Spain

Mountjoy prison officer killed in Madrid road incident

Liam Donoghue (52) died after being hit by a taxi early on Sunday morning

Spain’s prime minister calls snap election after protests over housing crisis

Political crisis over housing started last month with the eviction of an 87-year-old woman with a disability

Spanish right-wing politicians defeat housing crisis plan as protest movement grows

Opposition lawmakers join forces to scupper proposals by socialist-led coalition after 87-year-old’s eviction

Putting Ireland’s property tax in perspective

Ireland’s annual property tax places us 13th of 29 European countries, well behind countries such as France, Spain and Italy

Spanish government proposes eviction ban as woman (87) agrees to return home

Eviction of Maricarmen Abascal triggered protests in Madrid, with calls for a rent freeze growing

How an elderly Madrid woman’s eviction became a new flashpoint in Spain’s housing ​crisis

Prime minister Pedro Sánchez seeking solutions as protesters demand action on soaring rental prices

‘They weren’t fierce people’: Memorial unveiled for Dubliners who fought fascism in Spain

Sculpture at Richmond Barracks, Inchicore, described as ‘a gravestone for the international brigades’ of Irishmen

Irish couple who lost €26,000 when wedding planner went bust have ‘perfect day’ at last

Newlyweds spent another €40,000 on dream event in Tenerife and were ‘saved’ by the generosity of others

Christy Kinahan snr may have to settle for living in Iran, says Minister for Justice

O’Callaghan suggests Christy Kinahan snr could seek shelter in Iran after being ‘run out’ of Ireland and Spain and having UAE visa cancelled

Irish teenagers are to get culture vouchers. Have they worked elsewhere?

Italy pioneered such an initiative a decade ago; data suggests book sales and visits to cinemas and concerts rose

Supporters urge Spanish PM to spurn US request for extradition of Palestine aid donor

Wealthy activist Fergie Chambers arrested in Ibiza last July after extradition request

Catalonia’s rebel-in-exile prepares for return

Carles Puigdemont has been living in Belgium since 2017 while fighting an exhaustive legal battle against the Spanish courts

Spanish PM’s wife Begona Gómez to stand trial for influence peddling

Investigation part of broader political attack against him, says Pedro Sánchez

These European cities want fewer tourists, but its airports have other ideas

Airport expansions in Venice, Barcelona and Mallorca can undermine local efforts to restrain overtourism and enable more tourists to come

José Mourinho fumes at referee, but Diego Simeone urges respect after fiery Madrid derby

Atletico should have had two red cards, Real head coach says as he blames official’s ‘lack of experience’

Real Madrid trio face backlash over migrant crisis T-shirt tribute

Kylian Mbappé says he has ‘full solidarity’ for Ceuta

We lived in Spain for five years - will we face tax when we sell our Irish home?

Irish tax liability will be modest but you need to get local advice on any Spanish liability which could be significant

Bally-aric Island: Frank McNally on feeling surprisingly at home in Menorca

Irishman’s Diary: There is a piece of the Menorcan road network that is forever Irish

Hackers say they breached Italian state email to target Revolut ‘crypto whales’

Group ‘spent months posing as law enforcement’ to obtain confidential data on hundreds of customers

Alex Dunne takes second place in Formula 2 race at Spanish Grand Prix

Sweden’s Dino Beganovic enjoys lights-to-flag victory at Madring street circuit in Madrid

I have been left a share of a property in Spain. Where does that leave me on tax?

Inheritance tax exemptions and rates in Spain can vary quite dramatically from one to another of its 17 regions

Not a Rioja or albariño in sight: How to pick a more unusual Spanish wine

John Wilson: From light whites to robust reds, there’s plenty more to Spain’s wine offering than the most popular options

The Bridge by Colm Tóibín: A painful chronicle of relationships in collapse

In his latest work to be set in Catalonia, Tóibín’s men pour their deepest tenderness into their animals while their human connections fail

What will €425,000 buy in France, Italy, Canada, Spain and Kilkenny?

One price, home and away: a country home outside Kilkenny city, a historic French stone property, a lakeside cabin in British Columbia, and more

The Airbnb equation has stopped adding up for Europe

New EU legislation will give governments greater cover to restrict short-term tourist rentals and target vacant homes

‘I had an idea what I wanted to study but it sparked other interests, for sure’

Delia-Sara Fandache is a fourth year business and Spanish student at DCU and ICADE Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid

What will €595,000 buy in France, Spain, Italy, Greece and Co Meath?

One price, home and away: A thatched cottage near Carnaross, a restored 17th-century villa in Normandy, and more

European commissioner ‘optimistic’ of budget deal during Ireland’s EU presidency amid divisions

Division notable among member states on proposed scale of seven-year funding round

Irish woman and husband who died in Spain ‘deeply missed’

It was reported that the couple had been discovered in a hot tub by their teenage children

Youth unemployment still well above pre-crash levels

New report underlines problems facing young people seeking work

Irish honey, Chinese bees: Labelling law change makes clear true origins of Irish brands

Boyne Valley’s ‘Pure & Natural’ blend is packed in Co Louth but entirely made up of honey from China, Spain and Argentina

A Wicklow woman in Marbella: ‘I would make friends in the summer and they would then go home. But I found my tribe’

Wild Geese: Greystones native Sarah Catterson runs online fitness coaching enterprise Strengthinus from the Spanish city of Marbella

Deaths of Irish woman and husband in hot tub in Spain may have been accidental

Bodies of Thomasina Tobin and her husband Patrick were found by their children in a rented villa in Cullera near Valencia

‘It was day 13 or 14 when people started dying’: More than 200 set sail for Europe. Only 36 survived

A harrowing story of death and survival on the Atlantic migration route from west Africa, ‘the deadliest in the world’

Irish woman named as Spanish police await postmortems on couple found dead in hot tub

Investigators have not ruled out accident as cause of deaths in villa near Valencia

Violent scenes in Ceuta as Madrid struggles with migrant crisis

Opposition says Spanish enclave in North Africa is ‘terrified and mired in chaos’

Bronze Age treasure stolen in four-minute Spanish museum heist

Local mayor ‘absolutely devastated’ as invaluable gold artefacts of worldwide importance stolen

Irish couple found dead at rented villa in Spain

Police investigating circumstances surrounding deaths of man and woman aged 50 and 45

At least 35,000 excess deaths recorded in Europe’s back-to-back heatwaves

Excess mortality in Germany, France and Spain alone has already exceeded 25,000, according to provisional figure

Looking to move abroad? Here’s what you need to know

Don’t let tax make your decision, adviser warns, as rules vary according to country and type of income and are subject to change

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