Church painting cut from frame

A Garda inquiry continues into the robbery of a painting from a Dublin church on Tuesday afternoon

A Garda inquiry continues into the robbery of a painting from a Dublin church on Tuesday afternoon. The picture of Our Lady of Good Counsel was cut from its frame in the St Mary of the Angels Capuchin chapel on Church Street. Gardai said the 19 1/2 inch by 15 1/2 inch painting was more than 100 years old.

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