Plus, good times return for top AIB clients

What’s sold and what’s coming up

This week in business: Fintech conference founded by Paddy Cosgrave will attract more than 5,000

Party’s Dublin candidate in next year’s European elections will be former minister Ciarán Cuffe

Right time to move is sooner than you think, says estate agent who has been through it

World record price for Chinese ceramics at Sotheby’s, Hong Kong

Gold sovereign coin and silver Eamon de Valera dinner plate among the sales

For your Diary: More challenging times ahead for Twitter; Tullow Oil’s annual meeting in London; results from McDonald’s and Coca-Cola

The 200-year-old property has contemporary interior and original features

Peace and quiet, paddocks and a pond in west Cork haven for €895,000

Profitable five-star Kilkenny hotel and spa on the market at more than €20 million

Taoiseach agrees in principle to live leaders debate during general election campaign

Micheál Martin proposes new agency that would retain strategic control of services

Without the two councillors, Fianna Fáil think-in is a sadly fisticuffs-free affair

The party think-ins get underway ahead of the new Dáil term and a general election

Courts Service plans to close four district courts in Dublin

200 cyclists set off from Belfast for 219km round-trip along the north coast

Local election candidates set out their visions for future of borough

‘No shopper wants to go to a ghost town’