I VISIT Ireland regularly and treasure the Angelus on radio and television. As a young Lutheran it does not have the same resonance for me that it does for many Irish Catholics, but I can still respect the wordless but eloquent daily gesture.

Spanish authorities today finished forensic work on the remains of a group of partygoers killed by an express train as they crossed railway lines to reach a beach festival.

Spanish officials have blamed summer solstice partygoers for crossing the tracks into the path of an express train that crashed into and killed at least 13 people