A collection of Jack B Yeats items including paintbrushes, paints, and vintage office ephemera is expected to make in excess of €50,000 at auction. Photograph: Bryan O’BrienLot 90: Set of six original Jack B Yeats Christmas cards with accompanying box. Photograph: Bryan O’BrienNiall Mullen holds an invoice to Jack B Yeats for four bottles of whiskey, that forms part of lot 79. Photograph: Bryan O’BrienLot 78: Limited-edition complete set of Hilary Pyle's Jack B Yeats: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oil Paintings (Andre Deutsch, 1992). Photograph: Bryan O’BrienLot 116: Collection of clothes brushes, one with Jack B Yeats monogram, along with mirror.

Ann Marie Lamb, with her sons Kenzie (14) and Cormac (5), was among those who received a notice of eviction at Hazelwood, Bridgetown, Co Wexford. Multiple eviction notices served on 36 households in Co Wexford last week in advance of new rental laws coming into effect on March 1st have been withdrawn. The notices of termination were issued to residents renting houses in the Hazelwood estate in Bridgetown, Co Wexford, on Friday last. It is estimated about 100 people, including children, are affected by the termination notices issued to 36 homes. A video emerged on Thursday showing a representative of Pathflow Ltd stating that the notices were being issued because of the new rental rules.

Lumcloon Energy's synchronous condenser, designed to keep electricity supplies stable when renewable use is high. Lumcloon Energy has backed a €100 million project that will aid efforts to get more green electricity on the national grid by reducing the risk of power cuts. Synchronous condensers are flywheels used to stabilise electricity supplies when the grid uses large amounts of power generated by wind and/or solar. If one of their turbines cuts out, the others continue to generate and supply power without a break. He predicted that the plant would provide essential services to the electricity supply network as it increased the use of renewables.

The State has advanced the proposition that the departing official may have had “an axe to grind” against Cahill. Clinton had referred to what he said was a contemporaneous diary note of a phone call with his colleague, Heavey, recounting what the other official had told Heavey. “So, the diary entry in blue is purported to be a contemporaneous note; the black amendment to that is the result of your having had a subsequent conversation with Mr Heavey,” Hanaphy said. Hanaphy put it to Clinton: “You assumed you’d coast in and get the interview – otherwise you wouldn’t have been knocked over by a feather.”“I expected to get an interview,” Clinton said. It’s backed up by documentary evidence,” Clinton replied.

If they had a “soundtrack of the summer” back in 1726, it might have been the Ballad of Sweet Molly Mogg, said to have been composed in an English pub earlier that year by three infatuated customers. That the customers were Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and John Gay later added to the fame of the ditty. In the meantime, there was at least one shameless Irish attempt to replicate the big hit of 1726. Most of the verses were written to existing folk airs, many of them Irish and Scottish. And in its commercial and critical success, it was said to have “made Gay rich and Rich gay*” (*in the 18th-century meaning of the term).

A member of the victorious French team from 1967 once explained to me: “We are the only major rugby-playing nation that repulsed the British Empire. With such financial resources, French clubs wield enormous political power. For more than 15 years, the club’s power allowed them to sit above the national cause and they did not fully support the French team. When Fabien Galthié was appointed as the French national coach after the 2019 World Cup, his first task was political reform. In years gone by, the legendary Scottish commentator, Bill McLaren, asked, “Which French team will we see today?

Man Utd handed £43m transfer problem as club chief gives Andre Onana verdictAndre Onana is on loan at Trabzonspor from Manchester United and has a valuation of between £40m and £43mView 2 Images Andre Onana left Man Utd last summer to join Turkish side Trabzonspor on loan (Image: Seskim Photo/MB Media, Getty Images)Manchester United have been informed by Trabzonspor that they won't pay between £40million and £43m for Andre Onana this summer. ‌Senne Lammens ultimately arrived from Royal Antwerp for £18m, and that deal resulted in Onana joining Trabzonspor on loan for the remainder of the campaign. FOLLOW OUR MAN UTD FB PAGE! Latest United news and more on our dedicated Facebook page‌“I don’t think this information affected Onana at all. View 2 Images Andre Onana has featured 21 times for Trabzonspor this season (Image: Gerrit van Keulen/Soccrates Images/Getty Images)He said: “Onana is on loan with us.

The US economy shed 92,000 jobs in February in a sharp slide that eroded most of the gains of the previous month and fuelled concerns over the strength of the labour market. Photograph: David Paul Morris/BloombergThe US economy shed 92,000 jobs in February in a sharp slide that eroded most of the gains of the previous month and fuelled concerns over the strength of the labour market. The unemployment rate bounced back to 4.4 per cent following a decline the previous month. “The idea the labour market has turned a corner implodes with this report,” said Samuel Tombs, chief US economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics. Economists said the figures pointed to the underlying fragility of the US labour market.

