The National Asset Management Agency (Nama) successfully entered the international art market in New York last night when three paintings seized from failed property developer Derek Quinlan went under the hammer at a Christie’s auction in Manhattan’s Rockefeller Plaza.

Two of the paintings sold – raising a total of $857,000; the third failed to sell.

The propitiously titled Dollar Sign  by American artist Andy Warhol made $782,500 (€573,600). The painting, which measures 20in by 16in and dates from 1981, had an estimate of $400,000- $600,000.

 

‘Nama’ Paintings Raise $857,000 In NY (Michael Parsons, Irish Times)

Celebrating eight decades of the silver screen version of Frankenstein’s unholy creation, the “Its Alive” Project invited 80 artists to recreate a life size bust of Boris Karloff’s monster in their own style.

Currently on display and available for purchase at the City Arts Factory in Orlando Florida.

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They gave their lives to it.

Sinn Féin President, Gerry Adams TD, today (Wednesday) received an answer to a parliamentary question, which detailed the amount of pensions paid to former ministers.

The response confirmed that 109 ex-ministers are in receipt of pensions, amounting to an €8.8 million payroll every year at taxpayers’ expense.

Thirty of them have pensions over €100,000 a year, including former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern (right) on €152,000, corrupt former minister Ray Burke (left) on €103,000 and former Labour leader, Dick Spring on €121,000.

Sinn Féin finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty said:“The fact that this level of payments is being paid to former ministers when we are facing into one of the harshest budgets in history is a scandal. Many of the people on this list are the architects of our economic downfall and of the hardships being faced by hundreds of thousands of Irish people today.”

 

Sinn Féin Exposes Extent Of Former Ministers’ Pensions (SF)

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