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2014: TRUMP WILL PUMP EUR45M INTO GOLF LINKS.  Metro Herald. May 13th, 2014 Ballsology: Artist Frank O'Dea sent us in a photo of these golf balls, his own creation, which he plans to send as a gift to Donald Trump to mark his purchase of Doonbeg. They are a reference to the Eur200,000 Anglo reportedly spent on a set of golf balls at the height of the boom.....

2013: ARTIST AIMING BIG WITH HIS LIFE-SIZE LOVE/HATE STARS. 28th September 2013. The gang's all here: Dublin artist Niall O'Loughlin with his Love/Hate artworks of Fran, Nidge, Darren and Tommy. An artist has immortalised some of the cast of Love/Hate as frightening life-size figures. “You can't really capture the brooding presence of characters like Nidge, Darren or Fran on small canvases, that’s why I made them full size,” Niall O'Loughlin told the Herald The 43-year-old Dubliner admitted he even found the line-up intimidating. “It's all in their eyes really. That's where I do the most work getting it right,” he...

2011: FROM ME TO YOU - IS THIS THE PERFECT WEDDING PRESENT FOR MACCA AND NANCY? Irish Independent. May 14th, 2011 Better luck this time. That seems to be the message from artist Roy Wallace, who waited until the news of the engagement of Paul McCartney to Nancy Shevell before unveiling this acrylic painting of Macca's disastrous last marriage. I particularly liked the glee evident on the faces of both sides' legal teams as the former couple come to blows. Look closely and you can see the ghostly grey figures of the pal John Lennon and first wife Linda McCartney. However,...

With the GAA due to entertain Queen Elizabeth at Croke Park during her upcoming visit to Ireland next month, one Irish artist feels 'ma'am' could best understand the natives' games by taking to the field herself. "I figure as she was in Dublin, the Queen would be wearing blue and playing for Dublin but I couldn't quite go as far as to put her in the O'Neill's jersey," Niall O'Loughlin told me this week. One wonders what the Duke Of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, who will be accompanying the Queen when she visits on May 18, will make of the fastest...

2010: HE'S BEEN FRAMED: TAOISEACH'S 'ALTERNATIVE' OFFICIAL PORTRAIT. 6th December, 2010 Dublin artist Ray Sherlock's painting of Brian Cowen, which he has offered to donate to Leinster House. It was executed with something of a satirical flourish and captures him seemingly shell-shocked by recent events. With the Office Of Public Works' revelation that Brian Cowen could be the first Taoiseach to leave office without his portrait hanging in Leinster House, a disgruntled Irish artist has offered his own painting, which he hopes will do the job. Dublin painter Ray Sherlock has said he hopes to save taxpayers thousands of euro by...