Obituaries
Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane obituary: IRA figure linked to kidnapping, killings and prisoner escape
He became a firm supporter of the peace process
Jennifer Johnston obituary: Writer who combined brevity with razor-sharp wisdom
While Johnston was initially associated with the Big House literary tradition, she was above all a minutely observant chronicler of family dysfunction in Ireland
John Howard – storyteller and old-school journalist
An Appreciation
Michael Cooper obituary: Sculptor inspired by the beauty of Connemara and Donegal
He always believed that ‘we are in this world but we don’t have to be of this world'
Eleanor Maguire obituary: Irish neuroscientist who changed our understanding of memory
Her work studying London cabbies transformed our conception of how brains adapt and grow
The Aga Khan obituary: Spiritual leader with a taste for fast cars and racehorses
The Ismaili Muslim ruler was perhaps best known in Ireland for refusing to pay a ransom for the kidnapped Shergar