of ‘big houses’ in trouble
Beit paintings purchased by Denis O’Brien and Lochlann Quinn to go on view next month in the National Gallery of Ireland
Two years after they were sent to London to be sold, the paintings are back in Ireland for good
Monet, Munch top sellers in 2016 art sales
David Bowie’s collection included ‘Sleep Sound’ by Jack B Yeats which sold for £233,000
Further €500,000 pledged to Russborough House
Funding follows on from €7m raised in sale of old master paintings from Beit Collection
What became of Russborough House’s Old Masters for sale?
Of the Beit paintings controversially earmarked for auction, three avoided the hammer
Auction results and forthcoming sales
Three Beit Old Masters sold at Christie’s in London, including a Rubens for £1.3m
Rubens painting from Alfred Beit collection sold for £1.3m
Venus Supplicating Jupiter by Flemish Old Master acquired by an unnamed bidder
Drawing from Beit art collection sold for €87,500
Sale of ‘Aurora and Cephalus’ precedes auction of paintings by Guardi and Rubens
It’s Groundhog Day as Beit Old Masters go back on sale
Three paintings from Russborough House head back to auction
Original Beit art collection catalogue comes to light
The catalogue is likely to appeal to art historians, researchers and collectors interested in the Beit collection
Quinns gift €2m painting to State
Lochlann and Brenda Quinn to donate Beit painting to National Gallery of Ireland
The art market: recovery in Ireland while international boom continues
Auctioneers confidence restored as demand returns
Denis O’Brien spends €2m-plus on Rubens to donate to State
Alfred Beit Foundation selling paintings to fund upkeep of Co Wicklow house
Russborough would get ‘full tax relief’ if based in Limerick
Dáil exchange: Coalition accused of allowing Alfred Beit Foundation ‘cannibalise itself’
FF says Russborough wouldn’t have tax ‘difficulty’ if in Limerick
Claims that trust would have tax relief if based in Minister for Finance’s constituency
Contents of Guinness family home go on sale at auction
Items from Furness House, Co Kildare, include family heirlooms, art and antiques
Moment of truth as Lucas Cranach painting makes €13.3m
The artist’s intriguing ‘La Bocca della Verità’ sells for a record price at Sotheby’s
‘High art items’ never considered for Beit sale
Minutes state trust ‘veered’ towards disposal of non-essential assets such as furniture, porcelain and eastern ceramics
Christie’s formally withdraws auction of Beit pictures
Six paintings, including two Rubens, were set to be sold on July 9th
Brendan Howlin welcomes ‘white knights’ in Beit art sale
Board set to postpone London auction after emergence of Irish donors
Beit Foundation board set to postpone art sale
Board to meet to discuss pulling of paintings from auction after private donors make offer
Hayes denies Russborough trustees warned of paintings sale
‘I’m flabbergasted at suggestion it was put to us in 2013 they had to sell part of collection’
Beit trust says it asked Government for aid twice in 2013
Foundation says it notified of financial situation before plans to sell Russborough art
Alfred Beit Foundation statement on sale of paintings
Board: ‘The challenges in funding a house such as Russborough are immense’
Russborough House refuses request to delay Beit sale
Heather Humphreys asked trust to reconsider auction of paintings from collection
Two Russborough Beit paintings sell for £112,500
Paintings sell at low end of expectations at auction in London
Court hears export licences for Beit paintings unlawfully issued
An Taisce takes legal challenge over fate of 10 artworks
Questions over authenticity of Russborough painting
Rubens’s The Monk was apparently rejected for auction and is returning to Ireland
Heather Humphreys told Beit art sale was a ‘done deal’
An Taisce calls for political intervention while Minister says she was not consulted
Two Beit works from Russborough House ready for sale
Christie’s auctioneers will sell paintings by John Atkinson Grimshaw in London
Russborough House records €395,000 loss in 2014
Charity previously relied on grant support from Fáilte Ireland and Wicklow council
The sale of important artworks from the Alfred Beit collection reflects poorly on the Irish State
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 flight of the Beits
The Alfred Beit Foundation’s proposed sale of nine paintings that were supposed to be ‘for the enjoyment of the Irish people’ caused outrage.
State cannot afford Beit art set to be sold - Humphreys
Russborough House trust has sent works including Rubens to Christie’s to raise funds
National Gallery powerless to act on Beit paintings in London sale
Gallery interested in acquiring some paintings but no funds for purchases since 2010
Thousands sign petition to stop sale of Beit collection Old Masters in London
Paintings from the collection at Russborough House are to be auctioned to raise funds for the house’s upkeep
Russborough to sell Old Masters to fund upkeep of house
Sale of paintings by Christie’s in London could raise €11 million
Beit paintings: Russborough House old masters for auction
Millions of euro expected from sale of works, some of which recovered after robberies
Charities would do well to let donors know exactly how their money is spent
Opinion: Fewer than 200 organisations so far have voluntarily adopted the statement of recommended practice
Antique Chinese bowl from Russborough House makes €500,000 in London auction
Sale of Sir Alfred Beit’s Chinese porcelain collection will help with roof repairs in historic publicly owned mansion
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