THE annual Irish International Collectables Fair will be held this year on May 11th and 12th. Having started in 1991 at Dublin's Mansion House and moved thence to the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, 1996's event will be held at the RDS in Ballsbridge.

Aside from attracting the usual Irish and British dealers, the organisers are also expecting overseas interest from as far afield as Australia, the United States, Japan, Finland, France, Belgium and Sweden.