Catalonia

Suggestions made by the Taoiseach that Sinn Féin is “pro-Putin” or anti-EU are “a nonsense”, the party’s health spokesman has said. In pre-Christmas(...)

The Best Crossing The Line by Willie Anderson and Brendan Fanning (Reach Sport, €19.99) The best books this year are rugby books. This, it’s fair to (...)

Spanish schoolchildren have borne the brunt of Covid-19 restrictions ever since the beginning of the pandemic. The initial lockdown, among the stricte(...)

A dispute over the use of the Spanish language in schools has put the government of Catalonia at loggerheads with the judiciary and drawn calls for di(...)

Pep Guardiola believes football managers are treated worse “than the worst in society” amid a culture of online abuse, as he urged Steve Bruce to igno(...)

The leaders of Spain and Catalonia are due to meet in Barcelona on Wednesday, as they resume talks aimed at reaching a solution to the country’s longs(...)

Francis Walshe is a freelance writer who has lived in Barcelona since last year. Originally from Waterford and a graduate of the University of Limeric(...)

Pope Francis has urged Spanish leaders to put their ideologies to one side and embrace dialogue in order to resolve their country’s long-standing disp(...)

The death toll from flash floods in Turkey has reached 27 and fresh wildfires erupted on the ravaged Greek island of Evia, as southern Europe braces f(...)

Paul O’Donovan, grunge rower. A shaman, lean and feral, his look today is paleo-chic. There’s the long dark hair and an unkempt beard, with crystal-cl(...)