From Kilkenny tapestry to pandemic portraits: a round up of the best Irish art events

The Ros Tapestry, portrait prize, a course on the Yeats family and much more

First-edition Gulliver’s Travels expected to fetch close to €100k

Bonham’s also selling bust of Jonathan Swift and holding sale celebrating male form in art

On the trail of a curious Italian painting

For three years, I had looked at a reproduction of this masterpiece hanging in my apartment block in Rome

The misunderstood, useless and brilliant artists of the Irish diaspora

Post-Famine identity and the diaspora are the focus of a book rich in anecdote and detail

Flower power: the beauty of Irish botanical art

Rich history of Irish botanical artists charted in a new exhibition at the National Gallery

Gay garda dismissed from force in 1982 ‘frustrated’ by lack of response

Former garda still awaiting apology and promised meetings with senior figures

How an excellent garda was dismissed over suspected ‘homosexual activity’

Garda Síochána’s dark forces in climate of 1980s apparent in its tracking of gay man

Folklore Gaeilge-Béarla – Frank McNally on fear (and loathing) in Anglo-Irish relations

Varadkar and Coveney acting like ‘fools’ over Brexit, claims Bruce Arnold

Government’s ‘spaniel-like euro-eagerness’ criticised by commentator in newspaper article

Expensive repercussions may arise from alleged INM data breach

Company could face legal action from those affected by claim investigated by watchdog

Data Protection Commissioner to decide over INM breach inquiry

ODCE is examining conduct of INM board in relation to handling of a protected disclosure

State sought to defend phone tapping despite conceding its illegality

Chief state solicitor wrote that Irish Times report rendered case ‘incapable of fair trial’

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Fintan O’Toole: How Liam Cosgrave embodied the State

Like the Ireland of his time, Cosgrave’s achievements were a function of his limitations

Journalist who advocated for women’s rights

Obituary: Ysabel Mavis Arnold. Born: June 7th, 1937. Died: July 18th, 2017