Spain

Schools close and fields dry up earlier than usual with record April temperature of 38.8C recorded

Madrid regional government has approve plan to help hospitals, health centres and schools cope

Falange party founder José Antonio Primo de Rivera was executed in 1936

Effort to extricate diplomats and citizens from Sudan intensifies amid battles in capital Khartoum

Eyewitness says fire started after a waiter flambéed a pizza and the flames set fire to the ceiling and walls

One price, home and away

Government says it aims to “pay back Spaniards” for cost of financial crisis

Former prime minister Mariano Rajoy faces calls to testify

Wildlife reserve under threat from change, says Madrid

As we began house-sitting around Spain, we quickly felt the stress of life left behind in Ireland wither away

Son of John Gilligan says warrant relates to him being in ‘wrong place at the wrong time over nothing I done’

Comedy interview with iconic virgin statue draws backlash

A country famous for temporary jobs is experimenting with new types of contract to boost permanent employment

Economist writer is cutting on the pretentions of Catalonian independence and black-and-white views of the civil war, but his book lacks a unifying vision

Things that Happen has been described as ‘the most ambitious and important long poem in modern Irish literature’

Parliament rejects far-right initiative as deep divisions in the country’s politics are underlined

Madrid Letter: Far-right party backs 89-year-old independent in parliamentary initiative

Readers tell us about their experiences of getting Irish passports and citizenship since the UK voted to leave the EU

The Irish population here in Barcelona continues to grow, and there’s a real feeling of community taking hold

Area near southern village of Palomares remains contaminated after 1966 mid-air collision

Madrid Letter: Spanish coalition partners are divided over laws on gender and sexual consent

Healthcare professional says she is seeking sick leave after receiving threats

Politician implicated in corruption scandal amid claims that more party members could be involved

Next legislature ‘should serve to tackle the nub of this conflict, which is the sovereignty of Catalonia and its relationship with Spain’, says Pere Aragonès

Patient thought to be carrying virus, which can have an 88% fatality rate, in isolation in Valencia

New legislation also eases abortion limits and makes the country the first in Europe to introduce paid menstrual leave

Ramon Novo Martinez (57) given permission to stay on his boat rather than be held at Cork Prison pending trial

Department of Foreign Affairs aware of the case and ready to provide consular assistance

Tens of thousands expected to turn out for demonstration

After making his name using metals and plastics for clothing, Rabanne found a new career when he went into business with the Puig family perfume company

Highly skilled workers to be given low-tax status and permanent residency if they are non-EU citizens in move that could be attractive to many British post-Brexit

Fear that Ireland at risk of becoming a ‘haven’ for companies involved in the sale of spyware to countries with a history of human rights abuses

Consumer watchdog finds rentals remain expensive compared with pre-pandemic prices despite improving supply across car-hire companies

Top tribunal is expected to uphold reform easing access to abortion

Bank will have to pay €43.5m in compensation for aborted offer but will appeal to supreme court

I work part-time in Huelva, yet my boyfriend and I can afford to live in the city centre and eat out for lunch and dinner

Attempt to clamp down on sexual violence has inadvertently led to the early release of nearly 300 convicted offenders

Man entered two churches in Algeciras, killing sacristan, David Valenciaand, and injuring at least four others

MMA fighter under investigation by a judge in Ibiza

People ‘with dark skin’ not suitable for job, one applicant allegedly told