An Irishman’s Diary

329 passengers and crew were killed in the atrocity off the west Cork coast in 1985

Kim Martin’s fiancee, who he was to marry in August, appeals for help to get him home

The Grove former nursing home needs a big investment to regain its Victorian splendour

Tánaiste Simon Coveney a speaker at Ireland Canada Business Association conference

Julie Dyck, who is due to marry in Ireland, had her passport and birthcert stolen

Former Canadian embassy residence will be extended to a mammoth 1,739sqm

Three attackers and one police man killed in explosion which targeted foreigners

This was the year when number 1 Sorrento Terrace – Dublin’s most expensive house – finally found a buyer, and Courtown Demesne was picked up by developer Luke Comer

Scientist Eric Ladizinsky compares advent of new technology to discovery of fire

Entrepreneur Dr Joe Elias has bought Strathmore, the former Canadian embassy residence in Killiney

World’s oldest birchbark canoe a ‘spiritual and cultural artefact’

Kevin and Julia Garratt, who ran coffee shop on North Korean border, accused of spying

The former residence of the Canadian ambassador on Strathmore Road, last sold in 2007 amid controversy, is back on the market