9+ hour, 27+ min ago  (920+ words) We stick to an Irish schedule. My kids go to bed at eight, their peers at 10 or 11," says Tullamore woman Grace Kiernan, sitting in her rural Cantabrian home, in the area often called the Espa'a Verde (Green Spain). Although this…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (417+ words) Electricity business Pinergy may invest up to "35 million expanding its solar power operation to meet customer demand for cheaper energy. Pinergy, which supplies electricity, has provided solar power systems to companies including Keogh's Crisps, Monart Hotel and Spa and others…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (442+ words) A request by the Basque Country to host Pablo Picasso's wartime masterpiece Guernica has caused a political spat with Madrid and raised questions about the significance of the painting and the events that inspired it. Picasso painted the work in…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (365+ words) Three cyclists from Ireland have been hospitalised after being hit by a car near Spain's Mediterranean coast. The trio were part of a nine-person group from Cork that had travelled to Alicante for a cycling holiday. Shortly after arriving on…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (697+ words) European leaders have welcomed the US-Iran ceasefire deal while calling for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a permanent end to hostilities, including in Lebanon. The US and Iran agreed a two-week conditional ceasefire on Tuesday, including a…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago  (260+ words) Police in Spain have arrested a close associate of Gerry Hutch as part of an international organised crime investigation. The Irish man was arrested by the Guardia Civil on foot of a European Arrest Warrant issued by Irish authorities. It…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (508+ words) Crime networks, some with more than 100 recruits, were discovered, and in excess of 200 people were prosecuted when a Dublin Garda station assigned just two detectives to investigate economic crime full-time. The same detectives also found more than "5 million being moved…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (589+ words) A man has been jailed for 10 years for raping a woman on three occasions when she was sleeping in a "vulnerable state" after taking prescribed medication. William Kavanagh (58), of Wolfe Tone Street, Kilmallock, Co Limerick, told the woman "her medication…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (226+ words) A Ryanair flight from Dublin to Amsterdam was delayed on Friday evening and at least one man removed from the plane as a result of an incident on board. According to eyewitnesses, the 6. 25pm flight had been delayed by just over…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (821+ words) A Spanish woman who spent months fighting her father for the right to euthanasia after being sexually assaulted and becoming paraplegic has finally ended her life on her own terms by means of an assisted death. Noelia Castillo (25) had struggled…...