Full coverage: Kilkenny

Since he first burst into popular consciousness in 2001 with his best-selling book Fooled by Randomness, Nassim Taleb has been a bane of conventional thinking. Peter Frankopan has upended our understanding of history. David McWilliams is to be thanked for bringing them together to the Kilkenomics stage.

Kilkenny animal feed manufacturer Connolly's Red Mills is one of Ireland’s oldest family businesses. For 30 years, Michael Connolly has travelled the world looking for new export markets. Now based in Dubai, he reflects upon the lessons he learned along the way.

The proposed €150 million redevelopment of the Setanta Centre on Nassau Street has a long and acrimonious history. A new High Court ruling means there is still a good stretch to go.