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2011: FINE WINE ART. Sunday Times. April 2011. Artist Frank O'Dea, inspired by Chris deBurgh's plan to flog his wine collection at Christie's for an estimated eur230,000 next month, is rewarding buyers of artwork from his Westbury Mall gallery. The "Kris da Bug" collection, on view in the window of the Balla Bán Art Gallery, features such vintages as "Patricia's Paint Stripper", "Lady in Red" and "Rosanna's rose", names in honour of Rosanna Davison, right, the former Miss World sired by Chris. Frank, an avid Chris fan, warns "consumption of this wine could leave you high on emotion". I'll say....

2013: CALLED TO ACCOUNT: PERFORMANCE ARTIST INTERPRETS ANGLO TAPES SCANDAL OUTSIDE CENTRAL BANK. The Irish Times. July 17th, 2013. Frank O'Dea performs his installation piece Confessions of a Banker outside the Central Bank in Dublin yesterday. The work draws on recent newspaper revelations about taped Anglo Irish Bank conversations around the time of the blanket bank guarantee.

2013: THE BIG PICTURE: CONFESSIONS OF A BANKER INSTALLATION IN DUBLIN. BBC News Website. July 2013.  Performance artist Frank O'Dea performs his installation piece Confession of a Banker outside the Central Bank in Dublin. The work is inspired by recent revelations that phone conversations between former executives of the Anglo Irish Bank were taped. 

2013: ANGLO IRISH BANK SCANDAL: IRISH PEOPLE CALLED GERMANS TO SAY SORRY. The Guardian. 17th July 2013 German ambassador says that in wake of recent Anglo Irish Bank tapes his embassy staff received calls from Irish citizens. Performance artist Frank O'Dea with his installation piece 'Confessions of a Banker' in Dublin. The work draws on recent newspaper revelations on the Anglo Irish Bank tape recordings.  Irish people rang the German embassy in Dublin to apologies over the behaviour of Anglo Irish bankers who made jokes on tape about getting billions of euros from Berlin to rescue their debt-ridden bank. The...

2010: AM ABGRUND. Suddeutsche Zeitung Nr. 276. 29th November, 2010. Dublin Blues: Eine Collagee von Frank O'Dea zeigt einen Mann mit einem Glas Guinness und wertlosen Aktien der Anglo Irish Bank. Foto: Balla Bán Art Gallery. Dublin Blues: A collage by Frank O'Dea shows a man with a glass of Guinness and worthless shares in the Anglo Irish Bank. Photo: Balla Bán Art Gallery. Irlands Bank waren einmal der Stolz der Insel. Jetzt sind sie derart verschuldet, dass nur eines hilft: zerschlagen und verkaufen.Vor kurzem veroffent ichter der Dubliner Kunstler Frank O'Dea einen Aufruf, ihm Aktienpapiere der Pleitebank waren ohnehin...