BooksCrime: thrillers from Alafair Burke, Marc Dugain, Alan Furst, Karin Fossum and Adrian McKintyBy Declan Burke
PeopleEilish Cullen, 75: ‘Ageism in society is very destructive. Don’t teach us how to knit. Make us more self-reliant’By Rosita Boland
PeopleNuala McCarthy, 72: ‘Even though Irish people talk a lot, it is very superficial. It’s hard for people coming here’By Rosita Boland
Asia-PacificAnger in Vietnam as China sends four more oil rigs into disputed watersBy Clifford Coonan
PoliticsMicheál Martin defends Niall Collins over letter rowBy Mary Minihan, Harry McGee and Barry Roche
BooksThe FitzGeralds of Carton House – a deeply dysfunctional family: The Decline and Fall of the Dukes of LeinsterBy Diarmaid Ferriter
People‘I would walk a mile on my knees on broken glass just to drink a pint of her bathwater’By Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
PeopleNoel O’Sullivan, 73: ‘I learned more about people through sport than I ever did through management courses’By Rosita Boland
DrinkCockagee Pure Irish Keeved Cider 2012, Slane, Co, Meath, 5%, €10.99 per 75cl bottleBy John Wilson
HealthAfter two decades Newman’s Barretstown Castle still a magic place for sick childrenBy Mark Hennessy
TV & RadioTelevision: In a flap about flippers? Take a leaf from Maureen Gaffney’s bookBy Bernice Harrison
PeopleJacqueline Kilcullen, 71: ‘There was no question of having sex before marriage’By Rosita Boland
SoccerDefensive frailty and lack of world-class midfield put paid to England ambitionsBy David McKechnie
TV & RadioHow a hashtag hoax offers a sobering counter to romantic optimism about TwitterBy Donald Clarke
EnvironmentRare European habitats on Aran islands to be protected under new EU projectBy Lorna Siggins
Crime & LawFormer PSNI assistant chief constable Duncan McCausland denies any wrongdoingBy Gerry Moriarty
Gaelic GamesJim McGuinness: ‘Immersed in this world of sport and that is your job . . . it is fascinating’By Keith Duggan