An Taisce, the UCD School of Art History and Cultural Policy and Irish Georgian Society, have called urgently for a halt of the sale of the Alfred Beit paintings at Christie's on 9 July so as to give time for everybody, the Government, the NGOs, the Academics, Tourism Interests, the Alfred Beit Foundation and other willing participants to work together for an imaginative solution, which will finally realise the Beits' vision of Russborough as a centre of the arts and fulfill their frequently expressed desire that the collection remain intact.