US president Donald Trump and Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 29th, 2025. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP via GettyIt is clear that Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu was a major influence on US president Donald Trump’s decision to join Israel in a war against Iran. What is clear is that the US decision to strike Iran is a significant victory for Netanyahu, possibly his most successful diplomatic achievement. Netanyahu argued that the deal actually paved the way for Iran to acquire a nuclear bomb. Bipartisan support for Israel can no longer be taken for granted and if the war ends badly many will blame Israel.

Government departments are reminding claimants to check their payment dates so they’re not caught off guard by early deposits over long weekends. “We always move payments forward when a bank holiday falls on the usual day, so people get their money in time,” a DWP spokesperson said. Payments due April 6 2026 (including pensions, Universal Credit, Jobseeker’s Allowance, Child Benefit, and other DWP support) will instead arrive on April 2 2026. HMRC and DWP explain that bank holidays mean banks are closed, so payments are brought forward to ensure claimants still have access to funds. May and spring bank holidaysOther early payments this spring include:4 May → 1 May (early May bank holiday)25 May → 22 May (spring bank holiday)This affects pensioners, Universal Credit recipients, Jobseeker’s Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance, Child Benefit, and other regular payments.

Cork currently sit top of Division 1A with four wins from four games while Limerick are two points further back. Subs: S O'Halloran, S Murphy, TJ Brennan, S Linnane, C Cooney, R Burke, C Molloy, E Niland, D Neary, C Killeen, O Lohan. Subs: D Galway, J Neary, S Murphy, K Doyle, R Reid, P McDonald, J Donnelly, C Beirne, I Byrne, M Brennan, L Hogan. Subs: B Hogan, S Kenneally, S Kennedy, J Leamy, C Martin, B McGrath, A Ormond, G O’Connor, J Ryan, K Ryan, D Stakelum. Subs: A Reade, C Keane, M Power, D Lalor, B Lynch, P Curran, P Hogan, C Lyons, C Treen, J Power, M Kiely.

McTominay left United in the summer of 2024 to join the Serie A heavyweights on a permanent transfer worth approximately £25million. This form sparked regular speculation about McTominay's future at Napoli, hinting that a Premier League return might be on the cards. Amidst this speculation, Italian news outlet Gazzetta dello Sport has offered an update on McTominay's future. Should McTominay sign a new contract with Napoli, it would mean United would have to wait for a potential financial windfall. View 2 Images Scott McTominay's contract at Napoli runs until 2028 (Image: Getty Images)"My agent has not communicated with anyone regarding my future," McTominay told Corriere dello Sport in February.

Australia will always be attractive for footballers, Bríd Stack saysMichael BoltonFormer Cork footballer Bríd Stack says there will always be a draw for Ladies Footballers to join the AFLW, but she can see a change in the landscape in the future. A league that has been growing in Irish interest through the last decade, female footballers have been making their mark in Australia. One of the first to make the move in 2021 was Stack, who won 11 All-Ireland titles with Cork. Is there going to be the requirement for so many Irish players? Another player who has made the move to Australia is Cavan footballer Aishling Sheridan, who is now back playing inter-county football.

Mourners dig graves for those killed in a primary school bombing, Hormozgan province, Minab, Iran. Last Saturday’s strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh girls’ primary school in the southern town of Minab killed 168 and injured 95, the majority of whom were 12-year-old pupils. Three bombs were dropped on the school during an attack on a nearby Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) naval base. US-Israeli strikes have targeted IRGC sites as well as civilian residential areas, car parks, petrol stations and buildings near Tehran University. Air strikes targeted the Shia holy city of Qom as well as Shiraz, Isfahan and Kermanshah, where multiple missile bases are located.

Ireland 7 Wales 315 mins: A couple of mistakes by Ireland, sloppy play by McCloskey with a long pass well behind everyone. Ireland 7 Wales 02 mins: Kick-off is collected by Stuart McCloskey, then Gibson-Park clears. Gatland even suggested that it goes back to Thatcherism and teacher strikes in the 1980s.”[ Conor Murray: Expectations of Welsh success have nosedivedOpens in new window ]Wales' Louis Rees-Zammit. Photograph: Tom Maher/InphoWhat does the table look like? Replacements: Tom Stewart (Ulster), Michael Milne (Munster), Thomas Clarkson (Leinster), Joe McCarthy (Leinster), Josh van der Flier (Leinster), Nathan Doak (Ulster), Tom Farrell (Munster), Ciarán Frawley (Leinster).