McCarthy was First Active’s chief and presided over its sale to Ulster Bank

Celine Byrne and Robert Webb also among the virtual attractions over next seven days

Over the course of 160 years, Ulster Bank grew from a small regional presence to being a major property lender in the Celtic Tiger boom years

Films, books and television often get the future right, writes Hugh Linehan

UCD study finds evidence supporting monoclonal antibody therapy is growing

Welcome to The Irish Times book quiz: 10 questions to test your literary knowledge

Earls makes plea to listen up, Ian Madigan steps back into Ireland frame and planning must go on

The Gloaming fiddler continues eternal musical quest with The Common Ground Ensemble

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Yeats wedding tokens, diamonds and a William Scott for €150,000

A Victorian trunk inscribed with the name Jack B Yeats held sentimental mementos including the artist’s wife’s wedding shoes

The cast of Pan Pan’s upcoming Endgame talk about Samuel Beckett’s enduring relevance

An off-shore wind farm in the near future grounds this tale of loss and survival

The songwriter on the end of the group, his solo work and Cork’s ‘human architecture’

The show’s idyllic setting sits outside the common market, part of no customs union

Janan Ganesh: Cutting number of legal immigrants will be next

Cormac McCarthy expected to be named chairman as planning for IPO firms up

In one place at least, the apostrophe’s future looks secure

When nuclear war loomed in the 1960s, Cork was deemed the safest place to be