First of the year’s art and furniture auctions and Orpens for sale in London

Eyre Square to be transformed into a ‘festival garden’ with series of events lined up for city

Varadkar and Coveney attend Ireland’s formal launch for UN Security Council seat in New York

Over 600, including big cross-section from theatre and arts , attend humanist service

Judge says John Behan (53) harassed woman in ‘persistent, serious and insidious’ manner

Irish photographer John Minihan’s famous study of Diana Spencer dates from 1980

Pieces of Me: The showjumping winner favours tradition with a splash of modernity

Clifden Community Arts Festival donates 40-year ‘sociological record’ of the arts

Review: John Behan at the Solomon and Marion McKeever at the Assembly House

Remco de Fouw wins €5,000 and €10,000 commission for ‘Random Access Memory V’

Five artworks selected from 186th Annual Exhibition for new award

International and Irish art from Ib Jorgensen

Dublin rapper Paul Alwright has produced three albums as Lethal Dialect, but he feels his new one is the first time he’s been truly personal. He tells Jim Carroll about his route to “1988”

An exhibition in Mayo explores the ways we read and process media images

Congregational hall a new ‘playhouse’ venue for Fringe festival

Writer laid to rest yesterday in the company of poets and artists, musicians and singers, a president and, above all, his neighbours

Louis le Brocquy and John Behan among artists commissioned by George Moore Society

Strong demand for the surprisingly humble collection

‘Best collection of Victorian Art ever seen on the market in Ireland’ in Mealy’s Dublin sale