PeopleEilish Cullen, 75: ‘Ageism in society is very destructive. Don’t teach us how to knit. Make us more self-reliant’By Rosita Boland
BooksCrime: thrillers from Alafair Burke, Marc Dugain, Alan Furst, Karin Fossum and Adrian McKintyBy Declan Burke
PeopleNuala McCarthy, 72: ‘Even though Irish people talk a lot, it is very superficial. It’s hard for people coming here’By Rosita Boland
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
PoliticsMicheál Martin defends Niall Collins over letter rowBy Mary Minihan, Harry McGee and Barry Roche
DrinkCockagee Pure Irish Keeved Cider 2012, Slane, Co, Meath, 5%, €10.99 per 75cl bottleBy John Wilson
PeopleNoel O’Sullivan, 73: ‘I learned more about people through sport than I ever did through management courses’By Rosita Boland
BooksThe FitzGeralds of Carton House – a deeply dysfunctional family: The Decline and Fall of the Dukes of LeinsterBy Diarmaid Ferriter
Asia-PacificAnger in Vietnam as China sends four more oil rigs into disputed watersBy Clifford Coonan
HealthAfter two decades Newman’s Barretstown Castle still a magic place for sick childrenBy Mark Hennessy
PeopleJacqueline Kilcullen, 71: ‘There was no question of having sex before marriage’By Rosita Boland
TV & RadioTelevision: In a flap about flippers? Take a leaf from Maureen Gaffney’s bookBy Bernice Harrison
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