The Irish Times

Spain pardons nine Catalan leaders and hails ‘new era of dialogue’

Government move denounced by far-right opposition as ‘coup d’état’

Tue Jun 22 2021 - 17:25

Clashes in Barcelona as Catalans protest sentences for leaders

Tense confrontations turning into major challenge for Spanish authorities

Wed Oct 16 2019 - 09:02

Protests as Catalan leaders get lengthy jail terms over independence bid

Traffic halted and rail services disrupted after sentences of up to 13 years handed down

Mon Oct 14 2019 - 12:21

Spanish taxi drivers take to streets in Uber protest

Strike causes widespread disruption in Madrid and Barcelona

Wed Jan 23 2019 - 16:55

Catalonia: chronicle of a tragedy foretold

This weekend will mark a fateful moment in Spain’s worst constitutional crisis since the attempted coup d’état in 1981

Fri Oct 20 2017 - 00:05

Catalan leader not looking for ‘traumatic’ split with Spain

Carles Puigdemont insists independence vote was binding and ‘we have to apply it’

Mon Oct 02 2017 - 14:07

Tensions rise as Catalan separatists take to the streets

Protesters vent anger at Madrid as state police amass in region ahead of referendum

Mon Sept 25 2017 - 00:26

Outrage at Catalonia crackdown a likely spur for independence

Madrid deploys series of measures widely seen as heavy-handed in Catalonia

Fri Sept 22 2017 - 17:12

Girl (6) dies and six others hurt as bouncy castle blows away

Incident happened at restaurant in north-eastern Spanish town of Caldes de Malavella

Tue May 09 2017 - 09:32

Daniel Defoe’s other island

An Irishman’s Diary on Catalonia’s aspirations

Mon Apr 21 2014 - 02:00

Spanish Congress set to block Catalan referendum on independence

Conservative central government says plan lacks legality

Mon Apr 07 2014 - 19:13

Catalonia’s unwanted Crimean comparisons

Spanish unionists have been quick to draw parallels over planned referendum

Wed Mar 19 2014 - 01:05

Fears of right-wing involvement taint event urging Catalonia to stay in Spain

National day marking Columbus’s voyage provides backdrop for row over separatism

Sat Oct 12 2013 - 01:01