For your diary: ICG results; Karen Blackett speaks at advertising awards; Ibec summit

It’s never too late – or too early – to think of a career in interior design. Just be prepared to work hard and for little or no reward until you become established

Expectations low as ex-Westlife man steps up with ‘radio-friendly’ pop song ‘Sunlight’

Fighting Words seeks volunteers, Nuala Ní Chonchúir and Paula McGrath launch new novels, and celebrities and authors read at Dubray Books

Overseas interest in Irish property increasing, according to Knight Frank report

Property understood to have sold for €2.8m has been used for corporate and private parties

Patron Capital Partners buys portfolio with €225m face value associated with developer Brian O'Farrell

Writer Nuala Ní Chonchúir has struck a substantial deal in the US and Canada for her third novel about poet Emily Dickinson’s Irish maid. She tells The Irish Times about writing, motherhood and rural Ireland

Forbes magazine list of Russia’s richest oligarchs reports loss of $100m for Elena Baturina

John Malone, who owns Humewood Castle, was top bidder for the four-star hotel

Interior designers have a wealth of valuable information in their contact books from cool curtain makers to off-the-beaten track warehouses that offer a selection of home buys not found elsewhere. Three experts share their secrets with Alanna Gallagher

A marketing campaign will be launched to find a buyer for 10 Ormond Quay, beside the Morrison Hotel,

City centre business near Trinity College is highly profitable