Caravaggio, Van Gogh, Francis Bacon and John Lavery are names normally reserved for the halls of the National Gallery, not the chambers of the High Court.  Yet, the names of some of Europe and Ireland’s finest artists peppered the testimony of artist Kenneth Donfield before Mr Justice Brian Cregan in late October.  The Florence-trained ​​portraiture specialist took to the witness box in the latest twist of a five-year saga to overturn an eviction order to vacate his modest Dublin 2 bedsit flat where he has lived for the better part of two decades.  The order is sought by Rathdrinagh Land,…

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