4+ hour, 56+ min ago  (995+ words) Ricardo left Bolivia, his wife and daughter behind three years ago in the hope of finding better opportunities in Spain. But, as an undocumented migrant, the 50-year-old former graphic designer has been unable to secure regular employment and life has…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (638+ words) Captain Boycott is not the skipper of a football team. He is not a golfer. He has not been invited to Washington for St Patrick's Day. He neither sings nor skis down snowy slopes at breakneck speed. Yet his name…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago  (460+ words) The death of five young people " at least four of them minors " in a fire has stunned the small town of Manlleu, in northeastern Spain. The blaze started in a storage room at the top of a five-storey building on…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (507+ words) Seville's streets carry centuries of history, from the winding lanes of Santa Cruz to the riverfront facades of Triana. With its fairytale palaces, flower-lined alleyways, and intensely emotive flamenco, not to mention its booming boutique hotel scene, Seville must surely…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (427+ words) A family were locked in a bathroom for almost an hour at Dublin Airport and had to be rescued by firefighters who broke down the door, a court heard. Owen Nolan, daughter Ailbh, then aged nine, and sons Hugh and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (869+ words) Political and sporting figures have called for the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) to boycott scheduled soccer fixtures against Israel in the Nations League, with Uefa criticised for putting Ireland in a difficult position by refusing to suspend the Israel…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (618+ words) A series of storms which have been battering Spain and Portugal in recent weeks show little sign of letting up, with the weather already having caused fatalities, school closures, infrastructure damage and disruption to transport. Storm Nils has put areas…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (644+ words) Some years ago, after selling their bed-and-breakfast in San Diego County, Jason Lee Beckwith and his wife began looking for hospitality property elsewhere. Their search moved progressively outward: Palomar Mountain, Joshua Tree, Portugal, Spain. In Grenada, Beckwith became briefly interested…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago  (541+ words) There is nothing like a really good Irish tomato, but the tomatoes a reader found on the shelves of his local Tesco recently were absolutely nothing like a really good Irish tomato " despite the retailer's claims to the contrary. In…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago  (789+ words) I flew to London on a one-way ticket in January 2017 with the intention of only living there for two years. Although I grew up in rural Kildare, I always knew I would move to London in my 20s. My parents had…...