julian draxler extended germany's lead from the penalty spot on the stroke of half time before leon goretzkaand has reopened after a multi—million dollar refurbishment, with a spectacular show of the works of the dutch master johannes vermeer. our arts editor will gompertz has been to dublin to see the reborn institution. finally, having been locked firmly shut for the last six years, the gates to ireland's national gallery open once again to reveal what has been a much—needed £27 million face—lift. we've had the decades of dilapidation, the buckets on the floor, the mouldy paintings and the obvious necessity of improving the gallery and here we are now. it's taken a long time, we've had a whole banking collapse and we've had a huge recession, we've had the literal decimation of all the capital budgets in government and we managed to keep this one going. it has been possible to see some of the gallery's masterpieces in the few rooms kept open during the refurbishment, but not like this, not in theirfull glory, where rubens hangs alongside a rembrandt, next door to a breugel with a yeats belo