SoccerAlex Ferguson: a winner, a great manager and the biggest bully of his generationBy Frank McNally
TV & RadioDerek Mooney makes a plant the star – just watch he doesn’t run over it in his carBy Bernice Harrison
Financial ServicesNo desks. No staff. No tax. Ireland’s shadow banksBy Carl O'Brien and Caelainn Barr
PeopleHearing Father Fehily’s voice in the back of my head – I go, “Ein Reich! Ein Volk! Ein Rock!”’By OMULCAHY
Crime & LawJudge says aspects of Garda inquiry into Ian Bailey are ‘very disturbing’By Mary Carolan and Barry Roche
Asia-PacificChinese officials investigate reports of film director fathering seven childrenBy Clifford Coonan
Financial ServicesMortgage rates diverge from European Central Bank ratesBy Úna McCaffrey and Eoin Burke-Kennedy
Social AffairsDon’t evict families, says Limerick protester nine months into repossession stand-offBy Judith Crosbie
Fine Art & AntiquesRoderic O’Conor, Paul Henry and John Butler Yeats for Sotheby’s London auctionBy Michael Parsons